The diesel engine fire video demonstrates one of the reasons Calypso has an automatically deployed Halon (aprox 10lb) fire extinguisher mounted in the engine space.
I had firefighting classes as part of my merchant marine training and have fought a fire underway (in 1979 on a C&C 39, galley fire, 2 days NE of Hawaii) that took 3 small dry chem extinguishers to put down. I am a fan of having several smaller extinguishers in handy locations, larger ones near the likely risks (engine/battery spaces and galley), and the automatic type if a fire could start undetected. I also have small dry chem's mounted near likely exit points (especially up forward) in case someone is trapped by a fire near the campionway. When I was fighting the C&C 39 fire my wife was stuck forward by the head and could not get on deck (where some of the crew was preparing the life raft in case the fire spread) without passing through a cloud of dry chem and smoke. The insurance requirement for the engine space fire port is reasonable for coastal sailing where assistance is close by and/or one could make for shore quickly. If your plans include some offshore voyages I recommend looking into a upgrade to the auto deploy type extinguishers. There are some smaller sizes that are easy to mount with self-contained heat activated release mechanisms. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:24 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List ABYC compliance issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHRYD2Wv6lY Bill Bina On 4/17/2014 1:10 PM, Robert Boyer wrote: > Why would you need this with a Diesel engine? > > Bob > > Bob Boyer > S/V Rainy Days > 1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230 > Annapolis, Maryland > email: dainyr...@icloud.com > blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
