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Old 07-20-2013, 01:15 PM   #12
psneeld
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City: Ft Pierce
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Just cut out my mild steel tanks that had bubbling rust just about all over them...especially where water got under the insulation glued to the tank.

Though after cutting them out...they looked like they would have lasted another 10 years at least with no maintenance at all they were so thick.

But I am much happier now that I can see through my poly tanks, I don't have 2" of sludge on the bottom any more, working around them is so much easier and I halved the space taken up by the tanks so I really improved engine room layout and storage.

The downside is I reduced my cruising range to around 300NM instead of having 1200NM....I can live with that because of the other advantages.
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