[C38] Fuel tank

[Les]

Hi, Phil,
	My tank holds 35 gallons +/-.  My boat is like yours, with the chamfer.
The tank sits about 4-5" away from the through-hull, and is not tight to
the chamfer, but about 4" away from it.  I am not at the boat now, but
next week will be there and can take some photos with a ruler in place
to scale them for you.  

Regards,
Les H
On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 21:03 +0000, eyriepg at comcast.net wrote:
> Joe,
>  
> Thanks for the reply.
>  
> My quarterberth is chamfered (dog-eared liked like a page in a book)
> on the inboard forward corner.  This makes it impossible to place the
> tank in both the most forward and most inboard location.  To get the
> tank all the way forward, you have to move the tank outboard about 6
> inches.  To get the tank all the way inboard, you have to move it aft
> about 6 inches.  If I moved the 35" tank as far inboard as I could, it
> would hang over the raw water intake valve.
>  
> Do you have the chamfer in forward inboard corner of your
> quarterberth?  Catalina made some nice refinements to their boats
> between 1980 and 1990.
>  
> Phil Gay
> 1980 C38 049 Que Linda
> Everett, WA
>  
>         -------------- Original message -------------- 
>         From: Joseph Launie <jlaunie at cox.net> 
>         eyriepg at comcast.net wrote: 
>         > I am planning to replace my non original 18 gallon fuel tank
>         > with the tank that Catalina designed for our boat.  I have
>         > attached a file with the dimensions in past posts to the
>         > listserve.  The dimensions are 35 5/8" x 18" x about 15" at
>         > the deepest.  I had understood that the capacity was 35
>         > gallons, but my rough calculations indicate a capacity of
>         > about 42 gallons.  The Catalina installation drawing shows
>         > the tank being located with the inboard side inline with the
>         > vertical wall of the quarterberth.  I don't see how it will
>         > fit into under the quarterberth in this spot with the engine
>         > cooling water intake where it is located.  The tank would
>         > fit if it were moved outboard and moved forward in the boat
>         > some.  
>         >  
>         > Would someone look at their fuel tank and measure the size
>         > of their tank (looking down) and note where it is located
>         > relative to the inboard wall of the quarterberth and the
>         > vertical wall at the forward end of the quarterberth?
>         >  
>         > Phil Gay
>         > C38 049 Que Linda
>         > Everett, WA
>         > 
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>         Phil,
>             On Hull # 365, built in 1990 and commissioned in 1991 my
>         tank is snug against the forward wall of the quarterberth. It
>         is rather close to the inboard wall as well and there is
>         really nothing else under that quarterberth. I do not trust
>         our fuel guage and since we race all the time we put fuel in 2
>         gallons at a time so I have no clue as to our tank capacity.
>         Joe Launie, Macavity
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> > Subject: Re: [C38] Fuel tank
> > Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 19:35:49 +0000
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