by Gordon P. Manning
Expand your effective cruising range with this gasoline-storage unit that also acts as helmsman’s seat.
Most outboards today are still struggling along with the 6gal. gas tank that came with the motor. This allows you little over an hour’s cruising time—obviously not enough if any cruising distances are involved. As a result, the average outboarder gets himself one or two 5-gal. cans to hold a reserve supply, to permit him to increase his operating range. These cans, loose in a small boat, present a definite safety hazard. And transferring gasoline from can to tank is a risky business, even in calm water. So risky, in fact, that boating authorities insist that all cans and portable tanks be removed from the boat before refueling. Larger, built-in tanks are the only safe answer to this gas-supply problem for outboards of 15’ to 21’. Cruising or long-range tanks are now available in styles and sizes to fit any boat. With one of these as a basis, you have a good start toward-worryfree bqating. This article tells you how you can solve the gasoline-storage problem safely and at the same time make a useful helmsman’s seat with lockers. The tank goes below and the seat above, The seat itself may even be an adaptation of the existing one, to hold expenses down.
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