Boat Fire Conwy
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edit: redundant comment now the news story has been updated
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graham
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Some very brave people put themselves in danger to rescue a family of four they should get medals not criticism from armchair heroes.
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edit: redundant comment now the news story has been updated Family escape burning yacht moments before it explodes into raging fireball
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Those pictures don't make sense to me. One is of the boat well alight just off the quay, the other shows it mid river off Bodlondeb Point. Surely nobody put a line aboard to tow it there! Are they the same boats?
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It's a newspaper report, journalists don't have a clue about anything and are expert on everything.
savageseadog
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I think the boat that actually caught fire was burnt to the waterline, I'm uncertain whether boat meant motorboat or yacht. The yacht pictures was collateral damage (I thunk!)
Praxinoscope
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I agree it seems confusing, very definitely two different boats.
Davy_S
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Yes, two different boats, the way i read it, one boat is on fire and drifting, it drifts into the pontoon and sets another boat on fire, one boat sinks, the other is extinguished and shows damage, unless i have read it wrong.
I am surprised that the Conwy crew have not chipped in yet!
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Best I can understand it the earliest video is of the white boat moving quite fast upriver on the tide towards the bridge. The boat is well alight but you can see the windvane still on the back. People rescued before that and coast guard informed there was fuel and gas on board so everyone told too dangerous to go near it. Boat drifted until it latched onto a midstream pontoon next to the blue yacht which is all the other photos, no windvane. Fuel exploded and then they got the barge near it to put it out.
Graham376
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This by email from a friend with Conwy ILB -
The boat on fire was a Sadler 35 ,owned by*************** , he was on the boat with wife and 2 kids, and was lucky to get off due to some passing jet skiers, the boat drifted up the river onto a pontoon where it took another boat with it, both vessels sank . still nobody hurt thank goodness,
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Well I've never been one to disparage the PWC people (having enjoyed using them myself in the past)... but good for them!
mikedw
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Yacht was a Sadler 34 called Allegra. I saw her at the fuel pontoon the day before. She was at the mouth of the river and smoke came from the engine compartment. The owner and family were taken off and the boat drifted into the harbour with the incoming tide. She drifted into one of the pontoons in Conwy where she set alight the small blue yacht called Freedom. The Harbour barge Jac y Do used her fire hose to extinguish the fires. The Freedom is beached burnt out on the hard by Conwy Town wall and the wreck of the Sadler 34 burnt down to the waterline is on the sand/mud off Conwy Quay, visible beached at low tide. A large amount of burnt debris and oil covered the harbour surface.
Photo taken this morning. The remains of the Sadler 34 behind 'Phoenix II'. I dont think the Sadler will arise from the ashes though.
Photo taken this morning. The remains of the Sadler 34 behind 'Phoenix II'. I dont think the Sadler will arise from the ashes though.
Graham376
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I hear the owner's problems continue as they made an illegal trip from Cheshire to spend the weekend on board over Easter.
lustyd
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I wouldn’t be surprised if this sort of thing is common this year after such a long period away from boats. Lack of maintenance and an assumption of experience which may have eroded during lockdown alongside a strong desire to get back out there will lead to many incidents. Of course there’s also still bad luck on top of that too.
Thank goodness the crew all got away safely that truly is a nightmare scenario.
Thank goodness the crew all got away safely that truly is a nightmare scenario.
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If only you worked for the Daily Post.Yacht was a Sadler 34 called Allegra. I saw her at the fuel pontoon the day before. She was at the mouth of the river and smoke came from the engine compartment. The owner and family were taken off and the boat drifted into the harbour with the incoming tide. She drifted into one of the pontoons in Conwy where she set alight the small blue yacht called Freedom. The Harbour barge Jac y Do used her fire hose to extinguish the fires. The Freedom is beached burnt out on the hard by Conwy Town wall and the wreck of the Sadler 34 burnt down to the waterline is on the sand/mud off Conwy Quay, visible beached at low tide. A large amount of burnt debris and oil covered the harbour surface.
Photo taken this morning. The remains of the Sadler 34 behind 'Phoenix II'. I dont think the Sadler will arise from the ashes though.
mikedw
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Here's a photo taken by a Deganwy Resident of her passing through the narrows on fire whilst she still had her mast up.