@Dav123xyz You can smell it, you just need to get right down low and give the bilge a sniff, because it is heavier than air. There are boats that have caught fire because of a leak in gas barbecues and also because of petrol vapors. If you do not give the engine room a good sniff and run the blowers for a few minutes, you are running a much higher fire risk than a regular petrol powered boat. For those reasons diesel is very popular as it has higher a ignition point and less vapors than fuel. :)
@Dav123xyz Similar, but because petrol is in liquid form at room temperature, you will have a visible puddle or a layer in the bilge. It is only the vapors which ignite and because LPG is a gas at room temp, you can have a large volume of gas present in the bilge, which you may not necessarily smell. It may not be a problem if you are careful but i would be pretty worried if it is my boat, but i am sure he knows everything i just said and is careful to ventilate the boat and sniff for gas.
Whoops, 7 years....... When my Dad was a young guy he would hire broads boats and they all had petrol engines in those days (Wortham blake and Morris Vadette things I guess). He ha never mentioned blowing out the bilges in those days and certainly never had an accidents. I hear what you say though and we ve all seem the pictures of what can happen. I saw a report ina magazine of Fjord 27 that was refueling and it all went wrong. They couldn't control it and eventually towed it out to sand bank. At the end there was nothing left. The end of someone's holiday at the time.
@jcadlols Interesting..... So if you use gas you are reliant on accurate sensors and/or blowing the engine room rouitinely? If you can't smell it, I guess that's awkward.
The reason why people who own boats almost always have electric barbecues is because LPG is heavier than air, meaning it floats around in the bottom of your boat and waits for a spark, i hope you have no leaks and some good engine room blowers.
@Dav123xyz You can smell it, you just need to get right down low and give the bilge a sniff, because it is heavier than air. There are boats that have caught fire because of a leak in gas barbecues and also because of petrol vapors. If you do not give the engine room a good sniff and run the blowers for a few minutes, you are running a much higher fire risk than a regular petrol powered boat. For those reasons diesel is very popular as it has higher a ignition point and less vapors than fuel. :)
@Dav123xyz Similar, but because petrol is in liquid form at room temperature, you will have a visible puddle or a layer in the bilge. It is only the vapors which ignite and because LPG is a gas at room temp, you can have a large volume of gas present in the bilge, which you may not necessarily smell. It may not be a problem if you are careful but i would be pretty worried if it is my boat, but i am sure he knows everything i just said and is careful to ventilate the boat and sniff for gas.
Whoops, 7 years.......
When my Dad was a young guy he would hire broads boats and they all had petrol engines in those days (Wortham blake and Morris Vadette things I guess).
He ha never mentioned blowing out the bilges in those days and certainly never had an accidents.
I hear what you say though and we ve all seem the pictures of what can happen.
I saw a report ina magazine of Fjord 27 that was refueling and it all went wrong. They couldn't control it and eventually towed it out to sand bank. At the end there was nothing left. The end of someone's holiday at the time.
@jcadlols Interesting.....
So if you use gas you are reliant on accurate sensors and/or blowing the engine room rouitinely?
If you can't smell it, I guess that's awkward.
@jcadlols No different to petrol??
The reason why people who own boats almost always have electric barbecues is because LPG is heavier than air, meaning it floats around in the bottom of your boat and waits for a spark, i hope you have no leaks and some good engine room blowers.
Didn't know about the bbq thing I have to say.... :-/