Forty knots was soon registering in quick smart time on the GPS
The all new look of the large
passenger saloon
Mike says, "It's now a simple, 'no mess Charlie' task to spin the filters off and replace them." Just another trick in keeping the bilges clean and dry.
Fire protection for the machinery spaces is provided by a dual FM200 fire drench system that may be remotely operated. Engineroom ventilation flaps are accessed from the aft deck, and the emergency fuel shut-off and FM200 fire- suppressant release controls are in an alarmed box behind the
central seats at the rear of the cabin. The main engineroom ventilation intakes aft are fitted with Seaworth Defense filters that protect the machinery space from any water or moisture intake, an all-important feature on any commercial craft. It reminds me of when our children were born and the baby manual said, "Keep one end wet and the other end dry".
It worked for me and so it is with machinery
spaces. These big beasts have over 800 horses and require good fuel and large amounts of cool, dry air to keep them going.
Access to the engineroom is via two deck hatches situated
for'ard and aft of the machinery space or through a watertight door from the lazarette.
It was interesting to note the seawater cooling water was drawn off the waterjet pump, with the strum box debris strainer mounted on the protective landing platform above the jets. Even waterjets are prone to sucking up debris, and while most just gets squirted out the back with no adverse effect, if the
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