Torquay boat fire
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Mr Googler
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check out the metal railings on the pier! ???
John100156
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Very sad - like many, we were berthed for a while in TQ in 2006/7 not far from this boat. Wonder what the probable cause was? Very sad event.
rafiki_
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This is probably too big a job ever for the Barkes to salvage!
Seastoke
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Wits berthin Plymouth
Mr Googler
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So alcohol and typing don’t go together…..who knew!
itspaul
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It’ll be on charter next year like the rest of there rebuild fleet
Bajansailor
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Here is a photo of Rendezvous in happier times, taken from her Marinetraffic page.
Ship RENDEZVOUS (Pleasure Craft) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 232029649, Call Sign MIBB4
Ship RENDEZVOUS (Pleasure Craft) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 232029649, Call Sign MIBB4
Bigplumbs
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With the Jubilee bank holiday and the Torbay air show next week. There will need to be a big and quick clean up operation so that people in the marina etc can enjoy their plans for the weekend
Bigplumbs
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For those that might be visiting the marina in the next few days I think the fire was where I have put the red X on the pic below so reasonably out of the way of the entrance and visitor pontoon
Bigplumbs
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Might cause some issues with some larger boats trying to get out however
chrishscorp
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Thank goodness the wind was in the direction it was, it doesnt bear thinking about what would have happened if that had gone through the marina
henryf
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Really sad to see. The main thing is I haven’t heard any reports of injury to person. Stuff can be replaced, people can’t be. From the photos I would tend to think it looks like an electrical fire. If we can take a positive make sure you have your fire suppression checked and if necessarily serviced.
It’s not particularly sexy but when you need to pull the trigger it’s too late. As a coded vessel we have to get inspected annually. We use a company called Resmar, the annual inspection is a rounding error in our costs. We have two large hand held extinguishers, one in the cockpit, one in the master cabin. 4 smaller hand held extinguishers. A fire blanket for the galley and the main automatic engine room extinguisher.
The only big cost is once every 10 years the engine room extinguisher vessel will need hydrostatically testing.
Have your boats tested as soon as possible.
I’m not suggesting for a moment that there were any shortcomings on the vessel in question but use it as a prompt.
We also have linked smoke detectors around the boat. Modern wireless technology makes this very easy an affordable. One of the detectors is located in the electrical cabinet under the helm.
Henry
It’s not particularly sexy but when you need to pull the trigger it’s too late. As a coded vessel we have to get inspected annually. We use a company called Resmar, the annual inspection is a rounding error in our costs. We have two large hand held extinguishers, one in the cockpit, one in the master cabin. 4 smaller hand held extinguishers. A fire blanket for the galley and the main automatic engine room extinguisher.
The only big cost is once every 10 years the engine room extinguisher vessel will need hydrostatically testing.
Have your boats tested as soon as possible.
I’m not suggesting for a moment that there were any shortcomings on the vessel in question but use it as a prompt.
We also have linked smoke detectors around the boat. Modern wireless technology makes this very easy an affordable. One of the detectors is located in the electrical cabinet under the helm.
Henry
colhel
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To add to @henryf post above, check you can use your emergency escape routes are usable
A few years ago I just entered Ryde Marina to see a small flames in the tender of an approx 40ft Sealine. By the time I was within shouting distance the flames had taken hold in the cockpit. The Skipper quickly emerged from the cabin and immediately let go his extinguisher but it was like flicking peas at an elephant. It was that quick. Seconds later two young lads jumped out of the forehatch, the only way out. By the time they ran to the end of the pontoon, the boat was an inferno. So fast.
A few years ago I just entered Ryde Marina to see a small flames in the tender of an approx 40ft Sealine. By the time I was within shouting distance the flames had taken hold in the cockpit. The Skipper quickly emerged from the cabin and immediately let go his extinguisher but it was like flicking peas at an elephant. It was that quick. Seconds later two young lads jumped out of the forehatch, the only way out. By the time they ran to the end of the pontoon, the boat was an inferno. So fast.
trevbouy
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Not interested in other fires at all but this was a 'big boat' according to a friend who saw it.
NoviceRod
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We went past her on Friday, and there were work people on board. Thank goodness the wind blew her away from the other berths!
petem
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Discerning fire engine chaser ?!
dankilb
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Interesting the pulpit seems to have faired better - stainless vs cast iron? (I have no idea!)
John100156
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Yes - you need to round the pinch point to get in/out of the majority of the berths behind though, it was quite a busy turn, we were near the hammerhead end of the 3rd runway ? Can’t remember the depth at X, but now she’s sunk, expect it will be cleared quickly. Reckon a few boats will need a major clean close by!
Andrew M
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All good points Henry, and yes, an incident like this does galvanise you into a bit of action on a particular aspect.
Our Seafire engine room system was sent off and serviced a couple of years ago, but this weekend I'm now going to go through the boat and check all the handheld bottles . I bought some of those water mist versions as additions pre pandemic as well.
We also have a set of wireless and linked fire detectors, my view on that was in particular to (a)alert the whole boat immediately should there be anything in the engine room, and (b) to let us know in our aft cabin should anything be occurring forward that we might not otherwise have ben aware of until it had developed.
A real shame to see what's happened in Torquay but at least, as said, it does appear no one was hurt.
