Gary Pick wrote:...  but that's hindsight for you, always after the event.:)

Well, if it weren't it would be called foresight, wouldn't it? Which alas, is rarely 20/20 vision!

Looks like a fault with that single malt, Gary. I'd order a new bottle to be safe..

Hmm, it seems my stupidity is restricted to not reading the tape measure correctly. The pushpit is the right width.

Yes, I know all about those dyslexic moments and also the mirror images and cutting 10 or a 100 mm short. It's seems to be part of boat building.

As for the tank, I understand you just want to get it done now, I'm in a similar frame of mind but I still have to watch the pennies.

Gary,

Was just catching up on your posts over at the Wooden Boat Forum (I'm not a member, so can't post there), a header tank is the way to go, but no need for it to be stainless steel. A polyethylene tank that you can buy of the shelf (I suspect Whitworths would have them)  would work and be much cheaper than SS. Alternately, if you can make the time, a plywood, epoxy & glass make great diesel tanks with the added bonus that because would is a good insulator, you get minimal condensation inside the tank.

On LC, despite being a steel boat I have plywood epoxy main and header tanks and have had them for more than 20 years. They are light, stiff and cause minimal condensation. I can highly recommend them.

PS. Went and had a look at Whitworths, did not see any PE tanks. If theres a West Marine in Oz, I know they have a whole range of them.