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Old 12-11-2018, 09:28 PM
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Unfortunately opening things up is not effective for dissipation because gasoline vapors are heavier than air. They will settle in the bilge and stay there. This is the reason we have powered ventilation that draws air from low in the boat and exhausts it overboard.
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