Co poisoning

Ok, so for those of you on the SN FB page, you may have seen the article about the young boy that passed due to CO poising.

I can’t but help to think the concentration off the back of the boat would be high enough to cause poisoning without some other factor, such as a cracked or loos exhaust, causing CO propagation to the rear couch area.

I think another factor.

With that said, any thoughts to measuring CO emission in this area? Use of one of these as a preventative measure:


https://www.boatid.com/seachoice/62-series-flush-mount-carbon-monoxide-detector-mpn-50-46361.html?view=200457&gclid=CjwKCAjw-5v7BRAmEiwAJ3DpuHvX8KUGnPrIC4w2GyPFNk5NIbp1EC_7Vk1qKvgLJQThgSamIj6htRoCTVMQAvD_BwE


Thoughts?

Oops, correct Johnny, and OP corrected.

Several cases of carbon monoxide poisoning from people on swim platforms with boat idling through no wake zones, etc. Also why Nautique no longer offers hot water showers on the new boats. Carbon monoxide is the “silent killer”!

This is a real threat, we have friends we have boated with for 40 years now, went to high school together, camp with every summer.   They almost lost their son to this 25 years ago.  They were loaded coming to the beach that day and had a couple bags of firewood in plastic trash bags they wanted to bring to the beach.  Their son was 10 at the time.  He sat in the back of the boat with instructions to hold on to the bags of wood while they motor to the beach.  My friend looked back at her son while they were idling, he looked like he had gone to sleep.  Thank God she looked and was sharp enough to know he should not be sleeping.  They could not wake him and called 911 for a helicopter rescue.  He was flown to the Hospital in Sacramento and he made it with no side effects after he recovered.  Went home the next day.   They almost lost their son that day.   After this my buddy attached a sheet of rubber under his deck to reduce fumes from coming up into the back of his boat.   He still has the same boat, we still camp the same place and that rubber sheet is still under his deck.  He worked at an Industrial Supply house and picked up the bulk rubber at work.  It was a good warning to our entire group for how fast this can happen.  His boat always runs very well, it was just a bad idea to hold those bags.  A rope tie would have avoided this but 25 years ago we had never thought this could happen.  Our 95 Nautique is modified to reduce fumes, the rear deck fits tight and has a lip there to help seal fumes out of the boat.  Not sure what year this protection started but glad it came along.  I agree the problem as really brought forward when Surfing behind boats came along.  The Surfer and observers all were near the back of the boats at slow speed breathing bad air.

Any discussion that revolves around safety is a good one. I wasn’t aware the manufacture has been addressing this over the years.

I like the idea of the CO monitor. Like you, I am not sure where to mount it. My boat has a solid fiberglass swim deck so it shouldn’t be a problem, but the peace of mind of a monitor is worth it. Mounted to the combing pad makes sense. We are pretty much done for the season so it will be Spring before I get to this. Let us know what you go with.