Capitaine R
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2017
- Messages
- 424
- Location
- U.S.A.
- Vessel Name
- Charlie Noble
- Vessel Make
- 32 Nordic Tug
Very sad. Have to be so careful with gasoline. They said he was fueling with the engine running.
While I would certainly agree its not a good idea to refuel a boat with the engine(s) running, I'm not sure that's the cause of the explosion in this case.
The boat looks like a skiff, with a 150 hp Yamaha on a bracket. The gentleman was apparently refueling using the portable gas cans shown on the deck.
I wonder if maybe the gentleman spill the fuel from the portable cans and what the ignition source was?
Jim
Really?In B.C. this past summer, we were told no one can remain on the boat while filling at any fuel dock anymore. They changed the law after a tragic loss of life. May even be all of Canada.
What we were told at Ganges in August, when we fueled. The Admiral was in the cockpit, grabbing something, and the dock hand had a coronary. She stepped off and the dock hand gave me the hose. She gets off all the time anyway, but this time she had to grab her wallet, so she could uhm, pay. Dock hand said something about people trapped inside a boat that caught fire and they were killed and now it’s the law. He provided no details and I didn’t ask.Really?
I have never encountered a fuel dock in BC that would fuel up with people onboard. Or maybe it’s just because I was always preemptive, by telling everyone they would need to leave the boat during refueling???