Propane locker part 1
When we first installed our propane system on Never Monday we lashed our propane tanks to the stern pulpit. While this worked for keeping the tanks "vented" and i'd done the same on a previous boat (also with 10lb tanks). the result was a bit ugly and in incident where the stern of the boat got hung up on some piles made us plainly aware of how vulnerable this also left the tanks Original tank hanging from rail. We decided that the tanks needed more protection, both from the elements and to move them inside the the life lines to give them some additional protection. We looked at commerical options but at close to $1000 for a locker that would only hold one tank,we knew that there had to be a better option. After all they are just a fiberglass box! In looking around at my options I found this blog post: Pheonix's custom fiberglass propane locker So I set out to build my own.... Step 1 was to decide on the dimensions. We carry 2 10lb tanks for propane and wan