[Alberg30] Deadly gas !

Just Dave davekruetzkamp at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 3 08:40:04 PDT 2001


Addendum: Several people in this general area died of CO poisoning while 
hanging around the swim platforms when motors were running; the CO was sort 
of trapped there.


>From: Tom Sutherland <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
>To: public-list at alberg30.org
>Subject: [Alberg30] Deadly gas !
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:05:59 -0400
>
>The following message appeared on another sailing list I subscribe to
>... I thought it was worth passing along to my Alberg friends:
>
>Tom S
>Alberg # 412
>
>This past week in Delran NJ, two people died from CO poisoning on their
>boat.  While tied to the dock at 2 AM, the owner started the engine to
>charge up his battery.  Unfortunately for him, the hatches were closed
>and the aft area of the 29 foot power boat was enclosed.  He and his
>lady friend never woke up.  The boat owner was a Cop in my home town of
>Willingboro and I knew him.
>
>I guess that I am writing this to remind everyone that now that it is
>getting colder out some folks may forget about ventilation while running
>their motor or genset.  With this writing possibly someone my just
>remember that CO is odorless and deadly.  While underway don't forget
>about the station wagon effect.  I recall just a few years ago a captain
>found his wife dead in the galley after just one hour of running down
>the intercoastal.  Please be safe everyone.
>--
>
>
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