36c propane locker
Dave,
Our tanks are in the same locker. Our surveyor didn’t seem to mind it too much. It vents over board (not big enough for my mind) LB can't get to the cabin or bilge, it has straps that fasten it down, But you’re not suppose to use it for storage of anything else, (lots of wasted space.) Ours are 2-5lb tanks, and we never leave them turned on. They fit through the locker door fine.
We thought about the same thing. Sealing off a smaller area of the locker and maybe making a hatch on the top. But that is where all the traffic enters and leaves the boat. We could move the hatch forward a little, and put the opening just up on the flush deck, but that is a structural question I don’t want to entertain. If we move them back a bit in the locker that is where the Lewmar 44 sets. I’ve seen a few 36c’s with tanks hanging off the stern rail. With wind, dingy, solar, radar, and grill, I think that’s too much.
I’m starting to look at building a small step under the wheel that can hold a long horizontal tank.
http://www.downwindmarine.com/Propa...10-lb.-Aluminum-10-1-2-x-16-1-4-p-701480.html
No venting needed. We need a place for the feet and or a step anyway while behind the wheel. I know the weight is still there in the back of the boat, but we are going to all chain rode, and this should offset that part. Got to do a lot of measuring and I’ll do a mock up.
Like Mick’s boat, the cockpit locker is another simple answer, or build it bigger so as not to lose a lot of great storage in the cockpit. Did you see the 36C featured in the Lats and Atts magazine a few months ago? He built a HUGE cockpit locker with a freezer in it. It looks like it’s feet tall and 4 ft by 2 ft with a flat surface on top. He solos a lot.
I see no two lockers are alike on the 36c’s. Ours could fit two tanks with a little work, but I have a small sub-panel in there and some 120 volt too, so I’ve shot past that idea.
Still open for ideas