On 20 Feb 2005 22:01:01 -0800, wrote:

Carbon monoxide should be a concern of every boater, particularly
boaters with gasoline fueled engines and generators.

Seldom does a year go by when there aren't fatalities directly
attributable to CO emmissions in gasoline exhaust. Gasoline generators
have been particualry worrisome. Generators are often running when a
boat is at a dock or at anchor where the vessel is more likely to
become surrounded by a cloud of exhaust gasses than when underway.

Boaters without gasoline engines may be at risk from the emissions of
boaters nearby. In 2003, there were 160 incidents of
"outside-the-cabin" Co poisonings, resulting in 48 deaths. At Lake
Havasu, Arizona, over Memorial Day weekend, 2004, shoreshide and
on-water CO levels were so dangerous that the park wardens had to be
removed for their personal safety.

Westerbeke developed a new line of gasoline generators designed to all
but eliminate CO emmissions. While there may be no "healthy" level of
CO, various government and industrial safety organizations have
established limits, based on a part-per-million measurement, for
"acceptably safe" exposure.


More info here also:

http://www.safecoproducts.com/


John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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