This is exactly the way my fuel vent hose is arranged. Bob Boyer S/V Rainy Days / Annapolis MD 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 email: dainyr...@icloud.com blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com
"There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth Grahame > On Oct 30, 2015, at 9:26 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Would it make sense to put a loop in the hose that runs up under the coaming > if you are using the original vent so that water would have to get to the top > of the loop before entering the tank? > >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:09 AM, ed vanderkruk via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: >> ABYC and USCG requirements say that fuel exiting the fuel fill at 5 gpm for >> 5 seconds cannot enter the cockpit while in its static floating position. >> So it depends on the slope of the coaming. If it doesn't slope outwards most >> likely some would spill into to cockpit. >> >> There are requirements for separation of fuel vent and other hull openings >> of 15 inches but that it likely not difficult to comply with. >> >> Ed >> >>> On Oct 29, 2015 3:57 PM, "Dennis C. via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>> wrote: >>> I suspect many of boats experiencing water ingress through the fuel vent >>> have a similar configuration. That is, the fill fitting in the deck and >>> the fuel vent in the hull side just under the toe/rub rail. >>> >>> My 35-1 is different. The fuel fill is not in the deck. The fuel fill >>> fitting is well aft in the top of the port side cockpit coaming. The fuel >>> vent is also well aft exiting the side of the cockpit coaming a few inches >>> above the deck. For water to get into the fuel vent the deck of the boat >>> at the stern would have to be awash 2-4 inches deep. I have never ever >>> seen water higher than a couple feet below the taffrail atop the transom. >>> If water was anywhere close to entering the fuel vent I think I would be >>> concerned about a lot more than water in the fuel. :) >>> >>> Would it be smart? Possible? ABYC compliant? to move a deck mounted fuel >>> fill up to the top of the cockpit coaming and move the vent to the side of >>> the coaming like my 35-1 and reduce the potential for water ingress? >>> >>> Dennis C. >>> Touche' 35-1 #83 >>> Mandeville, LA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Email address: >>> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >>> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the >>> bottom of page at: >>> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> >> > > > > -- > Joel > 301 541 8551 > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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