[C38] Propane locker

[les]

Hi, Steve, 

	Please do not put the propane below the waterline.  Please put it above
the waterline, and bleed it to open air at the bottom.  I have a friend
who was lucky enough to be blown off a boat that exploded.  His friend
was below, and didn't survive.  This is not trivial, nor just a coast
guard requirement, it is essential for your own protection.

	Propane is heavier than air, and will collect in the bilge and inside
the boat.  Take every precaution you can to make sure that doesn't
happen.

Regards,
Les H

On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 23:16 -0600, S Orton wrote:
> Has anyone considered taking a portion of the locker fwd of the vee
> berth and making it into a sealed propane locker?  An access hatch
> would would have to be cut through the foredeck and the locker would
> be drained into the anchor compartment, which is drained overboard
> through the stem above the waterline.  To me, that fwd locker is
> rather useless except to throw the dirty clothes into.  I am presently
> in the process of building a FG airtight sealed locker for a 2.5 gal
> tank that would fit in the sail locker, which location I really don't
> like, because it is located below WL (won't meet CC building regs) and
> it takes up valuable space in the sail locker.  Even though I have
> spent many hours building the plug and I'm at the point of doing
> the FG layup, I think I will put the project on hold and investigate
> the fwd locker location.
> Comments would be appreciated.
> Cheers, Steve O
> Santa Susanna (304)    
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