Fire system: The argument for a fixed system on a sailing boat

10:32 PM Sun 19 Dec 2010 GMT

'It’s rare, but it does happen' .

Engine room fires are mercifully rare on sailing boats, but every so often, one does occur. The engine room is the most likely place on your boat for a fire to get started and if the fire breaks out while you are out on the water, the lives of everyone on board are at risk. While data on fires in engine rooms is not well kept around the world, the US Coast Guard estimates that 90% of all fires on a boat occur in the engine room. It is easy to see why. The engine room has the engines, the ...

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by Canadian Yachting/Sail-World Cruisin