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'Lo all,
>The previous posters on this subject are right on target, but in answer to
>you question . . . .
Nobody, that I have seen, has mentioned that one must also deduct
(sometimes mentally) the amount of fuel under the bottom end of the fuel
pickup tube in each tank. That is a variable amount, depending upon, not
only the distance from the tube to the bottom of the tank, but also the
location fore/aft and side-to-side, angle of pitch and heel encountered and
the general sea state. When venturing into rough waters and there is a
possibility of running low on fuel and thus sucking air into the fuel
lines, use a day tank to concentrate all your available fuel. Day tanks can
usually be fed from the bottom of the main tanks, and therefore can remove
the fuel that the normal pickup tube cannot. This is a good method to
extract all of the fuel in a tank, provided there is a filtering system to
remove gunk before the fuel gets put into the day tank. Uh .... There is a
switchable fuel-polishing system on the boat, isn't there? :)
Take care and be safe.
Wayne
M/V Celestial
Albin43 Sundeck
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