Boat fire @ LOTO
 

The boat that caught fire was a 48MTI that had a TURBINE MARINE engine explode and set the boat on fire.

Ouch, is everyone ok? Didn't hear about it...

We saw their last pass as we were idling out from the races...My son noticed the smoke but you couldn't see what boat was involved... Too bad it was a very good looking boat....

Mary Mac new team and John Arruda on throttles. Not sure if all ok. Have not heard anything bad except some damage.

a couple of pix of mary mac

Pictures
 

Pictures at performnaceboats.com

http://www.performanceboats.com/pb-o...-mti-fire.html

Might be time to think about a different turbine guy
 

There has to be a better way to stay in business than sabotaging peoples dreams.

Jeff, We all know you have issues TM but c'mon... Chit happens... move on!

I find JBS comment interesting... glad to hear everyone is ok though..

Just sayin
 

Just sayin-there are no success stories from there that don't involve having to repeatedly coming back.of course I hope everyone was ok-stuff like this is devastating to the owners-hopefully they see the light

That's awful news - the Mary Mac owners are AWESOME!!!

There is no halon system's on those boats?

So JBS, whats your record racing this year, since you don't have Turbine Marine holding you back?

:party-smiley-004::lolhit:

Steve, you were reading my mind. Heck they were standard when I was building the 25s and selling them for $75k.

If the fuel pump loads the turbine with fuel and then it ignites it will blow flames and smoke from the exhaust and on to the hull. The halon system will not help unless the fire is inside the hull. Same basic thing happened to Geico last year in Ocean City. Hope Mary Mac can get fixed up soon and face off with Geico in Solomons Island.

Sir Those were cool boats Pat,Gordo had one,Hope all is well!

Agreed ,but out side is a job for the hand held.

Or in this case a "Fire Boat"...we saw the smoke while we were heading out and it was probably a little large for the small hand held extinguisher in the boat... After looking at the pictures it looked like it fared a lot better than I expected. They were very fortunate to have this happen when and where it did with the fire safety crews on the scene...

This is very true. A few weeks ago he was giving rides in the boat to friends here on the Bay. Had the fire happened then it could have been far worse.

Jeff when the bottom of your boat blew out was that sabotage ?

rut ro,1st post and rippin on someone allready.:poopoo::hitfan::readinghelp:

please stfu....

I will start this one... Prop snapper sabotaged it.

:bananalove:.....:popcorn: