OzOne wrote:
Last night in a multi million dollar marina fire,
My mate lost his 18 month old 65' Benny I feel for him after waiting 2
years while she was built and fitted with every extra in the Benny
cattle dog.

Bummer................the fire at Woolooware?

Got any pictures?
What caused the fire?



When I spoke to him this morning, he was pulling out the order forms
and getting ready to send a fax off the France tomorrow to order
another.....

Guy can't take a hint huh?...

Joe


Now will come the task of hunting for a short term replacement.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

OzOne wrote:
On 19 Aug 2006 19:50:14 -0700, "Joe"
scribbled thusly:


OzOne wrote:
Last night in a multi million dollar marina fire,
My mate lost his 18 month old 65' Benny I feel for him after waiting 2
years while she was built and fitted with every extra in the Benny
cattle dog.

Bummer................the fire at Woolooware?

Yep, That's the one
How did ou get wind of that?

CIA spy photo's. The fire was hot enough to set off space borne
sensors.

Got any pictures?
Nah, there are afew in the papers this morning, but I have none.
Not much to see, just a bunch of hulls burned to the waterline

Yeah I was delivering a fiberglass shrimp boat that caught on fire and
burned to the waterline. Man did that suck, I was over 30 mi from Holma
LA is the middle of the achafalaya swamp, had to swim to the bank and
wait a very long time until a tug boat came along.


What caused the fire?
Appears that it was first noticed in one of the big cruisers.
Speculation is an electrical fault, battery charger or battery.
Don't think they'll ever find out..it's a mess.

Was the cruiser a gasoline boat?



When I spoke to him this morning, he was pulling out the order forms
and getting ready to send a fax off the France tomorrow to order
another.....

Guy can't take a hint huh?...

She was a beautiful yacht...I can well understand why he'd want
another.

He could do much better than a french boat. Please pass him a clue
http://www.setsail.com/dashew/do_yachts.html

Joe

Joe


Now will come the task of hunting for a short term replacement.


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.



Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

Yeah I was delivering a fiberglass shrimp boat that caught
on fire and
burned to the waterline. Man did that suck, I was over 30
mi from Holma
LA is the middle of the achafalaya swamp, had to swim to
the bank and
wait a very long time until a tug boat came along.


What caused that fire?

Scotty

Bummer................the fire at Woolooware?


OzOne wrote:
Yep, That's the one
How did ou get wind of that?

Got any pictures?

Nah, there are afew in the papers this morning, but I have none.
Not much to see, just a bunch of hulls burned to the waterline


That sucks. Difficult to even tell which one it was, much
less salvage anything. The bad thing about a marina fire is
that it spreads quickly and is very destructive, a
neighbor's carelessness (or bad luck) can destroy your boat.
My sympathy to your friend.

The good thing is that it's better than a fire at sea.


What caused the fire?

Appears that it was first noticed in one of the big cruisers.
Speculation is an electrical fault, battery charger or battery.
Don't think they'll ever find out..it's a mess.


Maybe... those insurance surveyors are pretty clever and
thorough... since a really big claim is involved, they will
expend quite and effort to find out (at least, they would here).



When I spoke to him this morning, he was pulling out the order forms
and getting ready to send a fax off the France tomorrow to order
another.....

Guy can't take a hint huh?...


Those new Farr Beneteaus are pretty nice... by the time you
get up to 65' it's semi custom at least and done pretty nicely.


She was a beautiful yacht...I can well understand why he'd want
another.


Now will come the task of hunting for a short term replacement.


Plenty of options there... maybe you can let him borror the
cat... change his mind a little...

DSK

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

Yeah I was delivering a fiberglass shrimp boat that caught
on fire and
burned to the waterline. Man did that suck, I was over 30
mi from Holma
LA is the middle of the achafalaya swamp, had to swim to
the bank and
wait a very long time until a tug boat came along.


What caused that fire?

I think it was a bad fuel line. The owner asked me to deliver it to
Holma. Only a 25fter with two outboards. I was moving at 15-20 kts and
felt heat on my back, as i pulled the throttles back the fire headed my
way, by time I had it in netural I had to dive over the side. Watched
it burn for about an hour all the way to the water line. The owner was
moving to Holland and perhaps he set me up so he could get
insurance...not sure. It was 6 or so hours until that tug came along.
Had to bring the insurance people back to find the wreck. They called
it an equipment failure.

Joe




Scotty

Now will come the task of hunting for a short term replacement.


Plenty of options there... maybe you can let him borror the
cat... change his mind a little...


OzOne wrote:
He did mention leasing my mono.

The Bavaria Match? That should be a nice boat too, might
convince him he doesn't really need anything that big.

She's sitting in Tonga atm while the guys party and get ready for the
trip down to Sydney.


Are you paying these guys? Heck I'd have done that for you!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King