My tank is IN the locker. Dumb question but do you know for sure that you HAVE a forward water tank? I believe it was an extra add-on from the factory..Where my tools are (not the drill) is a large, top-loading locker. Are y’all saying that the tank is under the locker? I’m starting feel a little thick but as long as Metzger doesn’t call me out...
YesWhere my tools are (not the drill) is a large, top-loading locker. Are y’all saying that the tank is under the locker? I’m starting feel a little thick but as long as Metzger doesn’t call me out...
Not a dumb question. I have a valve under the sink that says forward and a deck fill but every time I’ve put a hose in the fill it goes straight into the bilge so it could just be a big PO practical joke.My tank is IN the locker. Dumb question but do you know for sure that you HAVE a forward water tank? I believe it was an extra add-on from the factory..
Taking the information literally, the fill hose is broken or simply not connected to the tank.Not a dumb question. I have a valve under the sink that says forward and a deck fill but every time I’ve put a hose in the fill it goes straight into the bilge so it could just be a big PO practical joke.
So many paths to a better life. Did you stick with the Qest when you replaced?Taking the information literally, the fill hose is broken or simply not connected to the tank.
One caution about tanks and especially hoses: any of this stuff that is over (in round numbers) 30 years old is way overdue for replacement.
Other than one section of supply tubing (gray Qest brand) from our aft water tank, we have replaced *all* of the original hoses. That was done over about a decade. Not that difficult.
Going forward: if it's not too difficult to do, I would strongly advise changing at least some of the tanks to the stock fill arrangement used by the EY Olson's..... no deck fill and no hose from that fill point. Stock system was a 2" spin-out 'plug' on each tank top. I have long upgraded it to a stock 6" clean out port.
You tip up the cushion or move it aside. Then, thru the 7" cutout in the settee top piece of plywood you reach down an inch & unscrew the plug. Then bring inside the end of the hose, with water 'on', and a small $2. ball valve screwed onto the hose end. Insert & turn the valve on, and fill the tank.
No drips or fuss. When done, turn off the valve, and put away the hose.
This method seemed odd when we acquired the boat, but we immediately learned to like having zero problems with contamination from bad O-rings on deck fills, and dealing with tank connection & hose problems. Of course we do not have the entertainment of ignoring a running hose jammed into a deck fill and seeing water pushed out of the vent fitting!
I'm sure my forward tank is where yours is too - I haven't been up there in a long while, but I remember easily getting the lid off and seeing that tank.
Part of the space under that lid in the foreground of Filkee's pic will be occupied by the drawers, but I wonder what's to starboard of them (behind where his drill is sitting)?
Here's my pic of the same space, which I also took today ;-)Looked at my 32-3 in terms of this thread while at the boat today.
WATER TANKS: Mine are both in the salon area, one beneath the port outboard seating, immediately aft of the bulkhead with the head. The second is beneath the starboard seating, immediately aft of the bulkhead to the V-berth closet. None are beneath the V-berth. The V-berth sits above three compartments and the forward two are just storage.
The aft portion beneath the V-berth had the waste tank beneath the left portion, the drawers center, and the OP question was what is to the right of the drawers. After removal of the waste tank I gained a huge amount of storage in what is now one of the biggest dry lockers in the boat. And no longer have the sound of sloshing waste.
In my last post I noted that there is a fiberglass shelf to the right of the drawers and with the drawers out, this photo is of that shelf which goes all the way to the hull. The shelf is part of the TAFG and is a pretty big hidden dead space, as shown by the roll of blue tape thrown in for scale. That shelf wraps around aft on the other side of the woodwork.
We must think alike. I am combining the space of the lower two drawers into a cabinet and keeping the top drawer. The reason for the cabinet is really because that is the access to the depth transducer and trying to snake an arm down there with the existing woodwork was really hard to do. Still may remove the top drawer, but it is a convenient junk collector.Sounds like 1 or 2 hinged cabinet doors instead of the 3 pullout drawers could provide a much bigger storage space in that area.
Please post some pictures when you do. Adding storage space is like getting a bigger boat a little bit at a time.We must think alike. I am combining the space of the lower two drawers into a cabinet and keeping the top drawer.
That's an easy way to make use of that space. Consider installing a divider to keep stored stuff from interfering with the drawers.I plan on adding a 6 in access port at the top of the V-berth above the free area.
If you look at my photo in Post #11 you can see the divider is already there.That's an easy way to make use of that space. Consider installing a divider to keep stored stuff from interfering with the drawers.