Yacht on fire near Fiskardo.

[Davy_S]

No further details yet.

 

[Old Harry]

Looks like an Oyster

 

[Davy_S]

 

[Davy_S]

An incredible event is currently taking place in the bay of Evreti in Fiskardo. A yacht (sailboat) caught fire for unknown reasons. The flames reached the mainland in danger for the forest !! There has been a mobilization by the Coast Guard, Fire Brigade, Volunteer team and residents.
The seven passengers of the boat approached the land and are safe.
Καίγεται ιστιοφόρο στην Ευρετή (Φισκάρδο) φωτο & video
Maltese flagged, i think.

 

[alexsailor]

uf....

 

[wwalsh]

ISSOLAYA II malta flag


At noon yesterday, the Port Authority of Fiskardo was informed about an incident of fire in the I / F boat "ISSOLAYA II" flag of Malta which was anchored inside the bay "EVRETIS" Fiskardo Kefallinia.
Immediately, the Port Authority activated the local emergency plan and one (01) patrol boat LS-EL.AKT., Two (02) private boats as well as executives of the Kefallinia Fire Service rushed to provide assistance, while a vessel was placed dam around the burning vessel.
The six (06) foreign passengers of "ISSOLAYA II" boarded the "NO WAY" submarine flag of Malta and were transported, in good health, to the port of Fiskardo.
The Fire Service of Kefallinia made efforts to extinguish the fire with the assistance of the patrol boat LS-EL.AKT. but the above sailboat sank.
There were no injuries from the incident, while there was a small amount of pollution from petroleum products, debris and dirty water, which was trapped inside the floating dam and was treated with consumables of the relevant Port Authority.
Preliminary investigation is carried out by the Fiskardo Port Authority

 

[Yngmar]

Looks like an Oyster, but it's a Solaris 72 DH: PRICE REDUCTION OF ISSOLAYA II | Northrop & Johnson

Do the rats that climb the shorelines have matches now?

 

[Tony Cross]

What concerns me most there is the volume of thick black smoke. Image that in a marina.

 

[Old Harry]

What concerns me most there is the volume of thick black smoke. Image that in a marina.

GRP is virtually impossible to extinguish & will burn down to the waterline

 

[sailaboutvic]

Looks like an Oyster, but it's a Solaris 72 DH: PRICE REDUCTION OF ISSOLAYA II | Northrop & Johnson

Do the rats that climb the shorelines have matches now?

Do you think they will be p

Looks like an Oyster, but it's a Solaris 72 DH: PRICE REDUCTION OF ISSOLAYA II | Northrop & Johnson

Do the rats that climb the shorelines have matches now?

Do you think they be open to offers now?

 

[nortada]

What depth has it sunk in?

It will be interesting to see how it is salvaged/removed or will it be left. Marked as a wreck/obstruction and used as an interesting dive?

Would be interested to hear see how well the containment barrier works?

 

[Davy_S]

 

[Chris_Robb]

What depth has it sunk in?

It will be interesting to see how it is salvaged/removed or will it be left. Marked as a wreck/obstruction and used as an interesting dive?

Would be interested to hear see how well the containment barrier works?

If its insured, then the insurance will pay and it will be removed. However if its an illegal charter or has no insurance the skipper (or owner) will be arrested on the spot.

Could it be an insurance job - al la **** lightening? Boat for sale - difficult to sell - easiest way to recoup your money!

 

[HissyFit]

Looks like an Oyster, but it's a Solaris 72 DH: PRICE REDUCTION OF ISSOLAYA II | Northrop & Johnson

The window configuration was wrong for an Oyster, and the "bowsprit" was too understated for an Oyster of that apparent length. The cavita lines used to run through the middle of the windows of older Oysters, except the Holman & Pye HP models. The newer Oysters have their cavita lines above the line of smaller windows, but there are no Oysters with just three small windows in the current lineup.

 

[Old Harry]

If its insured, then the insurance will pay and it will be removed. However if its an illegal charter or has no insurance the skipper (or owner) will be arrested on the spot.

Could it be an insurance job - al la **** lightening? Boat for sale - difficult to sell - easiest way to recoup your money!

If the latter, it would have been more prudent, to have given it away, than goto jail & loose the wonga

 

[Mistroma]

GRP is virtually impossible to extinguish & will burn down to the waterline

Yes, I remember seeing one about 30 years ago in very calm sheltered water. I think it was Port Edgar marina in a spell of settled weather. I saw the hull when it was recovered and it was as if someone had used a laser to cut it all along the waterline. It just burns until it gets to the waterline and then sinks.

 

[Slowboat35]

The problem with boat fires is their very design ensures water cannot easily get inside. Its all very well spraying the outside but that has no effect whatsoever on what's going on inside, and unless you can get a hose inside the hull cavities (all of them) you won't stop it until decks collapse or the fuel is exhaused (not going to happen in a GRP boat) , as the USN found out last week when the Good Old Dick burned for four days despite being at the dockside.
The other problem is enthusiastic pouring of water down companionways soon risks/ensures a sinking.

Unfortunate coincidence though, a boat that's proving hard to sell burning down like that.

 

[Davy_S]

Not much left of it now! The Kefalonia Pulse - English Language Newspaper of Kefalonia

 

[nortada]

Any indication what caused the fire