Originally Posted by madhatter42 (Post 3670778)

Is it me, or are there an awful lot of tragedies happening with boats burning lately, especially skaters...

Have these boats had the tanks redone?

I was thinking about this the other day....the tanks could be leaking causing fuel to go into the bilge...I'm not insinuating but I was thinking about this, this is exactly the problems that were supposedly going to happen if you didn't replace the original tanks in the Skaters....I only say this because in recent light of the accidents happening with Fire, and Skaters in the same sentence...they all seem to be older boats as well..

Just a thought...and my .02 c

Originally Posted by Raylar (Post 3672749)

I might be interrpeting the pictures incorrectly, but it looks like the hatches were open, the engines were not running and that person was busy removing the cover just as the fire started.

My guess is he had just probably turned on the battery switches when something electrical might have shorted, started an electrical fire that burned quickly into a fuel line, possibly under fuel pressure and Vroom, there goes a ragging fire. This may have been a case where fuel fumes where not the culprit but battery amperage and a bad short. Just surmissing here but the hatch had been opened and he may have already smelled for fuel and such and the bilge blowers may have even been running, who knows?

In any case it is very sad when a boater looses his boat to a tragedy like this and the only good part of the story appears to be that no one was injured. From those pictures if that boat had had a successful launch and was loaded with persons and was leaving the dock when the fire broke out, the situation could have been a lot more tragic!

Best Regards,
Ray @ Raylar

Originally Posted by HotPursuit (Post 3672874)

I say blame the goverenment for putting corn fuel in fossel fuel !!There were no problems with anyones tanks until 10% Ethonal was added.. If your talking about the boat crash with David and Leon. Get your facts straight.It didnt blow up at the dock and the tanks were redone!!
Not many boats that I know of that you can run into a 8 ft high embankment and not blow up..
From the photos its clear that the fire started on the starboard engine.. Fire Suppressing would have save that hull. Shut the hatch and release the Co2 or any other no flammable gas..

Originally Posted by Raylar (Post 3672749)

I might be interrpeting the pictures incorrectly, but it looks like the hatches were open, the engines were not running and that person was busy removing the cover just as the fire started.

My guess is he had just probably turned on the battery switches when something electrical might have shorted, started an electrical fire that burned quickly into a fuel line, possibly under fuel pressure and Vroom, there goes a ragging fire. This may have been a case where fuel fumes where not the culprit but battery amperage and a bad short. Just surmissing here but the hatch had been opened and he may have already smelled for fuel and such and the bilge blowers may have even been running, who knows?

In any case it is very sad when a boater looses his boat to a tragedy like this and the only good part of the story appears to be that no one was injured. From those pictures if that boat had had a successful launch and was loaded with persons and was leaving the dock when the fire broke out, the situation could have been a lot more tragic!

Best Regards,
Ray @ Raylar

Originally Posted by thirdchildhood (Post 3672973)

Good chance that the hatch was laying 30 feet away.

Originally Posted by HotPursuit (Post 3672874)

I say blame the goverenment for putting corn fuel in fossel fuel !!There were no problems with anyones tanks until 10% Ethonal was added.. If your talking about the boat crash with David and Leon. Get your facts straight.It didnt blow up at the dock and the tanks were redone!!
Not many boats that I know of that you can run into a 8 ft high embankment and not blow up..
From the photos its clear that the fire started on the starboard engine.. Fire Suppressing would have save that hull. Shut the hatch and release the Co2 or any other no flammable gas..

Originally Posted by notda1 (Post 3672501)

I don't think a fire suppression will work with the hatches open , I had one put out a fire in my engine compartment a few years ago . I belive it suffocates the fire , but not positive :confused:

Originally Posted by mike tkach (Post 3670147)

my buddys think im crazy,but every time i put my boat in the water,i always open the hatch,turn on the blower and smell for gas fumes,then i start them and check for leaks,only takes a minute,and if nothing else,it gives me peace of mind.electrical fires can be almost as bad as a gas leak,but probibally less common.