Some advice please,

[BobA]

This weekend I went to "Sting" to fit the new battery advised previously by the esteemed forumites on here as the general consensus was the battery was shot. Battery fitted with no problem - terminals suitably greased before refitting etc when SHMBO said do you think we should lift the sole boards and take them home to give them a good clean - so as any one does when wife is in a cleaning mood I did as I was told and lifted them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are two areas under the two boards - the sternmost contains the water tank (flexible bag type) which had ruptured where the outlet connection had rubbed through the bag underneath and was full of water - the other contains a stainless petrol fuel tank (20 gallons) which was sitting in 3" of water.

"Oh S**t" says I - "better do something about this" and end up spending the day pumping out the water.
The majority of it is out and dried but the fuel tank is sitting on carpet which obviously is holding a certain amount of water that I cannot get at and is seeping out slowly.

Do I take the tank out and dry out the floor - if so what special precautions such as draining it first need to be taken??

Or

leave as is and allow the water to evaporate??

Bob
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[DAKA]

Hi Bob,

Can you please clarify the type of boat ?
Your profile says one thing and your photo shows a Bayliner ????

I have replaced several Bayliner tanks.

Petrol tanks should not be made of stainless as they can rupture in sports boats due to stainless welds not being flexible enough.

Stainless tank sitting in water isnt much of an issue.

Bayliner tanks and most sports boats will be aluminium tanks and they do rot in water very quickly (thats what happened to mine).

 

[BobA]

Daka

The boat is a 2000 Mayland Topaz with a 90hp outboard see here
http://www.tdm-marine.com/functions/details.asp?ref=43&offered=sale

Bob

 

[DAKA]

Nice boat /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I like the design /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pleased its not a bayliner, the tanks are pigs to get out !

 

[BobA]

The tank in question is under the floor nearest the cuddy and is fully accessible - my concern is any thing I would need to do in order to remove the tank which fills from a deck filler - empty out the fuel (how?) - dont like the possibility of petrol fumes floating about

 

[Firefly625]

Do you have shore power and a sink... if so I think i might just leave the boat with a dehumidifier inside for a week or so (hire one from HSS) , the unit would need to stand above/on your sink unit so it could drain into it...

....sorry, always thinking of the easiest option first!!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

But don't leave it in too long as you may come back to a shrivelled prune! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif