Afishionado Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Printable version Sailors flee luxury cruiser fire Two sailors were forced to abandon their cruiser Two sailors had a lucky escape when their luxury motor cruiser caught fire at sea. The men made it to the safety of their dinghy and watched as their boat exploded into flames and sank off the Dorset coast near Poole. They were picked up after their boat sank in Studland Bay on Sunday morning by another vessel. Its passengers had spotted smoke on the horizon. Their injuries are not known but it is thought they are not serious. The vessel had to be towed out to sea, amid concerns over two small bottles of potentially-explosive butane gas on board. Coastguards say the weekend was one of the busiest of the year, with three times the average number of distress calls. Mad Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Hope they are insured ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam F Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 My guess?.... Boats, BBQ's and gas bottles dont mix very well..... Ho hum...another inshore wreck to fish then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul D Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 I saw a picture on the front page of the Havant Echo of a Speedboat which "exploded" in a ball of flame. First I thought it was the same incident, but now I think it was a different one. Makes me glad I have given up smoking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What about that dingy/inflatable which collided with a bouy in the solent on Saturday? How the hell can you not see a buoy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 We were there on Jigabyte Had a call on the radio and Nigel went to check it out ,we were at Ballard at the time. Got there just before the RNLI Rib arrived. The crew were already aboard another boat so they were transferred onto the rib and taken ashore. Meanwhile the cruiser was drifting and smoking like a good un (good job it were neaps). We didn't stay to see it explode as we were off fishing for tope, it was about 8am. Fishing was a bit slow , we got 5 to 12lb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great white Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 I think Ow Much was out the other week and saw a boat burning out in the bay the crew had been taken off and all they could do was watch the boat burn until it sank Shame to see that, even if it wasn't a fishing boat Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Flipping 'eck, what's going wrong? Another speedboat went up in smoke in Hayling Island yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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