Sorry, I have been away for awhile and do not remember the best way to do a search of the Trawler World archives. A short reminder would be appreciated. Second, I plan to increase my water capacity so I am installing a 20 gal Todd tank with an additional 9 gal Todd tank on top connecting both as one tank. I plan to have the fill hose enter the top tank with a smaller hose connecting from this tank to the larger 20 gal tank. I will then use the 20 gal tank feed line for both tanks. My question is: Do I need to vent the bottom 20 gal tank or will the top tank vent handle both tanks. Thanks. Jim Raffini OCTOBER 88 Monk 36 _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

On the water tanks, it would seem that you'd have to vent the top one, or at least make sure if you put a vent in the bottom one, the vent is higher than the top of the upper tank. Otherwise, the water will just run out when you fill them both. As for the archives, here's a note from Alex earlier: ___________________ Over the last couple of days there have been several questions about the TWL Archive. Since our Help Team Archive Guru, Joe Weinbrecht, is in the middle of moving I thought that maybe I could provide some answers. 1. Why can't I access the archive? I just checked and the TWL Archive is up and running. The correct address for the "front page" of the archive is: http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-list/ . Please make sure that you're using that address. It's possible that the archive site may have been down for a short while. Samurai has been doing some upgrades recently and that might have affected the web site. I rarely use the archive so I really don't know for sure. 2. Could the 'by date' archive page be configured to put the newest posts at the top of the list rather than the bottom? No. There are only a few archive configuration options available to us and changing the display order isn't among them. Keep in mind that the archive isn't intended to be the primary method of reading this or any other mailing list. 3. How can I search the TWL Archive? Go to this website: http://www.irbs.com/ In the middle of the page you'll see two boxes. The box on the right contains a drop down menu showing the various lists that I.R.B.S. archives - Select Trawler World List The box on the left is for your search term(s). Type in your search term(s) and hit enter: Voila! Their search engine supports single words, multiple words, and quoted (short) phrases. A couple of caveats: 1. The I.R.B.S. site is not in any way related to Trawler World or the Trawler World List. 2. Some of the hits that you get will turn up empty messages. I have no idea why this happens. I hope that covers everything. Archivally yours Alex __________________________ Avast! My last post elicited some more questions about accessing the archives. [Why can't I generate this much interest in snipping?] Shown below is a pair of addresses for each of the public Trawler World Mailing List Archives. The first address in each pair is an ordinary URL address, while the second is the same address in "IP" format. If you're trying to get to the archive and you are getting a "not found" error, try the IP address. One common reason for a web site to be unavailable is that there is a malfunction in your ISP's "Domain Name Server" which is the thing that actually figures out where to look for the addresses we type in. By using the IP address you bypass the DNS. If the problem was with the DNS then you're home free. If the problem lies elsewhere then at least you've eliminated one possible reason. I obtained these IP addresses through http://jeays.net/webtools/unfilter.htm : Type in a web address and it gives you the IP address. So, why not use the IP address exclusively? Well, as I understand it, IP addresses change from time to time for reasons too arcane and esoteric for us mere mortals to understand. [FWIW: Your very own computer has an IP address whenever you go on line and, it's different each time you go on line.] These addresses are for the Trawler World List Archive: http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-list/ http://3452902481/pipermail/trawler-world-list/ These are for the TW B.S.T. Archive: http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-buy-sell-trade/ http://3452902481/pipermail/trawler-world-buy-sell-trade/ The TW Great Loop Archive http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-great-loop/ http://3452902481/pipermail/trawler-world-great-loop/ And finally, the TW Hybrid Power Archive http://lists.samurai.com/pipermail/trawler-world-hybrid-power/ http://3452902481/pipermail/trawler-world-hybrid-power/ Numerically yours, Alex Keith __ What did you forget? ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Raffini" <raffinijc@hotmail.com> To: <trawler-world-list@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: TWL: searches and water tanks > Sorry, I have been away for awhile and do not remember the best way to do a > search of the Trawler World archives. A short reminder would be appreciated. > Second, I plan to increase my water capacity so I am installing a 20 gal > Todd tank with an additional 9 gal Todd tank on top connecting both as one > tank. I plan to have the fill hose enter the top tank with a smaller hose > connecting from this tank to the larger 20 gal tank. I will then use the 20 > gal tank feed line for both tanks. My question is: Do I need to vent the > bottom 20 gal tank or will the top tank vent handle both tanks. Thanks. > Jim Raffini OCTOBER 88 Monk 36 > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list > > To Unsubscribe send email to trawler-world-list-request@lists.samurai.com > Include the word "Unsubscribe" (and nothing else) in the subject or body of the message. > >

Jim, You will need to vent both or the lower tank will fill VERY slowly and the top one will fill and THEN drain to the lower one. As the lower one fills there is little opportunity for the air that is being displaced by the water to evacuate except thru the fill hole. A vent line is too easy to install to not do it thus having to put up with a very slow fill rate. I have a similar set up with two fuel tanks , except that they are side by side with a 3 inch connector hose. Each tank is vented to help the fill process. CCC M/V CC RIDER CHARLES and PAT CULOTTA Patterson, La. http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/ _________________________________________________________________