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I just got a new boat and am looking for some ideas for my tank racks. There is a decent size walkway off the transom so I would like to put the racks there out of the way of the passengers. Ideally, these racks would have to be lockable so that the tanks can stay on the boat when it is parked outside my house. I was thinking of sort of standard system with straps (stainless?) around the middle of the tanks with a sort of other hinged bracket that could be closed around the neck of the tanks and padlocked. Has anyone already thought of something like this before? Any suggestions?
I just got a new boat and am looking for some ideas for my tank racks. There is a decent size walkway off the transom so I would like to put the racks there out of the way of the passengers. Ideally, these racks would have to be lockable so that the tanks can stay on the boat when it is parked outside my house. I was thinking of sort of standard system with straps (stainless?) around the middle of the tanks with a sort of other hinged bracket that could be closed around the neck of the tanks and padlocked. Has anyone already thought of something like this before? Any suggestions?
I have worked up some drawings for a locking tank rack. I can not scan the drawing for some reason. PM me and I will mail you my drawings. The basic concept is to make a tank cover with 8" PVC pipe and an end cap glued on for a top. Mount a lock bar on the back side that sits into a lower saddle / shoe that is secured to the deck or swim plate. The top of the bar extends above the top of the tank and is secured to a I-bolt that is secured to the transom or side of the boat. (1) Slip the sleeve over the tank. (2) Position the base of the lock bar into the saddle and swing the top of the tank and lock bar into the upper bracket.
I've seen this on a few it works well whether its your own boat or somebody elses, this is the system i'll be using on my dads when its fanally done, the tank holder is one of those fold down ones so when it comes to getting your gear ready you just fold down the tank holder ten you can but your BCD on and everything from just under your seat sit down, loop your arms through and your off, you can put everything underneath the seat in a rubbermaid tub or proper gear bag, works best if its near the back of the boat but in a room so it doesn't get completly soaked before its supposed to, iv'e seen people have a diving room right at the back of a boat, compressor, tub to wash gear, everything to do with diving, so thats what this design is about, keeping all your gear in one place,
With the Roll Control racks, which is I think what you are
talking about, you don't even need to fold it down before
donning the BC. Put the BC on, lean forward, and it pops
out of the tank rack.
Pay attention to tank heights. Make sure it will work with
an HP80 (that one would have gotten me) and strap
heights on various BCs. If I were doing it over again, I'd
have two channels, separated by 3" vertically, to handle
the different strap heights.
The people you know have bigger boats than the people
I know. ;-)
I use a Roll Control on my boat, if you want to lock your tanks up, next time the tanks are empty put a neck ring on them, then put a cable lock through them and attach it to the boat.
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