Nicolasticity

What is the cubic feet volume of the engine bay on a 24ft Pantera -Im planning on fitting an auto fire extinguiher and would like to know if 100 cu ft is enough?

tomcei

I think you can do L X W X H

bouyhunter

I'm just thinking about my engine compartment (seeing as that's where I've been spending a lot of time lately - motors out and I'm cleaning it up and re-rigging).
Gotta figure:
Beam - 6'6" to 7'
Length - 4' to 4'6"
Depth at keel - max 4'

I'm thinking max 126 CF - and that isn't taking into consideration for the 24 degree deadrise.

I think your 100 CF is probably about dead-on.
Mind you, this is just a quick calculation off memory and approximation, but I think you'd be pretty good with the 100.

bouyhunter

I was calculating and typing while you posted Tom.

tomcei

this is something you could go over kill on and feel good about it.
It would be an easy sell to the wife

bouyhunter

You're right, it would be easy to go over-kill on this one.
But, if budget is an issue (as it would be in my case), I would imagine these are already rated at an "over-kill" rating.
I'd spend the additional money elsewhere - unless it would look cooler
But, that's just me.

duunoit

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The motor is probably about 3x3x3 so there goes another 27ft^3

Does anyone else think that blocking off the rest of the boat would be a good idea (just in case)?

bouyhunter

You're right.
I wasn't even taking the motor, transom assy, batteries, etc... into account.
Blocking off the area between the bilge, and under the cockpit/down the gunwales raises another good point.
Before this turns into over-analyzing this like what would happen in a GD thread, I'll just say I'd feel comfortable with the 100CF without blocking off anything.

Nicolasticity

thanks, cost here is £239 for a 100cu ft Seafire - Fireboy even more!

Need to get it for next weekend so I dont recon its going to be practical.

onesickpantera

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LOL...glad I wasn't the only one "thinking" about the dimensions. I used 6' wide, 4.5' long and 3.5' deep for 94.5 cubic feet.