{"id":10417,"date":"2010-02-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/engine-room-door-design\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:28:49","slug":"engine-room-door-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/engine-room-door-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine Room Door Design"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You are looking at a small but important design detail, the window in the engine room door, and the view through it. Note that the mechanical Murphy gauges (center left) are easily noted without opening the door. If you have good eyesight the gauges on the watermaker are also in view.<\/p>\n
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One of the door dogs is shown here. These are fast acting, and easy to operate from inside the engine room or from the aft starboard cabin.<\/p>\n
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Our normal routine at sea is to have a look through the door once an hour. Once a watch (minimum) we open the door, and have a closer visual inspection sniffing the air in the process.<\/p>\n
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The photographer is standing here at the workbench, looking to starboard and the engine room side of the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"