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Two weeks - New tank.

JTR Marine - 10/10 - Highly recommend!

A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

* UPDATE * Many thanks to Jim, John & Gonesail... I contacted JTR Marine in Gulfport FL, just a few miles from my slip at St. Pete Marina. Derek (Son of Robert- the R in JTR) expressed interest in seeing a 40 year old relic from his dad's days in the fabrication shop. He was amazed it was in as ...

gonesail wrote:Boyd welding in Ocala does custom aluminum fuel tanks.

I got so excited for a minute...

Then...

(Continued) The pits and holes... 20230225_172157.jpg Shallow pitting. Several of these: 20230225_172136.jpg And the bad one: 20230225_172231.jpg Hole that big might have something living in it... Ive pressure washed the tank now - looks like I've got a good base to work with, at least from the insi...

So - I've had my CD25 (mostly) D for almost 2 years... I say is mostly a CD25D since it has an internal diesel ('Beake 13)... But the vessel is missing other CD25D features... The aluminum 20 gallon (!) fuel tank is up under the v-berth, as it the water tank. The large laz in the stern has the trans...