Well Shane, Your idea is very interesting and considering I will be heading
down the same road in a year or two I'm very interested in how this all
works out. It would be great if you documented the process with some digital
photos.

Rich Cassano

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net] On
Behalf Of Shane Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:07 PM
To: baba-l@ballreich.net
Subject: RE: [Baba-L] Baba 35 fuel tank

Hi Rich,

The one problem I see with fuel bladders are the baffles, which consist of a

foam insert. These foam inserts only last a few years (3 to 7) and then
must be replaced -- which sounds messy and perhaps expensive. A fellow Baba

40 owner in the Seattle area has chosen the fuel bladder method and I must
admit I was tempted. I suppose a way around the baffle issue is to split
the bladders into smaller sizes, but then you have the loss of capacity. I
think perhaps, to be extra safe with a fiberglass tank, one could put a
double bulkhead aft to contain a tank failure.

Yes, I do have plans of a small sump area foreward of the tank, which will
be transfer-pumped to the main bilge sump under the engine.

Shane Wilson
SV Muse - Panda 40
Port Townsend, WA




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