uncas
11-06-2005, 02:37 PM
posted 11-06-2005 09:17 AM
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Potential nightmare...
Forgot to mention on my earlier thread.....While I was at the boatyard getting ready for winter storage..I found myself the only one there at night...
It was a wet windy sorta night by the way...
Got out on deck....smelled an electric fire...sniffed a bit more, looked at the new pavilion being built for boat owners to sit and relax over a grill, etc...and saw small flames glowing in the dark...Had not really caught yet but was thinking about it......Initially, thought it was the lights from passing cars reflecting off the building in the rain...
Then sniffed again...Nope.
Jumped onto the dock in a foot of water ( exceptionally high tide )...padded my way, barefoot, to the owner's house...wasn't there...Jumped into a borrowed truck and headed down the road to the Hamburg Yacht Club ( as I had seen the building lit up . Ran in and reported a fire at the yard...
Finally put out by the local fire dept. Not much damage luckily...
First the building could have gone up along with all of the masts stored in an attached shed...Secondly, there were at least 10 woodies at the dock...down wind, which could have been damaged....
The reason for the fire.the sump pump and..a circuit breaker which was old...did not break...Rumor from the local fire chief...old breakers do one of two things, break all of the time...or don't break at all.
For those with cell phones...had a new one but no service in the immediate area...So much for modern tech.
Added note...this pavilion is gonna be great for those using the boatyard...Grills, all the comforts of home, great for gatherings and picnics..and BSing after a long day. Wish more yards would think about catering to the boaters after a day sailing or powering
And you can all guess what a boatyard fire at a wooden boatyard could have done... :rolleyes:
[ 11-06-2005, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: uncas ]
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Potential nightmare...
Forgot to mention on my earlier thread.....While I was at the boatyard getting ready for winter storage..I found myself the only one there at night...
It was a wet windy sorta night by the way...
Got out on deck....smelled an electric fire...sniffed a bit more, looked at the new pavilion being built for boat owners to sit and relax over a grill, etc...and saw small flames glowing in the dark...Had not really caught yet but was thinking about it......Initially, thought it was the lights from passing cars reflecting off the building in the rain...
Then sniffed again...Nope.
Jumped onto the dock in a foot of water ( exceptionally high tide )...padded my way, barefoot, to the owner's house...wasn't there...Jumped into a borrowed truck and headed down the road to the Hamburg Yacht Club ( as I had seen the building lit up . Ran in and reported a fire at the yard...
Finally put out by the local fire dept. Not much damage luckily...
First the building could have gone up along with all of the masts stored in an attached shed...Secondly, there were at least 10 woodies at the dock...down wind, which could have been damaged....
The reason for the fire.the sump pump and..a circuit breaker which was old...did not break...Rumor from the local fire chief...old breakers do one of two things, break all of the time...or don't break at all.
For those with cell phones...had a new one but no service in the immediate area...So much for modern tech.
Added note...this pavilion is gonna be great for those using the boatyard...Grills, all the comforts of home, great for gatherings and picnics..and BSing after a long day. Wish more yards would think about catering to the boaters after a day sailing or powering
And you can all guess what a boatyard fire at a wooden boatyard could have done... :rolleyes:
[ 11-06-2005, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: uncas ]