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• Yesterday I put 35 gallons of water in my only fuel tank
  • Thanks Dan we all have those 'oh shit' moments
  • Dan, Dan, Dan... I live in mortal fear of doing
  • My cat would even bite me if I did that
  • Mixing/cleaning tanks...
    • I have a buddy who reversed the hook-up for the holding tank. Bottom fed, top pump... THAT was a "oh shit" moment!
      • The guy that installed my holding tank did that.
        • Once filled there was only one way to fix the problem.... take the hoses off and pump the 'sealed' bilge area out Yuk!
    • Water tank filler.
  • Been there, did that . . .
  • No water fills on the deck
    • I had the ...
    • I didn't like that for a couple of reasons...
      • Water Fills Diesel Fills
        • I meant water hoses
          • I have water and fuel fills on deck but
    • If you think have WATER fills below is bad...
      • 1000 gallons to go 4000 mi? You driving a trawler?
        • Wow, he's "sailing" on the gold coast
          • To be fair -- he didn't write that he was empty each time he filled
          • He may have run a generator a bunch
            • Whoa! I just remembered what Mark sails. She's a big boat!
          • Yep, shooting from the hip...
        • Makes sense. 2 gallons an hour.
  • Filled Holding Tank with Water
    • I just had to rebuild the holding tank overboard pump