Mounting Fire Extinguishers CD 25

I have three. One is mounted flat on the console next to the throttle. One is in the aft port locker mounted to the forward wall of same, just inside the door. the Third is mounted to the aft wall of the forward port locker beneath the forward port seat.
 
bartender66":1ujivt4q said:
Just wondering which locations folks have found to mount their fire extinguishers. Thanks.
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I mounted two more fire extinguishers in my 25 footer, C-Rapture. I thought the one located in the cabinet under the stove was too close to a potential fire source, the stove. You would have to bend over a fire to get to the extinguisher.

The first one is up against the port side of the V-berth bulkhead in front of the passenger seat. While it looks like it would be in the way we have found that you really have to work at hitting it with your knee while in the seat. Also it meets one of the prime rules of extinguisher location, it can easily be seen by everyone.

The other one is located in the cockpit. It is mounted behind the open door (there is just enough room where the door won't hit it) at the level of the built in step. The door protects the extinguisher when it is open and it is far enough inboard to be seen when entering the cockpit from the port side so it won't be stepped on. That location is also readily seen by all on board and is near a potential fire source, the engine.

As a USCG Auxiliary member tasked with Vessel Safety Examinations, I stress the need for having more then the required number on board. They have a short use time, you are nervous when needing to use them and could miss, and gas fires can re-light after being extinguished. The important factors in location selection are availability when needed (You don't want to be looking in every compartment trying to remember where you last stored them) and visability to everyone on board.

If you want I can email you pictures of where I mounted mine.

Gary Palsgrove
C-Rapture
 
bartender66":1j51uoot said:
Thanks Gary and everyone who replied. Gary if you have pictures that would be great however don't go to a lot of trouble. Thanks again.

Terry
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Terry
I am not sure how to attach pictures to this type of email.

Please send me an email directly to this address: evorgslapg@msn.com
and I will respond with, I hope, attached pictures

Gary
 
From past experience, I would advise putting yourself in various areas of the boat and envisioning the possibility of a fire between you and the fire extinguisher and the exit. I had a sailboat with the head forward of the mast and found myself in there early in the morning at sea, exhausted, tired and foggy with a fire between me, the exit and the fire extinguisher! So I think three is not too many.

If you're in the bunk, reach around to a good spot for an extinguisher from that lying down position. Do the same from the helm, the stove, the head, the cockpit, etc..

Definitely the orientation of the one by the bunk should be planned from a lying down position, the one from the head from a sitting down position, etc..
Discovering a burst of flame with your pants down is a pretty awkward situation where panic just makes everything worse.

John
 
drjohn71a-

You know it's gonna be a bad day when.....

1. blash, blah, blah.....

etc., etc.,


99. You're in the head with your pants down and you discover there's a fire between you, the hatch door, and the fire extinguisher.

This may even rank as an OMEN.

Fire upon the waters is the wrath of the sailing gods!

Sinful sailors repent!

(Get your butt back to the Yacht Club for a cool one, you've got a tale to tell!)

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Old sailors share a camaradarie that transends time and space.

Fun sharing with ya'!

Joe.
 
Amen..... also, it could be a nice surprise to a midnite intruder when he finds out the hard way that you had a loaded fire extinguisher within easy grasp!
 
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