I picked up on the fire issue.
I have heard and read repeatedly that the main obstacle to fighting fire is that there is so much smoke generated as to make it impossible to actually see the fire in order to put it out. I'm guessing the main sort of fire we face is an electrical fire, since there seems to be very little chance of the fuel catching on fire. (Recall my working sitting inside my fuel tanks with a propane torch.) I can easily cut off all power to my Main Buss, which leaves only the Main and Genset starting circuits, and the inverter DC power (also with a big switch) at this time. To this end I have almost completed fabrication and installation of a large vent, 4" x 20", with a automotive radiator fan to blow air into the engine room to allow me to enter the space whilst clearing it of most of the smoke so can get to the fire. Further, I am going to rig emergency DC circuits so I can operate that fan and the ER lights on a separate circuit so as to be able to shut down the most probably source of electrical fire current, the Main Buss while still having the fan and lights available. An emergency line to the helm for VHF and some lights might be a good idea too. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > There is one co-equal hazard and that is fire. In most cases, if you don't > > succeed in fire prevention, you are likely going to have to abandon ship. > > Nonetheless, auto and manual extinguisher redundancy will either put it out > > or give us time to abandon ship with adequate survival gear. > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
