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CaptainMike1

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Motor Cruiser on Fire
« on: March 07, 2009, 18:31:41 »

There was a motor cruiser on fire of Brondown in the Solent at 1700hrs today, hope it was not Terry!

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Gloat

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2009, 18:45:19 »

Hope it was insuranced
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Minime

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2009, 18:52:31 »

Even though it was ensured the ensurance company would probably come up with some excuse...
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IRI5HJ4CK

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2009, 19:19:04 »

Oh dear, that looks nasty, I wonder what the cause was? :-\

Jack.
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RMSGreatBritain

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2009, 19:25:13 »

That does look nasty :-\ I hope everyone on that vessel is OK
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TerryRussell

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2009, 19:29:49 »

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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IRI5HJ4CK

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2009, 19:30:08 »

Just think if that was out at sea :o

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TerryRussell

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2009, 19:32:12 »

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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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2009, 19:32:24 »

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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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2009, 19:35:10 »

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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IRI5HJ4CK

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2009, 19:37:17 »

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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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 05:33:23 »

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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matt5674

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 07:04:21 »

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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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2009, 07:05:38 »

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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TerryRussell

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Re: Motor Cruiser on Fire
« Reply #14 on: March 08, 2009, 12:08:51 »

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.
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