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Boat Explosion - Hunton Bridge GU

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Alan de Enfield Veteran II

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Just now, Machpoint005 said:

Anyone care to guess as to the boat's BSS status?

 

 

 

 

As the boat is no longer in the condition that it was when the BSSC was issued it is therefore invalidated - alterations have been made.

 

 

The validity of this certificate may be affected and can be cancelled if the vessel is not properly maintained and/or alterations are made ...

For BSSC's awarded after 1st April 2013, a revised set of terms and conditions entitled ‘About the BSS Examination and its Limitations’ is issued to the owner in either hard copy format or emailed as a .pdf document and these state:

Revised terms

The owner’s on-going responsibility: it is crucial to maintain the vessel in good condition in accordance with the safety requirements; and, any other licensing, registration or mooring conditions of the relevant navigation or harbour authority. The validity of a BSS pass result may be affected and can be cancelled if the vessel is not properly maintained; and/or non-compliant alterations are made....

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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

It was HIS houseboat !

Better than living under a piece of plastic sheet under some bushes somewhere 

9 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

Anyone care to guess as to the boat's BSS status?

 

 

It may have been valid and it was human error  

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Alan de Enfield Veteran II

Alan de Enfield

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15 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Never mind that, it's not displaying a licence in the window ...

 

Oh wait!

 

 

You need to go and check on the other side of the road ...................................

 

She's been called 'Britain's most abused boat'... dismasted, capsized, holed, set on fire ... and now exploded. We knew this final test -- a gas leak and LPG explosion -- was the most dangerous and potentially costly in Yachting Monthly's ground-breaking 'Crash Test Boat' series of articles.

 

Lengthy but interesting.

Start at about 10 minutes and then when the ads come on skip,

I'd guess that the explosion would be contained in a steel boat and would be worse for any occupants.

 

 

 

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33 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

You need to go and check on the other side of the road ...................................

 

She's been called 'Britain's most abused boat'... dismasted, capsized, holed, set on fire ... and now exploded. We knew this final test -- a gas leak and LPG explosion -- was the most dangerous and potentially costly in Yachting Monthly's ground-breaking 'Crash Test Boat' series of articles.

 

Lengthy but interesting.

Start at about 10 minutes and then when the ads come on skip,

I'd guess that the explosion would be contained in a steel boat and would be worse for any occupants.

 

 

 

Thank you. I think I would have worn a hard hat!

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Here's one of a 50 foot yacht we were called to (in my professional capacity :) ) only last week.  The owner reckoned he saw the fireball coming his direction shortly before the bang. He got away with minor injuries, but the boat caught fire. We don't know if it was gas or some other sort of fuel.

 

The fire brigade fought it for around 3 hours, but water onto GRP doesn't actually work very well. We suggested they tried using foam but apparently the environmental impact of foam meant their preference was to keep filling it with water until it sank - I have both the fire and the sinking on video as well, but it'll be too big to post here.

 

Caused a major issue when it went down as it took half the pontoon with it severing the end of the marina from the land. Fortunately the marina staff had moved the boats either side - a couple of large Princess cruisers - earlier in the evening.

 

Alan de Enfield would recognise the marina, if he keeps his boat near Princess yachts. In fact if you keep your boat in the marina near there then it's probably a lot closer than you'd like....

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Alan de Enfield Veteran II

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18 minutes ago, gatekrash said:

Alan de Enfield would recognise the marina, if he keeps his boat near Princess yachts. In fact if you keep your boat in the marina near there then it's probably a lot closer than you'd like....

Know it well.

We are out at Millbrook 'on the hard' as nowhere on that side of the bay can handle our beam (23 foot)

 

Because of our beam we tend to moor on the pontoon on the opposite side of the pontoon where the Princess yachts are prepared and PDI'd.

It's amazing that it takes about 10-12 people at least a full day to clean, polish and get the boat ready for the new owner.

 

Son and a couple of his mates took the tender around to the Princess factory (on a falling tide) and they ended up grounded. Staff at the factory understandably gave then some 'gyp'.  

Got out to push / lift the tender back to the water and came back covered (almost head to toe) in horrible black goo. We had to hose them (and the tender) down on the pontoon - no way were they getting back on the boat.

 

 

 

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