best place to store gas can...

[RonE]

Curious...
Going on my first extended cruise (5days), and also bringing along my new Honda 2.5 HP .
Can someone recommend where is the best place to store a 2 gallon gas can on our c34..
Thanks , Ron

[Jeff Tancock]

I keep the jerry can for my dinghy in the anchor locker.....safely vented and away from any trouble. Easy enough to move out of the way when anchoring.

[Stu Jackson]

For a five day cruise, I start out with it in the port locker.  After the first day it's on the dinghy anyway.  We bought a 3 gallon transom tank to replace the unwieldy 6 gallon old tank, and bring along a small 2 1/2 gallon backup jug (pre-CARB pour pouts, so it actually works!  ).  Jeff's idea about using the anchor locker has merit.  Ours just never leak.

[Kevin Henderson]

I always feel especially nervous dealing with gasoline.   
I was going to suggest my location but now I'm getting an uneasy feeling.   
I keep my small 2 gallon Gasoline can for my outboard in the aft lazerette.  My thought was that this is a good location due to the blowers and the ability to ventilate any fumes.  Am I wrong?  I also keep my Jerry can for Deisel in the same location.  I do like the idea of the anchor locker however 

[Mick Laver]

We also store our gas cans in the anchor locker. We're able to get three small (2) 1-gal, (1) 2-gal cans (pre CARB-yay!) in there without too much difficulty. I've attached a short (~12") line with a snap hook to each can so I can quickly clip them on the lifeline out of the way when anchoring.

Since we're dealing with only 4 gal of gas I bit the bullet and replaced my (beloved) 2.3 HP Evinrude 2-cycle with a 4-cycle. That way I don't need two sets of cans for the generator and the outboard.

[tommyt]

Jeff, thanks for the anchor locker idea, I had never thought of it. I will not carry gas or propane tanks inside the boat as I am paranoid about leaks and fire-explosion. If I decide to carry that will be the place.

[Jim Hardesty]

I also use the anchor locker.  Have a canvas bucket that hangs on the rode cleat that the small propane tanks fit in to.  Then the 1 gal gas can fits well just under that.  I've not seen anything move much less spill yet. 
Jim

[lazybone]

Anchor lockers have big pieces of metal that bounce around and vibrate while your pounding your way though head winds/seas.
Plastic containers do not like that.

Tie them off to a stanchion.

[Kevin Henderson]

   OK Now after seeing many of the responses I'm getting really worried about keeping my gasoline and deisel containers in the aft Lazerette.  
Should I be concerned and is this a hazerdous location??

Honestly, I never really thought that it could be.  

[waterdog]

If you are really worried, that's good.   Gasoline and propane should not be in areas that vent or flow into the hull / bilge.   Diesel, you might keep in the aft locker - might make a mess, but won't blow up your boat.   

[Jeff Tancock]

I agree that you should be worried. Gas fumes sink to the lowest place it can find and sits there waiting to be ignited. You don't need liquid to explode, fumes are all you need. Diesel isn't nearly as much a concern.  I would never store gas or propane in a locker unless it is vented or securely contained. Just too risky....

[Kevin Henderson]

Good thing it's Friday and that I'll be down to the boat first thing in the morning to move my gas can to the anchor locker.   

That is.. if my boat doesn't blow up between now and then.

[Terry Forshier]

I have my dinghy on davits so sailing I just tie the spare 2.5 gl tank inside the dinghy. When anchored or using the ding I can tie it on the deck forward.

[patrice]

Hi,
I have a small 3 gal. plastic tank for the dinghy, and it spend the whole time in the dinghy, where it will be used.
It is attached the to the engine bracket.  Not in the way.
And my diesel container is strap to a stanchion.

[lazybone]

This spring while commissioning Lazybones, I by accident discovered that the anchor locker thru-hull was cracked through about 75% and just barely holding on.  I wrote about it here back then as a heads up because it lives very close to the waterline. 

I ended up replacing the plastic thru and vinyl hose in kind, but in retrospect if I were delirious and wanted to use the locker for gas storage I would have used a bronze thru hull and hose that would stand up to a possible fuel spill.

Just saying.