Why carry liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) aboard your boat? Lots of boat owners manage without it, particularly those with generators that are capable of operating electric ranges and ovens. It’s difficult to deny that not having LPG aboard certainly is safer. Liquefied petroleum gas is, after all, highly explosive and can be ignited by an open flame or the smallest spark—even a spark generated by static electricity.
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October 2009
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Requiem For The Rowboat
Written by Peter SwansonYou've seen the image in galleries and in fancy maritime calendars. It's an idyllic photo or painting depicting a dinghy dock somewhere in New England boasting so many pretty, sharp-prowed little boats that you can't see the water on which they're floating.
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October 2009
