What a day on the water!
Saturday we all hop on XRAVENX, John’s small boat for a “Runabout Poker Run”. What a great day for a boat ride. So we precede out of Baltimore Yacht Club for our first stops in Back River. The first stop was at Brewers Landing for lunch, and then the second was Weavers Marina at Riverside. Both were great. So now it is time to head back from Back River and around the corner to Middle River with our next stop being Middle River Yacht Club. Well as we come around the corner we could see thick black smoke coming from BYC! As we got closer our parking lot was full of emergency vehicles. Well instead of going down the river to our next stop we had to come back in Sue Creek and check out what was going on. When we got back in the creek we could see a 30 – 35 foot cruiser fully engulfed in flames. Two fire boats were pumping water on her, but it was not making much of a difference. We watched, from a distance of course, for a while before heading to our next stop. We found out at the stop that the boat exploded at our fuel pier at BYC. They had just fueled up and the guy had a problem starting one of his engines, he went into the bilge to work on it, did something, and when they tried to start it…. Boom! I believe all were thrown into the water, at least two were burned, one serious. . I can tell you one thing you don’t want to see it thick black smoke coming from your Yacht Club. That leaves a real bad feeling in your stomach.
When we came back to the club later in the day the boat was still in the creek, at least what was left of it. All you could see was a melted shell about 8 inches tall in the water. She burned right to the water line. What started as a day on the water for those poor folks turned out to be a very bad day! Just another reminder of how things can go terribly wrong in an instant.
Here is a link to the story:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland...on/-/10136486/21511686/-/105je9p/-/index.html
As for our Poker Run, it was great and a lot of fun. Special thanks to John (XRavenX) for letting Sandy and I ride along. Sandy came up with three “3's” but finished 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and out of the money with that hand. Too bad, I could have used gas money!
A great day on the water for us, but a very bad one for someone else! Everyone be careful out there!
Saturday we all hop on XRAVENX, John’s small boat for a “Runabout Poker Run”. What a great day for a boat ride. So we precede out of Baltimore Yacht Club for our first stops in Back River. The first stop was at Brewers Landing for lunch, and then the second was Weavers Marina at Riverside. Both were great. So now it is time to head back from Back River and around the corner to Middle River with our next stop being Middle River Yacht Club. Well as we come around the corner we could see thick black smoke coming from BYC! As we got closer our parking lot was full of emergency vehicles. Well instead of going down the river to our next stop we had to come back in Sue Creek and check out what was going on. When we got back in the creek we could see a 30 – 35 foot cruiser fully engulfed in flames. Two fire boats were pumping water on her, but it was not making much of a difference. We watched, from a distance of course, for a while before heading to our next stop. We found out at the stop that the boat exploded at our fuel pier at BYC. They had just fueled up and the guy had a problem starting one of his engines, he went into the bilge to work on it, did something, and when they tried to start it…. Boom! I believe all were thrown into the water, at least two were burned, one serious. . I can tell you one thing you don’t want to see it thick black smoke coming from your Yacht Club. That leaves a real bad feeling in your stomach.
When we came back to the club later in the day the boat was still in the creek, at least what was left of it. All you could see was a melted shell about 8 inches tall in the water. She burned right to the water line. What started as a day on the water for those poor folks turned out to be a very bad day! Just another reminder of how things can go terribly wrong in an instant.
Here is a link to the story:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/maryland...on/-/10136486/21511686/-/105je9p/-/index.html
As for our Poker Run, it was great and a lot of fun. Special thanks to John (XRavenX) for letting Sandy and I ride along. Sandy came up with three “3's” but finished 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and out of the money with that hand. Too bad, I could have used gas money!
A great day on the water for us, but a very bad one for someone else! Everyone be careful out there!
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