Skip to content

Enough About Lights, What About Tanks?

Please, no more letters about lights on cruise ships, as we’ve been overwhelmed with responses. We’ll have the best of them in the June, not May, issue.

One respondent, however, also went off on a tangent about fuel and holding tank gauges that rarely seem to work. "How can devices that are seemingly so simple fail so frequently? My old boat had an easily accessible fuel tank, which meant I could measure how much fuel there was using a dipstick. Talk about reliable! I loved it. My current boat has two fuel tanks, neither one of which has an opening for a dipstick. As such, I’m thinking about fuel tank gauges that mount on the outside of the tank. Has anybody used them? How did they work?" Send your thoughts to Richard.

Leave a Comment




When Beau Geste arrives at Papeete late tonight or early tomorrow, her crew will undoubtedly receive a traditional Tahitian welcome – regardless of the hour.
Two years ago, Cheryl Williams, who works with Inter-Ed to place foreign students in California homes, contacted us to see if we could help find a host family for a 16-year-old German student who was passionate about sailing.
"I’m headed to Mexico this year," writes a Southbound cruiser who wants to remain anonymous because his employer doesn’t know he’s taking off, "and like all cruisers I’m very interested in the weather.