In areas where the quality of diesel fuel is questionable, how do you handle refueling to minimize the threat of contaminating the tanks?\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out last week’s survey on carrying jerry jugs on deck. 71% said they do carry extra fuel in jugs on deck when heading off on a longer passage.\u00a0 65% said they lash the jugs to a fender board against the side stanchions and lifelines, while 21% secure them in the cockpit and 14% lash them to the stern rail.\u00a0 Of those who do not carry extra fuel on deck, 53% said they don’t need the extra fuel, 28% said they are afraid of fuel spills and\u00a0 19% said they think jugs on deck look lubberly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. In areas where the quality of diesel fuel is questionable, how do you handle refueling to minimize the threat of contaminating the tanks?\u00a0 Many thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out last week’s survey on carrying jerry jugs on deck. 71% said they do carry extra fuel in jugs on deck when heading off on a longer passage.\u00a0 65% said they lash the jugs to a fender board against the side stanchions and lifelines, while 21% secure them in the cockpit and 14% lash them to the stern rail.\u00a0 Of those who do not carry extra fuel on deck, 53% said they don’t need the extra fuel, 28% said they are afraid of fuel spills and\u00a0 19% said they think jugs on deck look lubberly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42856,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42854\/revisions\/42856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}