fire

A boat stack storage yard in Seattle called Seattle Boats had a fire last week that destroyed 30, up to 60, boats. A potential arsonist was arrested that morning sleeping in a nearby floating boat. The yard is on Lake Union in a heavily residential area. My North Seattle neighborhood has seen a...

Got a good price on my Progressive/Homesight Homeowners' and a quote on Watercraft comprehensive from Progressive. The Bowrider 200 I just paid $15,000 for is in the attached garage. In case of fire, the boat's coverage under Homeowners' is limited to $1,500. It can be specifically endorsed to...

I have a 2002 sea ray bow rider. Have not looked in the hull storage compartment in a couple of years. Did so today and found the instruction book for a life preserver had caught fire and smoldered. No damage to anything else. Wondering how in the heck it caught on fire as I see no exposed...

If you use Kidde fire extinguishers at home, the office, on your boat, or elsewhere, check them as soon as possible. The extinguishers can fail to operate in case of emergency, or break with enough force to injure. There have been 400 reported injuries and one fatality. News story...

One of the turbo exhaust manifolds clamp decided to snap on my 460 Express Cruiser causing smoke to shoot all into my engine bay. It then activated the Fireboy suppression system turning off both engines while going full speed :wow: (imagine my surprise). I've refilled the suppression canister...

This one was really close to home....the next marina to us at the gas dock. I believe it was an older carver, just fuelled up & blew the lid right off the boat, propelled two in the water & one on the dock causing serious injuries I was told that he had engine work done the day before & was...

My boat and others in the marina were impacted by a lightning storm, wasn't a direct hit but smoked one of my E-Plex modules. This caused the entire boat to fill with smoke from a melting module (don't think it was actually on fire). Module was behind the entertainment cabinet and smoke was...

http://www.boats.com/boat-details/Sea-Ray-44-Sedan-Bridge/21473151 Just came across this. Looks nasty. :huh: How in the world is this boat salvageable?! The description tells a bit about a fire on a neighboring boat that has spread to this DB, but it makes it seem like the engine room...