waynes world
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A way of storage for a 6kg/7kg size cylinder/s. Safe for used or storage of 6kg or even 13kg cylinders. Bolted to the transom. Shame there not yet in stainless steel.
Larger LPG storage problem solved ;)
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NormanS
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That would be easily made from stainless strip. Saves any bother about leakage and drained lockers.
WoodyP
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I had one made in stainless strip for a camping Gaz 907. Sits screwed to the deck and one of the pushpit rails. The previous arrangement was lying loose under the stove which l thought was a tad risky
geem
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Mine is made from 316 s/s. It takes my Safefill grp bottle or my American grp 20lb bottle. It also has a sunbrella cover that keeps the salt spray off and hides the bottle from view. It also fixes to the pushpit. I had it made 10 years ago when we converted from an all electric boat to gas cooking. We had no gas locker so it was the obvious solution
waynes world
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Would folk pay near £100 though for one in SS ?
geem
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Yes. Absolutely
KompetentKrew
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ITYM 10 boat pence.
waynes world
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I had a few folk ask for them in SS but the layout for welding gas alone will take a fair few to recoup the cost. If i get more SS work done i mite do them. Galvanised would be same cost as the painted thouhg. Not as good as SS again though.
And what the heck does that mean ?
KompetentKrew
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ITYM = I think you mean.
A hundred quid is nothing when you have a boat. The only sensible way to count spending is in thousands.
A child with £1 pocket money can just about afford a chocolate bar in the supermarket these days. When you have a 40' boat, you might be able to just about afford a new windlass with your £1000.
£100 is 10p in boat money.
waynes world
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Neeves
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Ours is made from SS tube and takes a spare bottle, that is located next to the BBQ (so is both a spare and serves the BBQ). It hangs off the stern and is bolted to the transom. Its almost a standard installation (with variation for the specific yacht) as most here, everyone?, has a BBQ.
After over 20 years of use for the bracket holding the bottle - 100stg is nothing. Its less than 2 pence per day,
We have a similar bracket/cage, for the liferaft, on the other side of the transom - open cage, raft falls in sea, tether allows raft to self inflate (so 4 pence per day for 2 everlasting brackets.....why worry?
The bottle for the gas stove and hot water boiler is plumbed in and the bottle sits in a bottle sized locker with a 1" drain hole. The locker itself is located in the cockpit.
Jonathan
PetiteFleur
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That sort of holder for your gas cylinder is seen on inland waterways but rarely on sea going boat. I actually measured my gas box yesterday and for a Flogas cylinder I would have to make a new lid which shouldn't be too hard.
NormanS
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And there was me thinking that you were totally opposed to having weighty objects at the ends of boats. ?
Bajansailor
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Composite bottles are definitely the way to go nowadays Wayne - these should be available up your way?
Lightweight gas bottles with Gaslight | Flogas
The only composite bottles that we can get here are 10 kg / 22 lb capacity by Rubis, which are generally a bit too big for most gas lockers, but should be fine when strapped on a rail.
RUBIGAS COMPOSITE BOTTLE | RUBIS
Lightweight gas bottles with Gaslight | Flogas
The only composite bottles that we can get here are 10 kg / 22 lb capacity by Rubis, which are generally a bit too big for most gas lockers, but should be fine when strapped on a rail.
RUBIGAS COMPOSITE BOTTLE | RUBIS
Neeves
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And there was me thinking that you were totally opposed to having weighty objects at the ends of boats. ?
As you well know finding gas suppliers in the nether regions of the world can be taxing. Sadly we were not allowed to keep the gas cylinders in the bilges, people who draw up regulations don't seem to understand about weight in the ends.
We offset the extra weight by saving weight in our choice of ground tackle. Would you like me to give you more detail?
Jonathan
geem
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Budget Marine and Island Water World sell 20lb composite gas bottles. They also do a smaller version. We have one of their 20lb versions and a British Safefill composite bottle. Both bottles fit in our cradle on the pushpit.
waynes world
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Well i havnt done any in SS but now galvanised. I am struggling to Tig weld nowadays so this will have to until i sort things out.
still better than painted
still better than painted
