[PCW] Carbon monoxide -- explosion risk

[Robert Deering]

Rod,

Understood and concur.  An outboard certainly reduces the risk of explosion
and the risk of CO poisoning.  But if an inboard gas generator is installed
in the outboard-powered boat, then we're back to high explosion and CO
risks.  And I suspect that between the two, the threat of explosion is
considerably higher, though of course it won't much matter to me which one
kills me - the results are the same.

On the Coastal Cat ideally there'd be an on-deck, properly vented &
exhausted locker that could accommodate one of the newer inverter-type
portable generators like Honda makes.  Light weight, reasonably quiet if
it's inside a locker, and it can pull out of the boat's onboard fuel supply.
Gets fumes and fire risk out of the hull of the boat.  Also costs a fraction
of an installed diesel genset and is easy to maintain/replace.

Bob Deering
Juneau, Alaska