how could this possibly happen

[thedog]

Originally Posted by Blue_Heron

Seems a little far fetched to me. Water is heavier than gas, yes, but unless they brought along a fitting that made a tight seal with your deck fill, it would be a very slow messy process to capture gas pushed through a vent.

The water in the gas at the last fill up is unlikely, but I think more likely than the theft by water displacement scenario. Every time I've had water in my gas, it's been a problem with the tank. 12" is a bunch, though. Is your tank really 24"deep?
Dave

how can I run the boat till end of november and not have a problem, this is what burns me.
if I had 12" of water in the tank I would have never made it anywhere to fish.
over the winter 3-1/2 months the boat had a full cover over it. and was up in the air in a rack were there was no access to it. then it was down on a ground level rack for a week. how could the boat get 12" water in the tank in one week. it did not rain that week, we have had very little rain here in the last month. and if I left the cap open and put a big funnel in it , there is no way that 75 gallons of water could have gotten into the tank. in a weeks time.