Best way to secure jerry cans on deck?

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Hello,

A long, long time ago, I saw a yacht with a very tidy system for securing their water/fuel jerry cans on deck. They used a plank of wood with multiple slots cut into it, through which was threaded various webbing straps and buckles - all of which was then attached between two stanchions. The trouble is that I can't remember enough about the design to figure out an efficient & secure system which doesn't incolve 101 slots and straps.

Does anyone have a similar set up on their boat? I believe one solution may have been described in Cruising World magazine many years ago.

Many thanks for any information.

Ruth R-T

www.doitcruise.info
 
I saw something neat, very similar to what you're talking about. A Roberts Spray-type-boat passed thru my home town about 5 years ago with the situ as follows: They had a pair of 6x1-in boards faced with carpeting in their chains above the bottlescrews with a 25mm webbing belt at each end secured by their middles to the outboard side with toestrap plates- those nylon plates like miniature bed o' nails. The webbing was finished at one end like sailmakers' belts- 2 d-rings in one end. One piece of webbing from each end of the board wound round and over alternate jerries; the inbetween jerries were secured by the opposed end webbing belt. The webbing went from the back of the board, over the front top of can 1 and down, round the back up to the top of can 3, down and over to the back behind 4 and up th the front of can 5, etc, and met its opposite end at the other end of the board. The other strap did the opposite, and secured the inbetween cans.
Hope this helps!
 
I thoroughly agree. Anything rigid secured on the deck with webbing or the like, will take a beating from the sea if any comes aboard. Then you have the task of tackling the rampant jerricans as well as handling the boat in what would appear to be difficult weather conditions. Best stowed below or at least out of the way of "greenies"
 
I'm with Captainslarty and Bosunof. Not only the danger represented by the inevitable green water, but also added the windage affecting your ability to make upwind and the lowering of the holding power of your anchor.
Nicki
 
most blue water yachts that i ve met[azores post crossing from bermuda] seem to have their side decks festooned with jerry cans.most just lashed on.the best arrangement was on an american island packet.he had made a wooden frame which was secured to the guardrails and stays and was a fairly permanent structure.the slots in it fitted his jerry cans exactly and the arrangement seemed prettystable.he said it worked well.
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i prefer to keep my side decks clear so as not to interfere with access to the mast and bow and tend to aggree with slarty its when the going gets rough that the last thing you need is loose jerrycans
 
Thanks Joe,

I completely agree that during storm conditions one wants to have all decks as clear as possible - when such weather is forecast, we unlash our jerry cans, fenders, boat hooks etc and move everything below.

I am looking for a design which will hold the cans securely for the other 99% of the time, and also make removing the cans (either for stowing below of loading into the liferaft) as quick and easy as possible.

Cheers,
Ruth
 
Hi Bosunof,

Yes, when storms are forecat, we move the jerry cans below, however it is not necessary to have all the cans below for the vast majority of the time. The ideal solution would be one where moving the cans below when a big blow is forecast can be done quickly and easily, without having to untie multiple bits of rope.
 
Thanks for the detailed description - that sounds like a neat solution, and one which would enable the cans to be quickly and easily removed in case of storm warnings (or abandon ship!)
 
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