OUTRAGE 21 Rib-side: In-deck Fuel Tank
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2022 7:55 am
Q1: Can an in-deck fuel tank be installed in an early 21 OUTRAGE with rib sided upper hull sides?
BACKSTORY: I am in the process of major restoration [of a 21 OUTRAGE rib-side model]. I would like to install a [below deck fuel tank with a capacity of] 40-gallons [or more], as was available in the 1973 to 1978 21 OUTRAGE boats.
I know such [a revision to the hull] will take will take extensive fiberglass work, including channels for fuel filler hoses and fuel tank vent hoses, possibly adding stringers, rerouting the rigging channel, and adding removable deck plate.
I have found an old 1974 hull [must mean another 21 OUTRAGE] with severe transom damage. I have thought about purchasing [that hull] to use the deck fiberglass [to simplify the fuel tank addition to my hull].
Give me advice [on how to convert an early 21 OUTRAGE without a below-deck fuel tank to have a below-deck fuel tank of 40-gallon capacity or more.]
Your advice would be helpful for planning the restoration of my hull to original condition as possible except for without the saddle tanks and with a new below-deck center.
[Moderator's note: a second topic about a completely different aspect of the restoration has been removed from this thread and a separate thread for the separate topic has been created.]
BACKSTORY: I am in the process of major restoration [of a 21 OUTRAGE rib-side model]. I would like to install a [below deck fuel tank with a capacity of] 40-gallons [or more], as was available in the 1973 to 1978 21 OUTRAGE boats.
I know such [a revision to the hull] will take will take extensive fiberglass work, including channels for fuel filler hoses and fuel tank vent hoses, possibly adding stringers, rerouting the rigging channel, and adding removable deck plate.
I have found an old 1974 hull [must mean another 21 OUTRAGE] with severe transom damage. I have thought about purchasing [that hull] to use the deck fiberglass [to simplify the fuel tank addition to my hull].
Give me advice [on how to convert an early 21 OUTRAGE without a below-deck fuel tank to have a below-deck fuel tank of 40-gallon capacity or more.]
Your advice would be helpful for planning the restoration of my hull to original condition as possible except for without the saddle tanks and with a new below-deck center.
[Moderator's note: a second topic about a completely different aspect of the restoration has been removed from this thread and a separate thread for the separate topic has been created.]