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On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:11:28 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: Heck, you can even drown in any water over, say 7 feet. Ira Hayes, the Pima indian who was one of those to raise the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iowa Jima, drowned while drunk, in two inches of water. At least according to Johhny Cash. Two inches is enough Casady |
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:58:09 +0100, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote: If gasoline must be used for an outboard, then it must be carried on deck. That's what we do. I once came very close to blowing up one of my old sail boats from leaking dinghy gasoline below decks. We found out when the diesel aux continued to run after I shut it down. The bilge fumes were so intense that it continued to run until I opened the engine compartment. |
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:11:28 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: Exactly. A great many airosols are using deoderized propane Nitpick. Never odorized in the first place. BTW, they use some mercaptan for that. A Texas school was heated with odorless gas, [including some propane], from a well on the place, and it blew up with no warning. I used to have a place with a propane furnace in the basement, but it wasn't a boat with waves flexing all the connections. Thousand gallon tank. Sometimes you can hear an exploding house for miles. TNT is 2000 BTU per pound, hydrocarbons run about 18 000. Casady |
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:19:48 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: Lets put it this way. The propane that the gas plant I installed in Central Java had an odor. The same people that built our plant were installing a "deodorized propane" plant in Alabama. I asked them what "deodorized propane was used for and they told me that it was aerosol propellant. Now, if propane has no odor then obviously the gas plant people were getting about two million dollars for nothing. Propane has no odor, and if it did you couldn't remove it. It's a compound not a mixture. Some natural gas, the source of propane, contains hydrogen sulfide, some doesn't. It burns well and and they may leave it in fuel gas. I don't know if it is likely to end up in the propane, or not. H2S boils at -85 C, and propane boils at -42. I think they liquify it and distill off the methane and ethane, which the sell as natural gas, leaving LP gas which everyone loosely calls propane. They may or may not remove the butane for separate use,[mostly synthesis feedstock]. Casady |
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:19:48 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: One pound of dynamite is about 5,000 BTU. Commercial dynamite is almost a thing of the past. All you can still get is 40% ditching powder. Pure nitro is 2550 BTU/ lb. {TNT is 2000} so, it's actually a thousand BTU, not five. Casady |
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Steve Lusardi wrote:
"IanM" wrote: Steve Lusardi wrote: After reading my first comment, it might be considered a bit impolite and that was not my intention. LPG, CNG or gasoline is really convenient, but it truly is very dangerous. It is virtually impossible to make any of them safe if any part of the system is below deck. For that reason, I carry only Diesel and use only electric below deck. If gasoline must be used for an outboard, then it must be carried on deck. Steve And how many aerosol cans and bottles of volatile solvents do you have aboard? They are all potential bombs in an enclosed space. None Steve OK, I respect that. After considering the risk/benefit ratio, you've decided to do the job *right* and eliminate the source of risk totally. I still reckon my chances of getting blown to bits by gas and volatiles aboard are small enough that keeping on top of preventative maintenance, good operating procedures, proper stowage etc. is acceptable risk management. I've got a bigger chance of dying messily (or worse - not quite dying) driving to the boat most weekends. If I was a close friend or relative of the guy who lost a leg in an onboard gas explosion in Poole a few years back, I might feel differently but the statistics don't support the emotional reaction. With a lower background risk level, I might reconsider. What do you do if you think you may need a blowtorch while cruising? I assume you don't carry any paints and varnish etc. for touching up scrapes when they happen? -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: |
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:40:06 +0000, IanM
wrote: Steve Lusardi wrote: "IanM" wrote: Steve Lusardi wrote: After reading my first comment, it might be considered a bit impolite and that was not my intention. LPG, CNG or gasoline is really convenient, but it truly is very dangerous. It is virtually impossible to make any of them safe if any part of the system is below deck. For that reason, I carry only Diesel and use only electric below deck. If gasoline must be used for an outboard, then it must be carried on deck. Steve And how many aerosol cans and bottles of volatile solvents do you have aboard? They are all potential bombs in an enclosed space. None Steve OK, I respect that. After considering the risk/benefit ratio, you've decided to do the job *right* and eliminate the source of risk totally. I still reckon my chances of getting blown to bits by gas and volatiles