Are trims tabs worth it?

[spareparts]

worse than that. I worked on a 17 whaler last year that the tank had gone soft from ethanol. I checked compresion on the engine(4 stroke Mercaha), and found two cylinders at 0. I could hear the vlaves tapping, so I pulled the intake off and sprayed power tune on the intake valves till I could free them up. Everything had a red gluey substance on it. took forever to get the carbs cleaned(and the kits retailed for $150 each, took four). By the time I put a new tank in the boat, replaced the fuel lines, installed a water separating filter,replaced all the filters and primer bulb, got the compresion back up, rebuilt the carbs, set up the carbs(PIA), tuned the motor, changed teh oil and filter, water tested it, etc. The bill ended up being around $1600, and I didn't charge him no where near the actual amount of time I had in it. The ethanol disolved the resin from the tank, and once air hit it, it turned back into glue. This guy was lucky I was able to save the motor. As far as i know, it affects all fiberglass tanks(poyester/vynilester resin), not sure about epoxy resin, I emailed MAS epoxy about it, they didn't recomed epoxy for fuel tanks period, neither would West. Point of story, if you have a fiberglas tank, get rid of it. If you are using cheap plastic portable tanks, throw them away every four to five years and replace them with new one(don't ask how i learned that lesson), its cheaper to replace them than to repair the problems that arrise.

[Destroyer]

Fermanator and Spareparts.. THANK YOU BOTH for the lesson!!

These are the kind of things that you don't hear about until it smacks you in the face!.. I'll be certain to keep an eye out for them in the future.
All my present tanks are either Alum or SS, so I'm thinking i'm ok.. but I do have some spare 6.5 gal plastic tanks I use for long distance runs.. Might have to get new ones in a few years.. thanks for the info guys!!!

[whatknot]

"the Titty Bar" gets it's name from the fact that I have to cross the Ga state line to fish this spot.
All the good titty bars are just across the state line in South Carolina. Don't really need to travel to those any more. Sorry it wasn't more exciting than that..... I could make something up...

[whatknot]

Up at 4:30 and prepped the whatknot for another try at cobia this morning. Idled out of the creek and,.... BAM! It was like my lower unit hit something. Mototr started idling really rough again, so back to the hill. Shucks.

I took her out last thursday and ran it hard and fast. Ran like a top.....
What the PH?

[RidgeRunner]

SPARE the tank in the Whaler is aluminum. I checked that out early on. 160 gallons worth in a 23 footer. The only time I have to worry about filling up is when I go somewhere and spend a week on the water.
SO I have a dilemma. Stale gas, constantly. (3 boats don't help) A solution to the water build up in the fuel is to keep your tank full. BUT my average outing I am only burning 30 gal. or less and I like the way the boat feels with about half a tank and the trailer likes it too. (500 LBS LIGHTER) Stabil is working thus far but the one filter is a concern.

[spareparts]

keep it as low as you can and add enough fresh fuel to get you thru the day, I've played around with an old aluminum tank, moved it around, in the sun, out of the sun, set it in a boat, set it under the boat, piled wood over it, you name it, I've moved it there, guess what, no measureable amount of water in the tank, personanly I think the whole condensation thing is BS. Better to add fersh fue, if you have any water in the old fuel, the fresh ethanol will absorb it, ya'll remeber when we used to add alchohol to fuel(dri gas) on purpose?