I am going to suggest that getting rid of gasoline in the boat with electric bilge pumps is not the best way to go. I did all my cleanup with the batteries off and nothing was turned on until the boat was spotless clean and smelling of nothing but Joy dish soap.
Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy Kelly via CnC-List Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 4:00 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List gas exposions marine engines one nearby boat gas fuel explosion....you realize the real danger....early in my sailing ownerships...had experience leaking gas fuel dripping on water jacked muffler ..noticed when engine shutdown to begin distance race,,fuel smell,,it didnt take long for a crew of 11 to get pails..riggers buckets ,etc,and drown whole engine and hot muffler...auto pumps activated &water &fuel pumped overboard..left gas spill on water which SAR was happy to clean up...reason for event discovered later fuel tank float rubbed bottom of tank until wore hole in tank bottom...crew really had it together...one half did engine drowning..other half..hung over bow to encourage fwd pumps to engage ..REALLY LUCKY..FUME DETECTER ALSO DEFECTIVE........had manya4s after that with quality fail safe fume detecters...now a hign torque diesel user
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