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    Beware cheap ‘lethal exhausts’

    Mar 17, 2022 2 minutes

    Very cheap exhausts bought online and fitted to marine diesel heaters risk fires and fatal fumes, warns a marine surveyor and former boatbuilder.

    PBO’s forum, hosted on YBW.com, is full of comments about budget diesel heaters and systems available online.

    “Personally I’d not put anything on my yacht that hasn’t got

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