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Clay
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Initially Posted - 07/26/2003 :  21:15:13  Show Profile
Friday morning as the news broke of a local marina that was on fire I was amazed at the response of my non-boating co workers... they couldn't believe how those boats "sitting in all that water" could burn like the pictures were showing. As I started running down a list of the fire dangers on a boat they were surprised and had no idea of the risks.

I know this story will make you all sick to see so many boats destroyed but I thought I would share it with the group. Couple of nice stories for boating pet owners too.

this link is from the orlandosentinel.com

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-asecmarinafire26072603jul26,0,5203945.story?coll=orl-home-headlines

Clay

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 07/27/2003 :  18:31:41  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
We have had three bad marina fires in the past year or two. All three were on Lake Union in Seattle. The Seattle yacht club was a bad one. No fire boats were stationed inside the Ballard locks so it took hours for them to transit into the lake. The other bad part was listening to the fire department, police and others argue who had resposability for the area. I had a friend who was cutting free boats and moving them away from the fire to safty only to be told if it wasnt his boat to get off and leave the boats where they were. His reply was the boat he was on at the time was his. I beleve he saved six. We are talking Yachts here. Mid thirty to 60'. Last fire was just last week and claimed 3 boats.

Doug&Ruth
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cathluk
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Response Posted - 07/28/2003 :  13:24:54  Show Profile
There were a 2 big marina fires in VA last season. One up in Colonial Beach (off the Potomoc) was similar to this one in that the covered slips acted like a funnel w/ the wind driving the fire. It was very sad to see the charred results. I'm very glad nobody was hurt & amazing when you hear about how fast the fire spread.

Cathy
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 07/28/2003 :  21:22:45  Show Profile
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>There were 2 big marina fires in VA last season. One up in Colonial Beach...<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

When I worked in Dahlgren, I used to live down the road from Colonial Beach in King George.



<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>Don Lucier<img src="http://www.catalina25-250.org/c25sm.gif" border=0>
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 07/29/2003 :  14:54:06  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
About 3 years ago, there was a big fire near us during the winter at Beaver Park Marina. Beside a glut of boats on dry land, the entire Stacker building (read stink boat storage facility) was toast.



Douglas -

Your friend moving boats deserves a medal. The I believe the employees where we are have permission via club bylaws to move any boat that they believe is in danger, or is endangering others.

I can understand your responsiblity scenario, our yacht club is located in Cleveland, however within a state park as is a lot of the coastline and along a national border. Legal issues around here are covered under numerous jurisdictions. City police (city depending), O-DNR, State Park Service, US Coast Guard, US Customs. Any one of which might have jurisdiction at any given time. In one or two areas if you toss in a boat with a mast at or over 52 feet the FAA also gets involved. I'll have to get you a picture of the sign. it says something like - -Boats with mast taller than XX feet must contact the tower on channel YY. - FAA


All that jurisdiction, and still, all those PWC operators
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