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I had a very similar episode - with a leaking diesel tank.....i had a small
drip at the bottom of a very old black iron fuel tank. As i was fiddling
and trying to find the source I found it....and opened it up drastically.
all of a sudden 50 gals of diesel started pouring into the bilge.
thankfully i was able to shut off the bilge pump before more than a gal went
over board but if I hadn't been there - whoa nelly. As it was, pumping
out 50 gals from the bilge is definitely no fun at all and the clean up was
a big mess. btw.....dawn works wonders if the spill is not tooooo big.
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>From: Jay Gitomer <>
>To:
>Subject: RE: lv-ab: Boat Fire in Baltimore
>Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2001, 3:17 PM
>
> Well, we're powerboaters so I can't quite agree with
> this listmember, but we did have an interesting event
> in our marina last weekend that backs up Mike's point.
>
> A guy with a 30' or 35' footer had just fueled up with
> 250 gallons of diesel. He hadn't used the boat much,
> evidently (I don't have all the facts), but we heard
> he knew he had a leak in the fuel system. I don't know
> if that's true. We heard a fuel line had crumbled.
>
> He was sitting on the boat reading and the bilge pumps
> were doing their job, pumping 250 gal. of diesel
> overboard.
>
> The state EPA, the Coast Guard, HazMat teams and DNR
> swarmed the marina. Boomed off parts of the marina.
> Because of the toxic fire in Baltimore, the
> contractors couldn't get there till almost midnight.
> Work went on all night.
>
> For a while, our entire boat was sitting in a sea of
> diesel. The surface of the water looked like a solid
> sheet baby oil. The smell was overwhelming.
>
> The CG said the contractors had skimmers come in, but
> we just saw them using a lot of absorbent padding to
> lift out the fuel. It was a pretty low-tech operation.
> The next morning after they left, there was still
> plenty of diesel on the water.
>
> We asked the Coast Guard what this was going to cost
> the guy. They said it was up to the hearing officer,
> but estimated something in the area of $100-120,000.
>
> That's a costly day on the water, especially
> considering the guy hadn't even left the marina. Boat
> U/S, which he has, covers up to 100K so hopefully (for
> him), it won't be over that much.
>
> Jay
>
> --- "Rich, Michael" <> wrote:
>> Gasoline and
>> boats don't mix. mike
>
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