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From: Bob McLeran (no email)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2008 - 11:53:49 EST
Well, that might work on some boats. But on others, like mine, that
would involve cutting through the interior of the aft cabin, through the
queen berth, the water tanks, the aft cabin flooring, the hanging locker
. . . you get the idea.
I replaced two fuel tanks on our former trawler. It was a big job, with
two FL-90 engines with transmissions and a genset that had to be removed
to get to both tanks (need to replace one, might as well do both). While
the engine room was baren, I cleaned it up, painted, rewired a few
things, etc. While the engines were on stands, I replaced every hose and
anything that was difficult to get to when the engines were in place in
the boat. Made a very difficult job extremely easy, for the most part.
It took the yard about three days to remove everything; another three
days or so to replace everything and make all the connections.
Frankly, I'd only let a yard cut into the hull as a way-last resort.
<><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><>
Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler Melbourne, Florida
On 2/2/2008 11:39 AM, Ken Ongemach wrote:
> Quit thinking like an owner & think like a well equipped yard... Yards that do
> a lot of glass work, just cut 2 holes in the transom, remove everything in the
> way, cut holes in the rear engine bulkhead & slide the old tanks out the
> transom. The TOTAL cost is most of the time less than pulling
> engine(s).........Ken, Tampa
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