Fire Onboard!!!!
06-11-2018, 09:07 PM
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Fire Onboard!!!!
First no one hurt , no one panicked.....and boat didn't sink or burn
Ran boat Memorial Day on lake, start stop lunch swim all day. No issues except a but of tapping on port engine
1999 33 Scarab 2x 502MPI
Sunday, left out of Kemah... ran 1 1/2hrs 60ish around to Tx City and back to Redfish for swim/rest.
Started back up fine but could not get above 2k rpm either engine. All temps and pressures we right on the money. Gauges straight up. Then.....SMOKE.....opened hatch, smallish fire behind Starboard alternator. 4 crew on front deck with life jacket pack.... buddy and I doused fire with BC extinguishers. Waited a bit....... started port engine... watched.... tried to engage but still only 2k rpm. Limped to port pulled back to bayhouse
Boat heading to see Little Bill in AM.
Any ideas?
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06-11-2018, 09:22 PM
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06-12-2018, 08:08 AM
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I had the same thing happen on my 1986 scarab...the wire coming off the alt was rubbing against the exh manifold and wore through causing a short and smoked the harness...only way to start the motor was to jump the starter at the solenoid! made for a fun weekend at LOTO when you have to manually raise the hatch and jump the starter. 
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A HUGE Thank you to Little Bill and his staff at Victory Marine in Seabrook / Kemah. I dropped No Free Rides off early Tuesday morning and got a call back Thursday evening that she was ready to go. A bit of a mystery as to the actual cause but a new alternator, wiring harness and a big wash down from the extinguisher and we were back on the water ready to go
When i dropped her there was a Chinese fire drill moving all the boats around, and with Outlaw Challenge next week I was guessing it would be August......
When i dropped her there was a Chinese fire drill moving all the boats around, and with Outlaw Challenge next week I was guessing it would be August......
