[snider]

The last owner had a 6 gallon tank in the starboard side cockpit locker with a male to male nipple through the aft end of the locker. I'm not a big fan of having a gas tank in a closed locker with a small vent in the stern. The boat has been setup like this for 22 years just fine so I don't know why I'm worried. Just doesn't strike me as safe, even if its a 1 in a million chance for a fire or explosion. My friend just lost a brand new car from putting a gas tank in the trunk of his car. He was getting gas for his lawn mower, didn't have the vent closed. The tank ignited and his car burned down. So that puts the external tank in the aft area of the cockpit. A little 3 gal tank doesn't take up much room and I'm sure I could fab something nice to hold it in place. I think this is what Beneteau had in mind because there is a raised area with nonskid.

So 75% of the time I'll only need the motor to get in and out of the slip, why be stuck with an external tank 100% of the time when I only need it 25% of the time? When I want to overnight or want a little more fuel I'll put the external tank in. It just gives me more flexibillty.