Bud Taplin wrote:

Eric Olander wrote:Bud, In my ongoing search for a solution to my corroded water tank problem, I have considered inserting a bladder into the tank but I'm thinking that I really want it replaced. 

If you had to remove the tank, specifically how would you tackle that job? cut it into pieces via multiple access holes in the storage compartments? Cut away the tabbing that secures the saloon liner and somehow gain access that way? I think I want to replace it with a stainless tank of equal size or perhaps two 40 gallon tanks. 

After the September Chesapeake rendezvous, I will haul Clementine out and I hope to complete all of the big projects by spring. I'm trying to determine man hours needed to complete various projects but the water tank project has me stumped. 

Probably the best approach would be to cut out the floor under the table, leaving a lip around the cutout to facilitate replacing the floor.  Then cut the aluminum tank into pieces and remove it.  The new tanks would have to be smaller to fit through the opening, but two of them should do the trick, or a bladder would also work.  Then install a flat piece of wood under the lip for the floor to rest on and be fastened to.  You can then fill the cut line with white caulk.