Cape Cod boat fire

[PascalG]

any details on the boat fire off cape Cod yesterday? 44' boat went up in flame, the Bronze Monkey. CG doc shows a Ted Hood built vessel but no details on sail or power, etc...

one thing of interest in the story is that all 11 people on board were rescued from the bow when the CG arrived on scene but they had not been able to get any PFDs out since the fire blocked access.

important reminder... store some PFDs in your anchor locker in case of a fire!

 

[way577]

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they had not been able to get any PFDs out since the fire blocked access.

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Or JUST wear them as soon as you're on the boat !!.

 

[PascalG]

yeah, and go in a tight engine room with the darn thing on!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/31/coast-guard-rescues-burning-yacht-massachusetts/?test=latestnews

 

[Flutterby]

Coast Guard to the rescue once again! My heros.

 

[Ductboy]

This was a Little Harbor Whisperjet. documentation shows it to be a 1998 42. The previous names were Andiamo and Whisper, the latter being the names that Ted Hood used for his personally owned Whisperjet boats.

Dan

 

[Veebyes]

Unless the boat is large enough to have deck boxes or commercialy licensed for passengers & required to have PFDs readily accessible, very few pleaure boats have PFDs stored where they can be quickly used. How many are stored under the berth forward?

I used to store mine in a clothes cabinet in the cabin. Bad place.

Now they are stored in netting in the half tower top. One knot pulled or one line cut & they all come down.

 

[Capt Quahog]

Hers is a link from a local news source:
http://www.95wxtk.com/Cape-Wide-News-for-Saturday-July-31st--2010/7811733