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Thread: Give me Hope, please?
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08-30-2022 01:19 PM #11Senior Member
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
SOUTHPAWS
1986 52C Hull #391 8v92TI
PENSACOLA, FL
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08-30-2022 01:29 PM #12Senior Member
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
I have to wonder if they qsm11s are enough power on such a big heavy boat?
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08-30-2022 03:43 PM #13Senior Member
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
I thought the same thing about the motors. Seems I've seen QSM11's are what some people install in 45C's, although I think they use lower horsepower than Hope.
JCG
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
Speaking of extra extinguishers, I have been wondering why there's an extra Halon bottle in a salon cabinet. I don't recall seeing one in stowage like that on other vessels....big thing, too.
So, I finally looked it up in the manual last week. If your automated Halon doesn't come on and there's a fire in the ER, you're supposed to open that little observation port on the bottom of the ER door and shoot the Halon safely in there.
In the article's emergency, I assume the guy who shut off the fuel valves simply held his breath as he shot through the ER?
I need to find who can hydrostat test my Halon bottles in Sw FL. My system is just out of date and this was a great reminder to get on it.At the mouth of the Caloosahatchee
1984 52C
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
Halon bottles are not hydro'd, just weighed.
CO2 bottles are hydro'd.
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
Halon hasn’t be produced in years, are you sure that’s what you have or some of later agents like Fm247 and the like
Pascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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08-30-2022 08:46 PM #17
Re: Give me Hope, please?
These people serviced my CO2 system and were able to find a used bottle since my ER one failed the hydro as it was rusted out on the bottom. A new one was on a long back order or something. I think I paid less than a grand for everything pre Covid. If you click on the marine systems link at the bottom of the page it takes you to a page that says they service halon as well
https://allfloridafire.com
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08-30-2022 09:28 PM #18Senior Member
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
I'm pretty sure sportfishermen can never have too much power.
That said, they pulled out 12V71s and installed Cummins, but presumably the ratings were similar. The article says the boat lost 8k pounds and the boat rides significantly higher as a result, meaning less resistance from wetted surface. Tony Athens has an article describing QSM11s used on a 200-ton fishing vessel. I suspect they make "enough power," though canyon fish-killers always want to go faster.
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
Yeah, I don't know what they are...but will soon find out when the tech comes. 2010 is the last inspection date.
Thanks! Imma' call them next week. I can't wait to get the survey items finished - and then I can work on getting my boat looking more like Hope this winter.
Their site has a nicely informative page: https://allfloridafire.com/marine-fire-systems/Last edited by JuiceClark; 09-02-2022 at 09:52 PM.
At the mouth of the Caloosahatchee
1984 52C
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09-03-2022 12:41 AM #20Senior Member
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Re: Give me Hope, please?
I have a Halon system with a rusty cylinder on the back side near the bulkhead. I wanted Florida Fire to update my system before I left St Petersburg last spring. They came out and told me it would VERY expensive, Unless I could find a used tank which would allow them to reclaim and refill with my Halon. After multiple calls over the next three weeks I gave up on them.
Eddie Clemons Nashville, TN Southern Pride 1988 52CHATCS441K788 2004 Caterpillar 3406e's