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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Wed Jul 23 2003 - 20:08:20 EDT
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:39:56 -0400, you wrote:
<snip exciting story>
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>Two thoughts:
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>I've always been a bit of a worry wart when it comes to escape plans, even
>on a small boat. There are a lot of boats, Westsails, Babas, Masons, BCCs,
>Island Packets, that have only one forward hatch and where a club footed
>staysail is also secured low and tight over that hatch, making escape
>impossible. You see this all over your marina, I bet. Or there's an
>inflatable turned upside down over the hatch. Before we got rid of the
>club, I used to always tie it up in the rigging to port, just to ensure we
>were never trapped like this.
We of course have a bigger boat, and more than one hatch. We've got 2
in the aft cabin and one in the forward cabin, one in the forward head
and a couple in the main saloon. I have heard that one of the
walk-through versions of our boat has installed burglar bars on the
hatches so they could leave them open in hot weather and still leave
the boat. I've always been against this as I thought it was a hazard,
but they said I was crazy.
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>Even in protected waters, an inflatable rescue platform or an inflated
>dinghy on deck seems like a really good idea. While we don't know (may
>never know) why this fire spread so quickly, the boat was completely
>uninhabitable within about 30 seconds. Having someplace to go would have
>been comforting if the boat had been underway.
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>Just food for thought. BTW the boat was uninsured and the couple got away
>with only the clothes on their backs.
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>You can see some pix here:
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>http://www.mouseherder.com/xapic/fire/index.htm
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>Rick NH2F
>Westsail 32 Xapic
>Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico
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>www.mouseherder.com/xapic/sleep.html
>www.westsail.org
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>Sail like a Kiwi
>Anchor like a Canadian
>Live like a Texan
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grandma Rosalie
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