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NYCAP123 · 07-14-2008, 06:07 PM

Smoking inside a yacht, that always amazes me. I smoked for 50 years until recently, and I would never do that even with the owner's permission (even back when it was fashionable). Don't people understand how that stinks up a boat with all that fabric? I guess burning it down avoids answering why you stunk it up. Bad joke, sad subject.
About a week ago I was asked to sleep in what was laughingly called the crew quarters of a 62 footer (posted on different thread) which was a hole alongside the engine room. The inability to get out in case of a fire was one reason I slept on deck. After reading this post it occurred to me that yes, no smoke alarm, but I don't even think there was a CO detector. Fire scares the hell out of me. Why aren't smoke alarms mandated or at least campaigned for as they are for houses?

07-14-2008, 06:07 PM	#21
NYCAP123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,584	Smoking inside a yacht, that always amazes me. I smoked for 50 years until recently, and I would never do that even with the owner's permission (even back when it was fashionable). Don't people understand how that stinks up a boat with all that fabric? I guess burning it down avoids answering why you stunk it up. Bad joke, sad subject. About a week ago I was asked to sleep in what was laughingly called the crew quarters of a 62 footer (posted on different thread) which was a hole alongside the engine room. The inability to get out in case of a fire was one reason I slept on deck. After reading this post it occurred to me that yes, no smoke alarm, but I don't even think there was a CO detector. Fire scares the hell out of me. Why aren't smoke alarms mandated or at least campaigned for as they are for houses? __________________ "Some went down to the sea in ships."