Don't let carbon monoxide ruin your life!

Investigations start following the death of two people from CO poisoning.

"Each year boaters die or are made seriously ill from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning - Boats are built to keep water out, but this also makes them good containers for gases and fumes."

When carbon-based, appliance and engine fuels, such as gas, LPG, coal, wood, paraffin, oil, petrol and diesel don't burn completely, CO is produced

CO build-up in the cabin can occur with one or a mix of these factors:

with faulty, badly maintained or misused appliances
exhaust fumes from a boat's engine or generator
escaped flue gases from solid fuel stoves
blocked ventilation or short supply of air - fuels need the right amount of oxygen to burn safely

In recent years, solid fuel stoves and engine or generator exhaust gases have been responsible for most deaths of boaters from CO poisoning

There will be more information on carbon monoxide here shortly, until then please take a moment to read our existing CO leaflet