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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Courtesy of ABYC
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Exhaust Emissions (Continued)
POOR VENTILATION
Under certain running and/or wind conditions, permanently enclosed
or canvas enclosed cabins or cockpits with insufficient ventilation
may draw in carbon monoxide. Install one or more carbon monoxide
detectors in your boat.
Although the occurrence is rare, on a very calm day, swimmers and
passengers in an unclosed area of a stationary boat that contains or
is near a running engine may be exposed to a hazardous level of car-
bon monoxide.
2 Examples of Poor Ventilation:
While boat is stationary
a. Running the engine when the boat is moored in a confined
space.
b. Mooring close to another boat that has its engine running.
While boat is moving
c. Running the boat with the trim angle of the bow too high.
d. Running the boat with no forward hatches open (station wag-
on effect).