fire

Yesterday a 37 ft powerboat caught fire, burned, and sank near the massive Ravenel Bridge in Charleston Harbor. It created some high drama for everyone in and around the harbor, not to mention the people on board, who fortunately were able to abandon ship before she went down. There has been a...

Wild Fire at Catalina. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/catalina-fire-threatens-yacht-club-100-firefighter-sent-to-island-by-barge.html :scared: Everything Okay Sven?

Ray Rhode, a member here, sent me this link about a tragic fire at a marina in NC. Ray noted that we should all check our shore power cords / connections because they feel a faulty cord was the start here. http://cruisersnet.net/hazmat-team-responding-to-fire-at-mccotters-marina/ Tad

Now that the mess is cleaned up and I stopped shaking, I thought I'd make this cautionary posting about a fire I had on board our E-32 III yesterday. I went to the boat that morning to refinishing the wood transom cap after I removed all the old varnish. (Another story maybe worth another...

The Station Fire as seen from 5 miles off shore Saturday Aug. 29th and from Cat Harbor Sunday the 30th. And Wilson the Buffalo just for fun.

The crown jewel of the Bay is over 1/3 burnt. It's too painful to contemplate! http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2008-10-13&dayid=180

Had an interesting thing happen inside our boat Thursday, 7-12. One of our fire bottles (5 pounder) decided to blow out its little O ring that seals between the valve assembly on top and the steel body. It was not exactly "explosive" but while I was away from the boat for about 3 hours it had...

Not a good thing. My home away from home is burning. Catalina Fire. :esad:

There's a little more than a day left on this auction, is a relisting. It's an interesting process to watch, and it's unfortunate that e-bay doesn't require all questions asked of the seller to be posted. Check out the seller's perspective on repair costs...