Any way to reduce the station wagon effect?

Discussion in 'Sport Yachts/Yachts' started by jmauld, Oct 31, 2022.

  1. mrsrobinson

    mrsrobinson Well-Known Member SILVER Sponsor

    Mar 9, 2006
    Virginia, USA
    2001 Sea Ray 380DA
    3126 purring CATs
    Do you use the same one as in the cabin, or a different one?
     
  2. jmcdboater

    jmcdboater Well-Known Member

    336
    May 28, 2022
    Stockton, CA
    1988 300 DA Sundancer
    Vessel JIM’N’I IV
    Twin 5.7L Mercs w/Alpha One Drives
    Koehler KVA 4 Genset
    Sweater or CO detector???? I’d like to use the same sweater we’ve seen here…….
     
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  3. jmauld

    jmauld Well-Known Member

    Jun 9, 2020
    Carolina Beach
    2010 Sundancer 390
    2016 Sea Hunt Ultra 211
    Twin 8.1l of gas guzzling iron
    Sweater or co detector?

    I use a $40 detector from amazon with a readout. The ones in the cabin are just on/off alarms.
     
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  4. Thornton69

    Thornton69 Well-Known Member

    Sep 15, 2014
    Northern BC
    1981 245 SDC
    2021 Solar 420
    '97 5.7 Bravo 2
    '20 Merc 25 EFI Jet
    Would suspect all you have to do is pressurize the cabin. Wouldn't take much I would think. It is done all the time with equipment and even autos that run in dirty environments. Their systems filter the incoming air but would not be required on a boat. Probably just a small blower.
    Is it possible the engines are causing a negative pressure in the cabin? Just a thought.
     
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  5. KrazyKarl

    KrazyKarl Member

    44
    Jun 26, 2022
    1999 190CC Sea Ray
    4.3L Alpha (190 PHP) MCM stern drive
    Do you get co in the cabin without the boat moving? If you do you have a exhaust leak, if you only get it when you are moving it's sucking it up because of the low pressure cabins. Just pressure up the inside just a little bit.
     
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  6. jmcdboater

    jmcdboater Well-Known Member

    336
    May 28, 2022
    Stockton, CA
    1988 300 DA Sundancer
    Vessel JIM’N’I IV
    Twin 5.7L Mercs w/Alpha One Drives
    Koehler KVA 4 Genset
    I would put all the side curtains up so it’d be nice and chilly, then ask the gal to lend me her sweater…….:p:p
     
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  7. jmauld

    jmauld Well-Known Member

    Jun 9, 2020
    Carolina Beach
    2010 Sundancer 390
    2016 Sea Hunt Ultra 211
    Twin 8.1l of gas guzzling iron
    Your comment made me switch things up a little. Previously, I had ran with the back flap and front vents open. Tonight, I left the back flap closed. Opened the front vents and took off. This kept my CO numbers at 0 for almost the entire night. Twice, they crept up to 35 but that is far less than what I used to see with that back flap open.
     
  8. Carver370

    Carver370 Well-Known Member

    Mar 30, 2007
    New Buffalo Michigan
    2000 Sea Ray 400 Sundancer - Diesel
    T-3116 CAT - 350 HP
    We run with the camper enclosure on a ton. When its nice out we will remove the aft panels. I have found that if I crack the forward windshield vent even slightly, I will not get spray or mist on the aft panels. I suspect the gas smell is a bit more pronounced than diesel but we don't even get a whif of it while underway.
     
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