Charles: The locker isn't separated - it is only sealed on the bottom (so water doesn't enter the boat). The top of the line along the transom and sections port&starboard are open to the interior. Put hand in and feel (be careful as there can be sharp fiberglass edges to the pan!) or put head in and look or use a cell phone to snap some pictures. Yes there is the thru-transom fitting for a fuel hose - and this encourages unsafe fuel storage. I modified my M17 to completely separate the aft locker from the rest of the interior and added a large vent, as ABYC safety protocols require) to the footwell wall locker wall (see pic in my prior post). I've also done the modification to a couple other M17s. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com <<-- new site! On Tue, May 31, 2022, 11:14 PM Charles Adams via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I’m confused Dave and haven’t boat near me where I can double check it. The small locker I referred to in my 2005 is in the stern totally separated from cabin. Has a hole where fuel line from motor leads into it and would allow a small amount of air to vent. Also two waterlines in it for water to drain from cockpit. Before finding the tank from Westmarine I propped the locker lid open and put the gas tank in cockpit as you mention. That or run the line over the stern to tank. Neither did I like. I accepted the locker was for Gas container so you didn’t have to have a container in cockpit sliding around if not blocked.
However the more I read here the more I learn the differences between the M17 and happy I have the one I have.
Charlie
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On May 31, 2022, at 12:48 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
M17 owners -
Unless modified the aft locker of a 2nd Generation 17 ISN'T separated from the cabin. It can leak fumes into the bilge/cabin = boom! Even if sealed off without adding a large vent (as I outlined in a prior post) the locker is an explosion hazard if used for fuel storage.
The safest place to keep a fuel container is on the cockpit floor. Put fuel at the aft end of the footwell isn't actually a bad thing as one shouldn't be sitting that far aft (this is even more important on the M15/S15/SC).
:: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com <<-- new site!