springerjohn
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Would it be a bad idea to vent my gas locker into the cockpit drain hose via a tee connector
Gas locker drain
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Corribee Boy
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Assuming the outlet of your cockpit drain is underwater, I don't think it'd work very well. I've got the same sort of dilemma on the Corribee as the bottom of the gas bottle is below the water line so there's nowhere to put a skin fitting for a gravity gas drain. Good luck, however.
baggypipes
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not a good idea it (might) allow any gas fumes to fill the cockpit, if you have a cockpit tent even bigger prob. I think (gas regs) it should vent overboard. hope this helps. i will wait to be corrected!
not a good idea it (might) allow any gas fumes to fill the cockpit, if you have a cockpit tent even bigger prob. I think (gas regs) it should vent overboard. hope this helps. i will wait to be corrected!
prv
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Only correction is that there aren't really any regs per se for privately used seagoing boats, but good practice is as you describe.
If all your locker tops are less than a gas-bottle-height above the water, though, you don't have much option. I guess the best plan is to make sure the bottom of the locker is completely impervious, so that any leakage can't go into the boat, and then vent it from the top.
Or lash the gas bottles to the pulpit...
Pete
VicS
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It may not help with the Corribee but the gas bottle locker drain need not be at the bottom of locker provided the free space around the bottle below the level of the drain is filled. (See the Boat Safety Scheme for details )
My plan is to re-site my locker drain to about half way up the side of the locker, put close fitting wooden blocks around the bottle below this level and to run the drain to a skin fitting low down in the transom.
(at present the locker drains into the cockpit
Originally there was no gas bottle locker at all )
Momac
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Oddly enough I just looked up the following for another thread about gas - lots to read but thought you might find it helpful.
http://www.boatsafetyscheme.com/downloads/BSS_Guide_chap7.pdf
http://www.boatsafetyscheme.com/downloads/BSS_Guide_chap7.pdf
HunterWanderer
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I've seen the anchor locker used for the gas bottle. Seems a good idea if big enough
snooks
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Unless it's a rough crossing at night and you need to change the bottle.....
How do I know, it's where we keep our spare
prv
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As long as it drains overboard. Mine is below deck and doesnt really drain anywhere at all. Most Corribees don't have on-deck anchor lockers; I doubt if any do.
Pete
aluijten
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Gives you nice brown gas bottles as well by the time they are empty. Salt water is not ideal for standard gas bottles. Been there...
ghostlymoron
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I came to the conclusion that the anchor locker was the best place to store a spare gas bottle. Most anchor lockers have a drain located at the bottom although it doesn't generally meet the size criteria for a gas locker - 20mm I think. Spare gas bottles are safer than 'in-use' bottles as the valve can be firmly shut and the cap kept in place. It's unwise (unsafe) to have the in-use bottle in a location where any gas leakage is not free draining overboard. Although this is often not easy to achieve on some boats there is usually a way round it even if it means securing them on deck or on the transom.
springerjohn
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Thanks for the advice on this everyone.
The cockpit drain outlet is just above the waterline while the bottle itself is well above it in the cockpit so I may get away with it. I have been tying the spare to the pushpit or keeping it in the anchor locker but it is the one that is in use that I am worried about following a survey.
I shall look at the boat safety site and see what they say although I may just bite the bullet and put a discreet hole in the hull somwhere close to the locker and below the bottle