Boat fire The Wink news link seems the most comprehensive. really good that you are an early riser , Jim. Also, from the news clip I now know what you look like! I am returning to the Chesapeake for the summer. Missed meeting you the last time. Maybe we will cross paths this year. Thanks and regards, Joe Roy M/V Gabbiano ________________________________________ From: Great-Loop <great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com> on behalf of great-loop-request@lists.trawlering.com <great-loop-request@lists.trawlering.com> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 10:59 PM To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: Great-Loop Digest, Vol 161, Issue 3 Send Great-Loop mailing list submissions to great-loop@lists.trawlering.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to great-loop-request@lists.trawlering.com You can reach the person managing the list at great-loop-owner@lists.trawlering.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Great-Loop digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin (Bill Donovan) 2. Re: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin (Ralph Yost) 3. Re: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin (M Sharp) 4. Re: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin (Ralph Yost) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 09:19:52 -0400 From: Bill Donovan <trailersource@mindspring.com> To: Loop <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Message-ID: <71F3C2A9-10B1-4136-81CA-562E9AAAA37C@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The following message is a relay from Jim Healy (gilwellbear@gmail.com). Thanks, Jim! > While making coffee this morning at 05h45, I looked out the window to see a sailboat on the West Transient Dock/Fuel Dock fully involved in flames. Grabbed cell phone in right hand to call 911 and laid on my boat horn to wake up other stay-aboards with left hand. > > If there was anyone onboard, Pray for those souls. > > The boat on fire was the middle boat in a line of five larger motor yachts on the inside of the transient face dock. Anyone familiar with the west basin will know the spot. It was a MIRACLE that the wind was light and blowing DIRECTLY off the boat into the open fairway. Neither of the boats fore or astern of the burning boat appeared to be seriously affected. > > The police got there in just a couple of minutes. About that time, I realized I better get off my boat, The breeze would have blown that burning carcass across the fairway and cut off my access to shore. The Fort Myers fire department took 10 minutes to respond and get a charged fire hose to the dock. Pretty good, I thought. In two minutes, they had somewhat knocked down the flames, but of course, still burning inside. By that time, the carcass had burned through it's dock lines and the hulk was adrift. A fire boat arrived and I hollered at them to lasso the carcass before it got across the fairway. They did that, and dragged the hulk out of the basin and into the river. > > I'll bet 20:1 on the 30A twist lock electric fittings; the weather here as been hazy, hot, humid, and I'm sure that boat came in for electric and A/C. We all depend on each other to be safe! Check your electric fittings!!! > > Jim > > Peg and Jim Healy aboard Sanctuary, currently at Charlotte Harbor, Punta Gorda, FL > http://gilwellbear.wordpress.com > Monk 36 Hull #132 > MMSI #367042570 > AGLCA #3767 > MTOA #3436 > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 15:52:01 -0400 From: "Ralph Yost" <ralph@alphacompservices.com> To: "'Bill Donovan'" <trailersource@mindspring.com>, "'Loop'" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Cc: "'Jim Healy'" <gilwellbear@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Message-ID: <000c01d1b463$6aadc4b0$40094e10$@alphacompservices.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Short story here with a photograph http://www.nbc-2.com/story/32034767/boat-destroyed-by-fire-in-downtown-fort- myers#.V0INlJErLDc R. -----Original Message----- From: Great-Loop [mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com] On Behalf Of Bill Donovan Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 9:20 AM To: Loop Subject: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin The following message is a relay from Jim Healy (gilwellbear@gmail.com). Thanks, Jim! > While making coffee this morning at 05h45, I looked out the window to see a sailboat on the West Transient Dock/Fuel Dock fully involved in flames. Grabbed cell phone in right hand to call 911 and laid on my boat horn to wake up other stay-aboards with left hand. > > If there was anyone onboard, Pray for those souls. > > The boat on fire was the middle boat in a line of five larger motor yachts on the inside of the transient face dock. Anyone familiar with the west basin will know the spot. It was a MIRACLE that the wind was light and blowing DIRECTLY off the boat into the open fairway. Neither of the boats fore or astern of the burning boat appeared to be seriously affected. > > The police got there in just a couple of minutes. About that time, I realized I better