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View shows the Inno Nautic gas bin sunk into the port quarter of the
cockpit. This bin, which holds a Calor 10 lb cylinder, is really the biggest that
will fit this space. Gaz cylinders will also fit neatly. Not visible here
is the vent hose, ~1 inch diameter, which must go downwards, without
loops, to allow gas to be vented with no water locks. In my case this is routed to a
skin fitting on the transom, slightly inboard of the bin. We had to put an elbow on
the bilge pump skin fitting (port quarter) to make space for the bin. |
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View to port within the lazarette. You can see the Inno Nautic
bulkhead fitting and the copper pipe emerging. You can also see the home made clips,
used only where screwing conventional copper clips would be difficult. It's also
possible to see that we can still get substantial items in and out of the blind space
'behind' the bin (e.g. yellow fuel can). |
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This shows the pipe emerging from the lazarette (at floor level in there)
into the STARBOARD quarter berth about 6 inches up, the double bend used to allow it to be
secured to the engine bulkhead, and the plywood trunking made to protect the pipe from
knocks. This is normally hidden by the q/berth mattress. The plywood board
above is another project 'in progress'. |
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Here you see the Plastimo Neptune cooker mounted in place of the original
Swinging Bomb! The floor-style gas tap is visible lower left. The right angle
bend in the pipe adjacent needed a special bending die mounted in a home-made
holder. A loop (about 1m) of flexible hose links the tap to the cooker inlet while
allowing it to gimball reasonably well. More weight low down would probably help. |