aboard are small enough that keeping on top of preventative maintenance, good operating procedures, proper stowage etc. is acceptable risk management. I've got a bigger chance of dying messily (or worse - not quite dying) driving to the boat most weekends. If I was a close friend or relative of the guy who lost a leg in an onboard gas explosion in Poole a few years back, I might feel differently but the statistics don't support the emotional reaction. With a lower background risk level, I might reconsider. What do you do if you think you may need a blowtorch while cruising? I assume you don't carry any paints and varnish etc. for touching up scrapes when they happen? If you are describing a "week-ender" you are correct but what about the live-aboards and long distance cruisers? By the way, after worrying about all the LPG, gasoline, etc. I know of a boat that sunk in the harbor at Langkawi, Malaysia because a bottle of MEK (Thinner it is called over here) broke in bad weather and dripped down on a water hose and dissolved it. The owner was ashore, in the hospital, so the boat sank. Of course there were usual stories about "sinking the boat for insurance" but I met the owner some years later and the insurance company had paid off and he was rebuilding the boat in Thailand. While I certainly agree with you that one should be as safe as possible but on the other hand messing about on water that is over your head must considered as inherently unsafe.... just as flying in airplanes.... or driving cars....or smoking. Cheers, Bruce |
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Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:40:06 +0000, IanM wrote: Steve Lusardi wrote: "IanM" wrote: Steve Lusardi wrote: After reading my first comment, it might be considered a bit impolite and that was not my intention. LPG, CNG or gasoline is really convenient, but it truly is very dangerous. It is virtually impossible to make any of them safe if any part of the system is below deck. For that reason, I carry only Diesel and use only electric below deck. If gasoline must be used for an outboard, then it must be carried on deck. Steve And how many aerosol cans and bottles of volatile solvents do you have aboard? They are all potential bombs in an enclosed space. None Steve OK, I respect that. After considering the risk/benefit ratio, you've decided to do the job *right* and eliminate the source of risk totally. I still reckon my chances of getting blown to bits by gas and volatiles aboard are small enough that keeping on top of preventative maintenance, good operating procedures, proper stowage etc. is acceptable risk management. I've got a bigger chance of dying messily (or worse - not quite dying) driving to the boat most weekends. If I was a close friend or relative of the guy who lost a leg in an onboard gas explosion in Poole a few years back, I might feel differently but the statistics don't support the emotional reaction. With a lower background risk level, I might reconsider. What do you do if you think you may need a blowtorch while cruising? I assume you don't carry any paints and varnish etc. for touching up scrapes when they happen? If you are describing a "week-ender" you are correct but what about the live-aboards and long distance cruisers? By the way, after worrying about all the LPG, gasoline, etc. I know of a boat that sunk in the harbor at Langkawi, Malaysia because a bottle of MEK (Thinner it is called over here) broke in bad weather and dripped down on a water hose and dissolved it. The owner was ashore, in the hospital, so the boat sank. Of course there were usual stories about "sinking the boat for insurance" but I met the owner some years later and the insurance company had paid off and he was rebuilding the boat in Thailand. While I certainly agree with you that one should be as safe as possible but on the other hand messing about on water that is over your head must considered as inherently unsafe.... just as flying in airplanes.... or driving cars....or smoking. Cheers, Bruce We did several thousand NM last year and I carry more spares and maintenance supplies than many boats 10' longer. For 'just a weekender' we do a **** of a lot of sailing and I end up fixing the boat in interesting places even if not the exotic one the blue water guys get to :-) And yes that is with gas, including a spare bottle that cannot be stowed in the dedicated locker, petrol, aerosols, thinners and a gas lighter on board. I have heard the tale of a skipper who had a tin of Nitromors paint stripper rust out that ate a hole through the GRP of the bottom of his boat. The first he knew about it was when he didn't have to pump the bilge every week! (deep non-self draining cockpit, boat blocked up ashore) Apparently the glassfibre was still there but the resin had gone form an area the size of a dinner plate :-( If we are off the boat overnight or longer, the seacocks *are* all closed. I'm lazy and I dont bother shutting everything off if I'm just going ashore for a meal or a quick shop. If I ended up in hospital, and was able to talk I reckon any friend, fellow boater or *working* harbour official would be happy to secure my vessel, closing seacocks, isolating the batteries and shutting off the fuel and gas etc. Your acquaintance was unlucky not to have the seacock closed. The greatest risk I take is returning from the pub by tender . . . . Life is a risk, no-one gets out alive! -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: |
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