For galley fires, I went with the Safety at Sea recommendation and put a fire blanket on the boat as a first line of defense. No mess to clean up afterwards and only $10 at Home Depot. I was so impressed I put one in the pantry at home, too.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 17 April 2014 10:52, Martin DeYoung <mdeyo...@deyoungmfg.com> wrote: > 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 >
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