Temporary Fuel Tank

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Hi Guys

I am a keen angler and use my boat primarily for angling, she is located in Donegal on Irelands north coast and I am planning a trip to fish a feature on the continental shelf which is around 100 miles out to sea from my marina. I can carry enough fuel to get there and back but would need a reserve to keep things safe. Any adivce on rigging another tank to carry maybe another 150-200litres? This would give me a large safety margin and allow me to play around while out there.

I am only going to do this if I can get a proper solution to the fuel capacity issue. Species I am after feeds at night so I want to stay out there for a night or two if weather permits.

Ryan
 
A forty five gallon drum like my spare tank. Strapped down on a frame. In line 12v pump, a tap and a few yards of pipe.

Prob about 30 quid all in.

Oh forgot, you need a BSP elbow for the big hole, presuming your laying it down, then a bung for the end. All available from your local machinery store.
 
Course, you could just keep the drum upright in a corner and lash the thing down. Then just drop the little pump in the hole and suck it out. Takes about 12 minutes to empty 45 gallon.

I use mine all the time, it just means I dont have to be arsed to fill up, or pay silly prices.

Also found this year, that I've used more fuel in one tank, just for heating. But it's now topped up again. So can go to Ireland on a wim.
 
hlb is right with big drum securely lashed in the cockpit, it is what the guys use over here while passage-making across Bass Strait on delivery trips etc.. as a cheap but effective way to carry extra fuel.

How much cockpit space have you got?

Maybe a bladder tank, in a lazarette!
 
200 litre plastic drum. one inch hose with a foot valve, makes a 'shaky syphon', (provided the tank is lower and nearby). I emptied the drum into the boat in about five minutes.
 
If the drum is secured upright and the transfer pipe small enough to get into the tank filler, I would think no problem, and much easier than trying to tip from a 25 lt drum into a funnel. I recently threw out several 5 gallon plastic beer barrels, all with taps: they would be a easy to deliver spare fuel from, with the addition of a bit of hose.
The 1" foot valve was £8, pretty cheap option. I had a total of 800 litres out of the boat for tank cleaning, got the lot back in, no spills, in short order (alongside the boatyard).

When my truck tank burst I ran for a week using an outboard tank in the back. For a small boat a 25litre outboard tank might be a good idea for spare fuel, connect to a suitable fuel inlet pipe, use the squeeze bulb for priming the pump.
 
I've used my in flight refueling system for years, oil drum is in a cradle, down the cellar. All painted nice and green. First installed for when fuel in France was twice the price of CI's. Then used to bypass places with stupid prices.

It's dead easy to use. Place pipe in tank, undo tap, plug in pump. Oh and unscrew the bung to let air back in.

Tuther way I've done it in the past. Fit a tyre valve into drum cap, then blow air in.
 
All done in no time. Welded a bit of a cradle together, with lugs for straps. Few BSP pipe bits from shop, bit of pipe and a little in line or just drop in pump. Works a treat. Makes an amazing difference in usable range. Laugh was the paint. Mixed all my old hammerite together, it turned out green. Reconditioned drum, 12 quid.
 
Dunno, I'd been building a millenium barbique at my old barn, plus a few railings. Prob used most of the black up, so a few of them little tins, gold, silver red ect. Anyway, it finnished up green.
 
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