Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: securing mirax 12 gal. cans on classic montauk
Posted by darrenmolder on 06/14/10 - 1:31 PM
#1
I got down to maybe 1/4 tank with hopes of burning my older fuel and found the light can had bounced out of the fuel tank mat and was taking it's own course towards the motor. Is there a preferred method of securing these guys effeciently? Thanks.
Posted by bmw90w on 06/14/10 - 1:48 PM
#2
There should be some kind of lifting eye attachedto the deck in which you run bungees over th tankk from eye to eye. My boat didn't come with them, but when I added the tanks, I added the ss eyes as well. I picked up mine at west marine for about 5 bucks a piece, and then secured them to the deck with 3/4 inch screws and a good dose of 4200. Good luck
Posted by darrenmolder on 06/14/10 - 3:15 PM
#3
Thanks for the info., I had assumed that there was some provision for that purpose. I would be interested to see the preferred hardware and mounting locations. There is alot of knowledge available here, so I will research. Thanks.
Posted by bmw90w on 06/14/10 - 3:51 PM
#5
That is another great way to do it as Jeff showed. I couldn't figure out why the eye that whaler included was in the middle, now I know!! I went ahead and added the eyes in the middle of each tank on both sides. Then I ran the bungee over each tank. Either way you feel more comfortable with will work just fine.
Posted by darrenmolder on 06/16/10 - 12:25 PM
#6
Ahh, that might explain the holes drilled in the fore mid- section of the z legs. I do have an eye in between the rear end of the tanks. I'm begining to assume the bungee would go from that eye over the tank and attach to the z leg somehow. Thanks.
Posted by number9 on 06/16/10 - 1:46 PM
#7
IMO, fuel tanks are too important an item onboard to be secured by bungee cords. A true rubber tarp(truck) strap works well but a 1" nylon web strap with cam lock adjuster or similar is easier to work with.
Most things should be secured on a boat, if swamped even a gas tank can be lost, without gas you lost your engine.
Posted by Finnegan on 06/16/10 - 3:12 PM
#8
For the Montauks using the squarish Tempo/Mirax 12 gallon metal tanks, Whaler knew what they were doing as far as securing the tanks. The tank mat raised lip is designed to keep the filled (and heavy) tanks from moving, especially from sliding to the stern or forward. The bungee cord detail shown by Jeff only has to keep the tank from lifting up when light or empty, at which time the tank is fairly light and presents no stress situation that a sound marine bungee cord can't handle and hold down within the mat lip.
The only thing I would do differently from Jeff's photo is to use a single, continuous length of bungee cord, passing under the center eyelet on the boat's deck, with hook on each end. The Tempo and Mirax tanks were built with a hole drilled in the top center lip exactly for this restraint detail.
For plastic tanks of any kind, I would use the 1" marine nylon webbing with SS spring loaded clip style buckle, secured though footman's loops screwed into the deck.
Edited by Finnegan on 06/16/10 - 4:44 PM
Posted by Jeff on 06/16/10 - 5:10 PM
#9
Larry,
My cord it a single continuous cord. I knotted it on both sides of the eyelet to keep the cord from just sliding all the way to the loose end's hook if unhooked from either tank. This also means it always keeps tension on either tank if one was unhooked.
Edited by Jeff on 06/16/10 - 5:15 PM
Posted by bmw90w on 06/16/10 - 8:49 PM
#10
I removed my cracked mats and installed dri-dek under my tanks so they wouln't get nasty. There is no lip, but I installed blocks of starboard on the front back and sides. The tanks don't move at all. The bungee as said before is only to keep it from bouncing up. Imo there is no way a bungee isn't adequate. A cam lock strap is a great idea too though. Keeping the tanks in the boat is very important. I will post pics of my instalation when the boat is finished.