get off my boat, The breeze would have blown that burning carcass across the fairway and cut off my access to shore. The Fort Myers fire department took 10 minutes to respond and get a charged fire hose to the dock. Pretty good, I thought. In two minutes, they had somewhat knocked down the flames, but of course, still burning inside. By that time, the carcass had burned through it's dock lines and the hulk was adrift. A fire boat arrived and I hollered at them to lasso the carcass before it got across the fairway. They did that, and dragged the hulk out of the basin and into the river. > > I'll bet 20:1 on the 30A twist lock electric fittings; the weather here as been hazy, hot, humid, and I'm sure that boat came in for electric and A/C. We all depend on each other to be safe! Check your electric fittings!!! > > Jim > > Peg and Jim Healy aboard Sanctuary, currently at Charlotte Harbor, > Punta Gorda, FL http://gilwellbear.wordpress.com Monk 36 Hull #132 > MMSI #367042570 AGLCA #3767 MTOA #3436 > _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 20:48:17 +0000 From: M Sharp <mikejsharp@hotmail.com> To: "Ralph@alphacompservices.com" <Ralph@alphacompservices.com> Cc: Bill Donovan <trailersource@mindspring.com>, Loop <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com>, Jim Healy <gilwellbear@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Message-ID: <CY1PR15MB08920DB6655B4D5526899DE3D74D0@CY1PR15MB0892.namprd15.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Here's another link. Sailboat catches fire at Fort Myers Yacht Basin http://www.winknews.com/2016/05/22/sail-boat-catches-fire-at-fort-myers-yacht-basin/ > On May 22, 2016, at 3:53 PM, Ralph Yost <ralph@alphacompservices.com> wrote: > > Short story here with a photograph > http://www.nbc-2.com/story/32034767/boat-destroyed-by-fire-in-downtown-fort- > myers#.V0INlJErLDc > > ring.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 18:11:32 -0400 From: "Ralph Yost" <ralph@alphacompservices.com> To: <Ralph@alphacompservices.com>, "'Bill Donovan'" <trailersource@mindspring.com>, "'Loop'" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Cc: "'Jim Healy'" <gilwellbear@gmail.com> Subject: Re: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Message-ID: <001901d1b476$eee5e740$ccb1b5c0$@alphacompservices.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Link was truncated. Try this one http://tinyurl.com/j7n5qb8 R. -----Original Message----- From: Great-Loop [mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Yost Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 3:52 PM To: 'Bill Donovan'; 'Loop' Cc: 'Jim Healy' Subject: Re: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin Short story here with a photograph http://www.nbc-2.com/story/32034767/boat-destroyed-by-fire-in-downtown-fort- myers#.V0INlJErLDc R. -----Original Message----- From: Great-Loop [mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com] On Behalf Of Bill Donovan Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2016 9:20 AM To: Loop Subject: GL: Fwd: Boat Fire - City of Fort Myers Yacht Basin The following message is a relay from Jim Healy (gilwellbear@gmail.com). Thanks, Jim! > While making coffee this morning at 05h45, I looked out the window to > see a sailboat on the West Transient Dock/Fuel Dock fully involved in flames. Grabbed cell phone in right hand to call 911 and laid on my boat horn to wake up other stay-aboards with left hand. > > If there was anyone onboard, Pray for those souls. > > The boat on fire was the middle boat in a line of five larger motor > yachts on the inside of the transient face dock. Anyone familiar with the west basin will know the spot. It was a MIRACLE that the wind was light and blowing DIRECTLY off the boat into the open fairway. Neither of the boats fore or astern of the burning boat appeared to be seriously affected. > > The police got there in just a couple of minutes. About that time, I realized I better get off my boat, The breeze would have blown that burning carcass across the fairway and cut off my access to shore. The Fort Myers fire department took 10 minutes to respond and get a charged fire hose to the dock. Pretty good, I thought. In two minutes, they had somewhat knocked down the flames, but of course, still burning inside. By that time, the carcass had burned through it's dock lines and the hulk was adrift. A fire boat arrived and I hollered at them to lasso the carcass before it got across the fairway. They did that, and dragged the hulk out of the basin and into the river. > > I'll bet 20:1 on the 30A twist lock electric fittings; the weather > here as been hazy, hot, humid, and I'm sure that boat came in for electric and A/C. We all depend on each other to be safe! Check your electric fittings!!! > > Jim > > Peg and Jim Healy aboard Sanctuary, currently at Charlotte Harbor, > Punta Gorda, FL http://gilwellbear.wordpress.com Monk 36 Hull #132 > MMSI #367042570 AGLCA #3767 MTOA #3436 > _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com ------------------------------ End of Great-Loop Digest, Vol 161, Issue 3 ******************************************