GL: How much Propane

[Bob McLeran]

A couple of things I forgot to mention in my earlier post.

"Normal" propane tanks rust quite readily, even when in a protected and 
vented area. While the trade-in tanks are handy if you can find a 
trade-in station, it's still quite common to find refill stations at 
least along the east coast of the US where we've done most of our 
cruising to date. (Just get them filled when you have a vehicle 
available.) As a consequence, we have two aluminum tanks - one 20# and 
one 11#. They don't rust, not even the one kept outside attached to a 
hand rail support and used for the outdoor grill. They've been aboard 
Sanderling at least as long as I've owned her (going on 10 years) and my 
guess is that the PO bought them during the time he owned the boat.

We've never actually run out of propane, but have the tanks "topped off" 
when the gages start to go below the green zone - that is the 2-3 month 
time frame when cruising full time. My guess is that they'd last at 
least twice as long if we fully depleted the propane before a refill.

Our propane supplies are used only for cooking. 

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                       Manatee Cove Marina
M/V Sanderling                                   Patrick Air Force Base
Hampton 35 Trawler                               Melbourne, Florida 



On 12/6/2006 7:05 PM, Scott Coles wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am in the process of fitting the boat with some extra propane tankage and am
> wondering how much I might need for the trip.  I know that this depends on how
> much we use and how available re-fills are, so here goes...