Something I have liked that came with the boat. Invader has a day tank 

mounted on the wheel house roof. It is a rectangular box that runs across
the roof, holds around 25 imp gallons. The tank is baffled.  There are four
lines that run off / in to it.

One that feeds the tank from the DD return centre on top. Tank is vented and
has a fill cap on top as well.

Two  lines run from each end of the tank. These lines pull from the tank
close to the top of the tank. They cross over and feed the main saddle tanks
opposite sides in the boat. Circulating the fuel and ballasting the boat as
you cruise along.

The other line running out of the tank has a T in line in the boat. From
there one line has a filter on it and feeds the furnace. The other line can
provide fuel to the DD. The gravity feed for the furnace is nice. There are
valves fixed to all the lines.

Proved so far to be very simple and effective for my needs.

Willy
Invader no 1
39 Kishi conversion

I'm trying to figure out a reasonable way to name the various NOAA-marked
"Intracoastal Waterway" routes.  I'm adding the ability to locate a position
on one of these waterways in some software I'm working on - soon to be
available for free to everyone on T&T!

So far, I have found the following:

Atlantic

This is the well marked waterway from Norfolk (MM 0) to Miami and onto Key
West (MM 1240).  I've seen this written as the AIWW and AICW.

Q1: Which is proper - AIWW or AICW?

Dismal Swamp

This is the well marked alternate Atlantic route starting near the beginning
of the Atlantic intracoastal waterway.  Its mile markers start at MM 10
(reflecting the distance from MM 0 of the Atlantic route) and meet back to
the normal Atlantic route near MM 80.

Okeechobee

There are two marked routes for this waterway.  The main route is the "Lake
route" and starts near Stuart at MM 0 and ends at MM 145 west of Fort Myers.
This route goes across Lake Okeechobee.

The second marked route is the "Rim route".  This starts at about MM 40 and
runs along the rim of Lake Okeechobee until about MM 75.

Q2: What are the proper names for these two routes?
Q3: Does the "rim route" only include the section along the rim of the lake?

Gulf

The markings on the charts are very confusing for this waterway.  To make
matters worse, I'm an Atlantic guy and I've never been on this part of the
intracoastal waterway.  Here is what I find on the charts starting at the
end of the Okeechobee intracoastal waterway and moving counter-clockwise to
Texas:

MM 0 (West of Fort Myers) - MM 150 (near Tarpon Springs).  All markings for
this waterway appear to end at MM 150.

Q4: What is this section called?

MM 375 (St. George Sound) - MM 0 (New Orleans).  The mile markers for this
section decrease in value as you move west.

Q5: What is this section called?
Q6: Is there any official intracoastal waterway between Tarpon Springs and
the St. George Sound?

MM 0 (New Orleans) - MM 680 (Brownsville).  The mile markers for this
section increase in value as you move west.

Q6: What is this section called?

The Gulf intracoastal waterway is almost always abbreviated GIWW.

Q7: Is the Gulf intracoastal waterway ever abbreviated GICW?

Could I get some local knowledge help with my Q1 through Q7?  I'm most
interested in how the names of these waterways should appear in a list of
waterways.  Please email me off-list and I'll publish the final findings
once I understand it all.

...Jeff

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Jeffrey Siegel
M/V aCappella
DeFever 53PH
W1ACA/WDB4350
Castine, Maine