Boat on Fire at the Chichester entrance

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A 35ft motor cruiser is well a flame just off the west pole at the entrance to Chichester Harbour. Harbour police and Romeo Juliet are on scene and the crew have been taken off.

It looks like the fuel has yet to burn as there are three ribs keeping a large exclusion area around the vessel. Hope everyone on board is OK.

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Is there anything you dont miss, do you live down there, I was staying there last sunday night at the witterings, car park was full of old classics from the Goodwood revival.

I can remember some years back about 1995 I think was on the beach at Mudeford entrance to Christchurch harbour, bloke was barbequing on back of his princess 35, next minute fireball, no dinghy nothing, all crew members jumped in including mother and baby, no lifejackets on clinging on to lilos and small toy dinghys. The boat burnt to the waterline, we went back that night to see just the pulpit rail above the waterline.
 
Not good.

Makes my brothers "bad day" pale into insignificance - getting a tow in after engine started to overheat, but he managed to limp along for a while on idle, stopping every now and again to let it cool down.

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Boat was called "Santaorini" - a 40ft Sports Cruiser moored on our pontoon in Chichester Marina. Pleased to inform that all the crew including the dog are safe. She took on 400 litres of fuel this morning that would have accounted for some of the black smoke.
 
Heard the Mayday relay from Solent Coastguard on the way back from Brighton, pleased to hear all are off and safe, good job those guys are well trained and on hand to assist when the worst happens.
 
Crikey. I was talking to the owner a while back and recently saw Santorini on the hard having some work done. Glad to hear all are safe.
 
IMHO SG did not handle it at all well to start with - the initial call (from the vessel that picked up the Mobo crew) was told to call back in 15 minutes (ok he didn't do a mayday call - but even so!) Then it seemed to take for ever to establish exactly where the boat was - then during the Mayday Relay (half obliterated by the DSC alert - we don't all sit by our VHFs you know!) there was an All Ships that took you off 16 and onto 67 ... at which point I turned the VHF off ... (we were just sitting on the mooring having a clean up).
 
Wow its that one, santorini something sold by Bob spalding marine some years back, we walked by it last monday in Chichester marina looking for another boat on the next pontoon.
 
Jeez, poor boat /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I couldnt even imagine how I'd be if that happened to my little binnie, never mind a 40-footer!
 
What an awful shame, glad all were ok.
That photo makes me feel.......well, /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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glad all were ok.


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It's great that everyone and the dog were unharmed but I doubt if they're ALL ok! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

If you stop to think for a minute about what must have been going on onboard at the time, it could actually put some or all of them off boating for good. I would imagine it was bloody frightening.
 
Just missed all the activity as we left Sparkes 30 mins earlier.

Rather got the impression that the young lady at Solent CG was unsure how to react. Needs a cool mind when hit with something like that on a Sunday morning. She did manage to inform all around that the crew were OK and the vessel posed an " explosive risk" with 800 litres of fuel and gas cylinders on board.

Glad all were safe. There but for the grace of God etc.......
 
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Is there anything you dont miss, do you live down there, I was staying there last sunday night at the witterings, car park was full of old classics from the Goodwood revival.

I can remember some years back about 1995 I think was on the beach at Mudeford entrance to Christchurch harbour, bloke was barbequing on back of his princess 35, next minute fireball, no dinghy nothing, all crew members jumped in including mother and baby, no lifejackets on clinging on to lilos and small toy dinghys. The boat burnt to the waterline, we went back that night to see just the pulpit rail above the waterline.

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The least you could have done was say hello! Amazingly, we were there too.
 
I wonder when and who set the anchor on her?

Was it set before the fire started. It least it stopped her drifting. A sad image. Glad everybody was safe though.
 
Very Glad indeed that everyone was safe from THAT!

Saw all the smoke, and the helicopter as we were anchored up 10 miles away over on I.O.W.... I didnt realise why I had a missed call on my phone, or indeed what had happened, but when we got back to Sparkes having played get stuck on the sand, thanks to the low tide antics of a sailing twat, the look on JJ's face in the marina said it all............thanks for your concerns but it wasnt our Targa on fire.

Incidents like this as Roger pointed out could put someone off for life, lets hope it doesnt, makes you think though!

Jas. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
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... makes you think though!

[/ QUOTE ]If there is a positive side to an incident like this, it is a) that the crew are safe and escaped unhurt, and b) publicity of such fires here or in mags may save future lives - "makes you think though" - especially if folk ponder how they would have coped.
 
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