Ship Simulator
English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: CaptainMike1 on March 07, 2009, 18:31:41
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There was a motor cruiser on fire of Brondown in the Solent at 1700hrs today, hope it was not Terry!
See picture
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Hope it was insuranced
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Even though it was ensured the ensurance company would probably come up with some excuse...
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Oh dear, that looks nasty, I wonder what the cause was? :-\
Jack.
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That does look nasty :-\ I hope everyone on that vessel is OK
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The two people on board were taken off safely.
Vessel was the "Lynx Effect".
It has since sunk, as it burnt down to the warerline and the seas were a bit choppy today.
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Just think if that was out at sea :o
Jack.
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Just think if that was out at sea :o
Jack.
It was. The Solent is the sea.
It is quite wide in most places (between 1 and 5 miles) and can get very rough. Waves from the Atlantic can get funnelled down it. It's nothing like the relatively calm waters of Rottedam or Hamburg.
[update] There is now a report about it on the BBC web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7929407.stm
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The two people on board were taken off safely.
Vessel was the "Lynx Effect".
It has since sunk, as it burnt down to the warerline and the seas were a bit choppy today.
Lynx Effect? erm, because of the situation I will not laugh at the funny name.
Very glad to hear all aboard her were safe though :)
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Well the most important thing is that all people onboard are safe, but I bet it feels like loosing a familymember to loose that boat, it would for me
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It was. The Solent is the sea.
It is quite wide in most places (between 1 and 5 miles) and can get very rough. Waves from the Atlantic can get funnelled down it. It's nothing like the relatively calm waters of Rottedam or Hamburg.
[update] There is now a report about it on the BBC web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7929407.stm
Ah right, I thought it was nearer inland looking at the picture.
At least everyone is off safely, I'd be very upset if it was my boat.
Jack.
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I think this topic would be closed if someone died, as respect.
Good they are alive, but bad for the boat! :-\
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Yeah. If that was the Queen Mary 2, Black Sunday(Aprill 14,1912 titanic sinking) all over again. But good thing it was a smaller boat and no deaths.
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A person here was thrown in jail for making a false insurance claim, burned down his own multi-million dollar yacht.
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I think this topic would be closed if someone died, as respect.
The two people on board were taken off safely.
Vessel was the "Lynx Effect".
It has since sunk, as it burnt down to the warerline and the seas were a bit choppy today.
A person here was thrown in jail for making a false insurance claim, burned down his own multi-million dollar yacht.
This was an explosion seemingly caused by an on-board gas container leaking. Propane gas is heavier than air. If it leaks out, it sits in the bilges and waits for a spark.
The current supposition is that with the weather being so poor for some months, it's possible that this vessel hadn't been used for a while and that a leaky valve allowed the gas to seep out over that time. Possibly the blowers weren't switched on for long enough and therefore hadn't got all the propane out of the bilges. As the engines heated up, the gas expanded until it rose far enough to get to some part that had a spark.