Personal Watercraft Insurance – Where Carbon Monoxide can Accumulate
Friday, Nov. 20th 2020 10:15 AM
You can have Carbon Monoxide accumulate in a few locations on your boat
- Inadequately ventilated canvas enclosures can trap CO (Carbon Monoxide
- Exhaust Gas can get trapped in enclosed places
- Blocked Exhaust Outlets. Always make sure to check your outlets each time you go boating
- Carbon Monoxide from a boat/vessel positioned next to you can be just as deadly
- At slow speeds, while idling, or stopped, CO can remain at angerous levels in and around your boat, even if the engine is no longer running.
Be mindful of all the ways Co can collect and cause you harm. source WA Gov
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