Liquids
Stored on Deck
by Steve Dashew
In the cruising grounds close to home you see a lot of boats carrying
plastic jugs on deck filled with diesel or fresh water. You can get away
with this if conditions remain moderate. But it does not take much of
a wave to rip the containers (or the hardware to which they are attached)
free and send them down the deck and/or overboard. In addition, all that
weight stored so high above the vertical center of gravity reduces stability
and in a knockdown, can make it more difficult for the boat to get back
onto an even heel.
Needless to say, we prefer to keep the decks cleared.
However, if you do carry jugs on deck, take a look at this photo for a
neat way to do it. Those 2 x 6 " (50 x 150mm) boards, to which the jugs
are tied, will double as fender board when tied up alongside pilings.
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