posted 05-30-2000 10:23 PM ET (US)            

I also have a 27 gallon tank under the seat of my Montauk. It doesn't budge, even under the roughest of conditions. Located around the tank are several small teak chocks, which are screwed into the deck. This keeps the tank from sliding. Tightly stretched bungee chord kepps the tank from jumping out of the chocks during choppy sea conditions.

posted 05-31-2000 04:59 PM ET (US)            

Depends on if your into keeping up with teak maintence or not, and if your even slightly at home with power tools.

Just fabricate a set of blocks, either out of teak or Starboard, one set in front, and the second set in back. 3" x 5" x however high that will keep the tank in BUT (IMPORTANT HERE) STILL allow you to pull the tank up and over the bottom of the seat to fuel it.

Although many here will attest to my loving teak, here I'd personally use a couple chunks of Starboard. If you look around in the right places, you can even get colored pieces (some stores only sell black or white).

I might even just make one continuous piece on the front and back, instead of four seperate pieces. Get a router and finish off the edges, and use stainless steel screws to attach to the wood under the deck. Careful not to drill into the tunnel. Use some bedding compound (3M's 5200 will work but don't plan on removing them!) to seal the holes and keep them from allowing water into the wood and foam below the deck. One nice trick is after drilling the proper hole, mount a larger drill and drill just about .25 into the smaller hole. That will keep a small pool of bedding compound at the surface.

posted 05-31-2000 05:01 PM ET (US)            

Oops.

I meant to say:

"allowing you to pull the tank over the new bracket but not contacting the bottom of the seat"..

make sense?