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New Spacers. 1 1/2" glassed over rails for tank to rest on. Neopreme strips will be between the tank and the rails.

New Spacers

New Spacers

New 90 gal tank

Welcome Paul and family, You will find a whole new family to be a part of on the C-Brats site. I live on Guemes Is. There are dozens of C-Dorys with in 20 miles of you. Hope to see you out on the water this spring. Be sure to check out the Events button at the top. Next one is the Seattle...

Sold mine last year for $1100 plus shipping to upper right Canada.

They look to be plastic and the four of them are what the tank rested on. Probably about 1/2" of space between the tank and the floor. The new tank will rest on fiberglass stringers that will be glassed onto the bottom of the boat. The tank will be about 1 1/2" up from the floor. Also the new...

One more picture of the actual floor spacer that held the tank in place. Wood encased in fiberglass is what it appears to be.

Wood brace cut back to get tank out.

Okay, the tank has been removed exposing the bottom of the boat under the tank. The problem I had with just trying to have the two bad areas patched is that the rest of the tank was hidden. The two pieces that where holding the tank in place, as it turns out where wood with...

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Tank Removed

Actual area that was leaking. The other side was close. What lay underneath was unknown until the tank was removed.

Closer look at the plastic strips under the tank.

Tank after being cut out. Two baffles in the tank.

Thank you Ruth and Joe. My BD present to myself this year is a brand new gas tank for my 25. I am on Maui at the present for the annual homeowners meeting. Not a bad place to spend your BD...

Tom, there is so much corrosion just around the spacers that I think it would be tough to repair the tank. And all that can be seen is the top and back of the tank. Can't see the bottom, either side or the front. The tank is not resting flat on the floor of the boat. It is off the floor by...

Okay, I took a few pictures of the culprit. This is the starboard spacer which appears to be metal coated with maybe the spray on coating I think they use on the interior. The leak is at the top of the spacer. Limber hole on the right. Close up of the starboard spacer. The corrosion can...

close-up of spacer. Appears to be metal. Top left you can see corrosion and worn area.

Leaking tank. Bottom of pic is too the stern. Two spacers in bilge have worn hole in tank about 1 1/2" up from the bottom