sailSAK

Bad ass!  Nice jibe at 3:50.  Wooden spars or are they faux wood?  Either way well done.

Rig-rite shows they have a good selection, but the truth is they make a lot of the stuff on demand.  The gal that took my order answered with a "yes" when I asked if they were "in stock."  They were in stock I guess, as blank plastic!  I called a week before my crossing the Gulf of Alaska and was then told they were just getting to the machine shop.  Cancelled the order...  I've bought some things from Rig-rite before, and they are undoubtedly an extremely valuable resource, specially for those of us with older boats.  Just be sure you get what you ask for in the time frame you need.  Going to give Zephyrwerks a call!    BTW, $40 from a machine shop seems like a pretty good deal.  Around here anyway expect around $70-100 per hour.  $40 will get you through the door.

I think the topic was tanks for outboard, not jerry jugs but I guess similar problems are going to be the norm with both. 

Old:  Tank vents continuously etc... simple fuel line connects motor to tank.

New:  tank only vents when 5 psi builds up inside.  Fuel line has "demand valve" to keep the carb from flooding.  Yeah right...

This is not going to work...   http://www.mercuryma...le-fuel-system/

Of course they mandated alcohol too so it can rust out everything inside.  I agree with kent_island_sailor.  Its just going to pour out the carb when its sunny out, and then the tank will collapse from vacuum at night.  It does kinda make sense it however.  The USCG will know who to fine because their fuel tank will be the size of a beach ball or flat as a pancake after a system failure.  Perfect evidence of a crime just committed.  Maintain 5 psi???  What next?  Carbon canisters, vacuum pumps?  Hard enough to keep the current non pressurized tanks leak free.

Hydro = engine/pump/motor or ram/return.  I love hydro and the noises they make.

A cool angle might be what happens when water is introduced into a hydro system.

Or why water as hydraulic fluid isn't more commonly used!  Would make a lot of sense for marine applications, as close to the environment as we are and all.

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