I replaced my aging outboard with a Mercury 5HP Propane sailpro. For the rest of this season I’m using 1lb cans of gas that I can take home at the end of the day. Next year, I was considering getting a larger tank - but then you go down the rabbit hole of safely storing propane on the boat.
I had been assuming that the standard fuel locker on the Capri 18 would meet the requirements: it is sealed off from the cabin, and it is vented at the bottom. But it’s not vented directly through the hull, it vents into the cockpit, very near the scuppers. I’m not sure it can be retrofitted to meet the regs, and its really hard to find a tank that fits in it anyway.
Has anyone come up with a solution that doesn’t involve strapping a can to the rails? I’ve read the other threads on this topic and that seems to be the most common answer.
I had been assuming that the standard fuel locker on the Capri 18 would meet the requirements: it is sealed off from the cabin, and it is vented at the bottom. But it’s not vented directly through the hull, it vents into the cockpit, very near the scuppers. I’m not sure it can be retrofitted to meet the regs, and its really hard to find a tank that fits in it anyway.
Has anyone come up with a solution that doesn’t involve strapping a can to the rails? I’ve read the other threads on this topic and that seems to be the most common answer.