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The starboard aft locker on the side of the cockpit is designed and meant to
store two gas bottles with 27 centimetres in diameter and 45 centimetres
high.
The valve to open / close the system is located in the cupboard under the
stove and oven.
The boat in her U.S. version has an electrovalve located in the locker where
the bottles are stored.
Start the electrovalve using its automatic breaker located on the electrical
panel of the chart table.
n SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
A gas-powered appliance uses the oxygen and releases combustion products.
Ventilate your boat when you use this appliance.
Lock the stove and oven when you do not use it in order to prevent the rubber
tubing from being damaged when sailing.
Regularly check and replace the rubber tubings that link the bottle to one end
of the circuit and the stove to the other one, depending on the standards and
regulations in force in your country.
Close the valves before you change bottles and immediately in case of emer-
gency.
In case you smell gas or fi nd that the burners have gone out, turn off the valve
of the appliance. Do ventilate the boat in order to get rid of any residual gas.
Find the cause of the problem.
Use only the compartment the gas bottles are alloted to store them.
The boat is delivered with no extinguisher.
Be sure :
- To fi t the boat with extinguishers in pursuance of the regulations of the
country where your boat is registered.
- To have the extinguishers checked in accordance with the instructions given.
- To refi ll or replace the extinguishers by similar equipment if the extinguishers
have been used or are out of date.
- Make sure the extinguishers are accessible when people are on board.
SAFETY
11.2 GAS SYSTEM
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11.3 FIRE