Just my weird thought for the day. (OK, for the hour, anyway. I have a lot of weird thoughts.) About the chronic lack of tankage of our smaller Ericsons.
I see a similar-sized boat, a little farther down my dock is for sale. They claim 70 gallons fresh water tankage! Where does it all fit?
:thinker: Anyhow, during my initial refit, I ditched the PO's water and holding tanks which didn't really fit, in favor of bladder tanks. The holding tank is empty most of the time - just flat on the bottom of the locker that it's in. It occurs to me that a second fresh-water bladder tank might go in the same space as the holding tank. If you were headed three miles out, the freshwater could displace the holding. If you were so close to shore that you need the holding tank, you probably don't need the extra water tank.
It's so elegant, there must be a fatal flaw here somewhere.
I see a similar-sized boat, a little farther down my dock is for sale. They claim 70 gallons fresh water tankage! Where does it all fit?
:thinker: Anyhow, during my initial refit, I ditched the PO's water and holding tanks which didn't really fit, in favor of bladder tanks. The holding tank is empty most of the time - just flat on the bottom of the locker that it's in. It occurs to me that a second fresh-water bladder tank might go in the same space as the holding tank. If you were headed three miles out, the freshwater could displace the holding. If you were so close to shore that you need the holding tank, you probably don't need the extra water tank.
It's so elegant, there must be a fatal flaw here somewhere.