Eagle Pursuit
Senior Member
- Joined
- Feb 24, 2019
- Messages
- 110
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Pursuit
- Vessel Make
- Transpac Eagle 32
Hello, my wife, Mona, and I just arrived in Rock Hall, MD to take delivery of our 1987 Eagle 32. Just wanted to get on the forum to introduce ourselves. I know that there are a number of other Eagle 32 owners out there and we can't wait to compare notes.
We are long time sailors, (who isn't?), in fact we will still sail during summers out of Bayfield, WI.
So, we are part-time trawlers and enjoy moving up and down the East Coast. This is our third boat for the ICW and we hope it's finally the right one.
For you Eagle owners, you might be interested that our survey showed a rusty fuel tank that has failed because someone cut the fiberglass tabbing away from the steel tank and allowed it to rust from the outside. So, today, we cut the cockpit floor away to expose he tank and tomorrow will cut the tank out. Lots of fun, at least we had a budget for this and it will come out fine.
I'm wondering if there are any opinions out there about reducing the size of the tank from 145 gals. to something around 80-90 gals. I think this will cut our range from 700 miles to 320-350miles. We are never going offshore and can't imagine not being able to get fuel within 300 miles. Any thoughts?
Nice to meet all of you.
We are long time sailors, (who isn't?), in fact we will still sail during summers out of Bayfield, WI.
So, we are part-time trawlers and enjoy moving up and down the East Coast. This is our third boat for the ICW and we hope it's finally the right one.
For you Eagle owners, you might be interested that our survey showed a rusty fuel tank that has failed because someone cut the fiberglass tabbing away from the steel tank and allowed it to rust from the outside. So, today, we cut the cockpit floor away to expose he tank and tomorrow will cut the tank out. Lots of fun, at least we had a budget for this and it will come out fine.
I'm wondering if there are any opinions out there about reducing the size of the tank from 145 gals. to something around 80-90 gals. I think this will cut our range from 700 miles to 320-350miles. We are never going offshore and can't imagine not being able to get fuel within 300 miles. Any thoughts?
Nice to meet all of you.