Starting to shop around for a fuel tank, how big are your tanks? Doesn't look like I can get a pre made one to fit so when the time comes I'll have to get one made
Mine is 105 US Gallons (Striper 2101 WA), or 400 litres. Allowed me to get from Gold River to Esperanza and back and troll for 3 days without having to fill up on expensive gas. (It's under $1.25/l for marine in Courtenay today)
twin 100 gallon tanks on mine. when i purchased the boat the specs said it had a 600+ mile range. with the economy i've been getting the last few trips i'm starting to believe it.... plenty of fuel for a week to 10 day fishing excursion anyways....the most i've burned in a week long outing is around 80 gallons with the twin diesels and i covered alot of territory cruising and trolling with that 80 gallons....love the efficiency of the d4.2L diesels (cummins) combined with the efficiency of the cat hull....
530 litre, enough for 4 day trip to Barkely sound from Alberni with a couple of offshore excursions (i'm getting about 2.4-2.6 mpg depending on conditions). But troll only on the kicker.
I'd go as big as you can fit. You don't have to fill it and the bigger tank provides more buoyancy should you start taking on water, especially if the tank's not full.
I would think what kind of fishing I was going to do-If I was staying in the usual WCVI salmon circuit 3 to 4 days fishing max; I would go with a single tank in the 500 litre range for that boat. If I was going tuna fishing I would go with 2 tanks-each feeding independently, switchable and an emergency cross-over. I don't trust gauges-I never go on a trip with partial fuel-this way you can always have one tank full -for sure! and if you go off-shore you can run one close to dry and know how much you have left in the other full tank. My 2 cents
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