Fueling

Also where the log earns its keep: gallons against engine hours is the only honest burn rate.

Before, during, after

• Engines off, no sources of ignition critical
• Close hatches and ports before fuelingHow

  How Keeps fumes out of the accommodation and the bilge.

• Confirm you have the DIESEL fill, not water or waste criticalHow

  How Read the deck plate. They are close together and a diesel fill into the water tank is a very expensive afternoon.

• Absorbent pad under the nozzle
• Record gallons, price, hours and log criticalHow

  How Take the numbers at the pump, not from memory afterward. Fill to the same point every time — usually to the neck — or the burn rate you calculate is noise.

• Check for spill before leavingHow

  How Any sheen on the water must be reported. Have the pad and a plan before you need them.

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