Go Boating - Stay Safe Carbon Monoxide

Carbon Monoxide

Top Tips    for your safety

Staying safe is simple…

• Never block cabin ventilators.

• Never use LPG cooking appliances for space heating.

• Never leave LPG appliances on overnight, unless they are

  designed to be left on and are of the room sealed type.

• Never use mobile (cabinet) gas heaters - they are not suitable

  for use in boats and introduce extra fire safety hazards.

• Never bring lit barbecues into the cabin - charcoal gives off

  CO gas.

• Never cover the air inlet or heat outlet of a cabin heater.

• Never use an appliance you think may be faulty or unsafe.

• Never operate petrol powered generators inside an enclosed

  space, or close to any opening or ventilator which leads into

  the cabin space.

• Never run a boat's petrol engine with the craft moored

  against another object such as a wharf, a lock wall or another

  boat - the exhaust gases could easily deflect back into the

  boat. Avoid running your engine when moored in a crowded

  marina, particularly when the air is still.

 

Happy Boating to all