At 11:24 AM 10/2/02 -0700, you wrote: >FWIW, 1 gallon is 231 cubic inches so it shouldn't really be _that_ hard >to figure out what a tank can hold. I can see a bow tank requiring a bit >of math, but other tanks should be pretty easy... That depends on whether you can measure the tank. I would not hold my breath on most steel or for that matter a lot of other boats. Capt. Mike Maurice Near Portland Oregon.

> >FWIW, 1 gallon is 231 cubic inches so it shouldn't really be _that_ > hard > >to figure out what a tank can hold. I can see a bow tank requiring a > bit > >of math, but other tanks should be pretty easy... > > That depends on whether you can measure the tank. I would not hold my > breath on most steel or for that matter a lot of other boats. The (steel)tank of my previous (steel)boat was 2,5 m * 0,4 m * 1,0; so it's surface was 1 m*m (and its capacity 1 m*m*m = 1.000 l). I measured the differnce between its top and the level of fuel shown by a standpipe: every mm represents 1 l fuel. Every evening I noticed the reading of hour meter and stand pipe, a simple division and finding is l/h. Sometimes its as simple ;-) Burkhard Becker