CARB Meeting

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CARB Meeting

• Jim Hardin
• Grady-White Boats
• Greenville, NC
• April 12, 2006

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Grady-White Boats

• Independently Owned Boat Manufacturer
• Founded in 1958
• Build about 2000 Boats per Year
• 19 Models from 18 to 36
• 100 Outboard Powered
• We Use 22 Different Gasoline Tanks
• Field Testing of Carbon Canisters Last Year in
  Two Grady-Whites

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2002 2005 California Boat Registration Records

• Inboard, Outboards, and Inboard/Outdrives Only
• 18 34 Size Range Included
• 50,426 Boats Registered
• 299 Manufacturers
• Top 50 Boat Manufacturers
• Built 44,224 (87.7) of the Total

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North Carolina Boat Manufacturers

• 689 (1.4) of 50,426 Boats were Manufactured in
  North Carolina
• 16 Manufacturers Built these 689 Boats
• North Carolina has 109 Boat Builders Statewide
• Six Manufacturers Built 95 of the above 689
  Boats
• One Manufacturer Built 429 of these Boats

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Grady-White Boats in California

• Grady-White Sold 140 Boats in California
  (2002-2005)
• Grady-White has 19 Models
• Grady-White Uses 22 Different Fuel Tanks
• Two Plastic Tanks in Three Boat Models
• 20 Alum Tanks in the Remaining 16 Models
• All Tanks are Installed Completely Enclosed

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Large Tanks

• Concern- Size and Location of Carbon Canisters
  for Larger Capacity Tanks (93 to 170 Gallons)

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36 Tank Area (Twin 190 Gallon Tanks)
Bulkheads and stringers are Foam Cored and
Surround Tanks
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Tanks are Inherently Insulated
Tanks Located here
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Poly Tanks Used in 18 and 20 Models
Grady-White Uses Two Sizes of Poly Tanks (60 and
82 Gallon)
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Smaller Models
Please Note the Floatation Foam that Insulates
the Tank Area
60 Gallon Poly Tank Installed in an 18 Center
Console
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Completed Installation

• Major Concerns with New Plastic Tank Materials
• High Cost
• Unproven Technologies

Tank Located in this Area Under the Cockpit Floor
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Reduction of Diurnal Temperature Range

• Built-In Insulation and Enclosed Space
• Most Larger Boats are Stored In-Water
• Water Temperature has Less Daily Variation than
  Air Temperature
• Even Trailerable Boats with Installed and
  Enclosed Tanks Experience a Reduced Range in
  Diurnal Temperature Swings