Our 36C fuel tank is set under the aft cabin bunk and holds about 45 gallons. The tanks bottom follows the contour of the outside hull and is thus sloped up and away from the rigid pickup tube at the aft end of the tank. I hope I'm not the only one who finds that motor sailing is not an evil thing to admit to, but we find at least 2 or 3 times a season it's very beneficial to point better making for our home port on long crossings.
On a port tack if the heel goes over too far, with less than a full tank of fuel we get air not fuel, you know what is next. Luckily we have the Fuel Boss installed which allows us to just throw a switch and pressurize the fuel system to our Westerbeke. Being self bleeding we get going again knowing where the too much heel point is in relationship to our present fuel level. Some times 5-10 degrees is all it takes with ½ a tank of fuel The Admiral has it on my blue job list of to do’s this winter to make this better. I have 3 access holes in the top of the tank and have even had the tube out. Any ideas or thoughts on a way to a make a pick up tube that can roll around the bottom of the tank, without picking up anything bad from the tank bottom.
On a port tack if the heel goes over too far, with less than a full tank of fuel we get air not fuel, you know what is next. Luckily we have the Fuel Boss installed which allows us to just throw a switch and pressurize the fuel system to our Westerbeke. Being self bleeding we get going again knowing where the too much heel point is in relationship to our present fuel level. Some times 5-10 degrees is all it takes with ½ a tank of fuel The Admiral has it on my blue job list of to do’s this winter to make this better. I have 3 access holes in the top of the tank and have even had the tube out. Any ideas or thoughts on a way to a make a pick up tube that can roll around the bottom of the tank, without picking up anything bad from the tank bottom.