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