Yacht on fire

The guy riding on the bow has a big set.
Jim
 
Walking around like he's on a stroll thru the park. You can't fix stupid !

BOB J
 
A real don't think it s fair to call someone trying to prevent a fire from spreading to other boats stupid

Obviously the wind is pushing the heat and smokes away from the bow and it s pretty clear that guy driving the tender had his hands full controlling that boat in the breeze leaving little time to pull up so the guy at the bow could get off

If anything, job well done!
 
I'm guessing the guy jumps in the water at some point. I would be afraid of explosion.
Jim
 
I was thinking the same thing...Ka-boom! But...does diesel explode? I honestly don't know the answer...somehow I don't think it would.
 
"Spontaneous disassembly" is what the Cummings rep called it when it happened to one of our trucks.
Jim
 
You see a small explosion of some kind at one point in the video. I'd say after the guy on deck had the tow line set up, if that is what he did, it's time to get off ASAP!

He's serving no real purpose after that and just endangering himself for no good reason. It's not like anything he could do would stop or slow the fire at that point.

But it made for good video. :-)
 
Diesel burns but doesn't explode as unlike gas the vapors are not explosive

The small explosion seen in the middle of the video appears to be coming for the back, likely from a tender gas tank

I find it unfair to second guess the actions of a guy who likely saved a bunch of other boat
 
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Money to burn."

I can't imagine the 2nd and 3rd order of effect with regard to smoke damage etc on downwind boats.
 
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Originally posted by PascalG

A real don't think it s fair to call someone trying to prevent a fire from spreading to other boats stupid

Obviously the wind is pushing the heat and smokes away from the bow and it s pretty clear that guy driving the tender had his hands full controlling that boat in the breeze leaving little time to pull up so the guy at the bow could get off
My life is more important than my vessel or anyone else's. During Sandy, was going to ride out but Admiral asks how I was going to stop the rising tide & blowing winds. She won, I left b4 local police forced us to leave.
Let me stay on just b4 it explodes !!

BOB J

If anything, job well done!

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I am just unsure of what value he is on the bow after he ties the line to the cleat. Other than saving the line when they get to where they are going, I don't understand taking the risk.
Jim
 
Could be he is contemplating how the conversation with the yacht's oligarch owner would go if he abandoned before the yacht sank under him? Hope he was able to disembark safely before the bow succumbed.

Rather looked like the burning vessel was about to sidle up to the sailboats on it's stbd bow.
 
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Originally posted by Sandy

Could be he is contemplating how the conversation with the yacht's oligarch owner would go if he abandoned before the yacht sank under him? Hope he was able to disembark safely before the bow succumbed.

Rather looked like the burning vessel was about to sidle up to the sailboats on it's stbd bow.

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Maybe why the guy on the bow was there. He could switch the tow line as the need arose.
 
I think I'm going swimming about a third of the way into that video.
Jim
 
I think the explosion was a fire extinguisher?
The explosion looks to be a white puff.
 
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