Boats catch fire Oak Island Marina

[Robja]

This could have been a lot worse .

http://www.starnewsonline.com/articl...IDEO/902050282

[JD5652]

Wow!.....lots of lucky boat owners there for sure.....

[gottaflylee]

Wow, its catching. Does anyone know what boat, news said a 60' vessel, burned off the coast of Wrightsville Beach 1 or 2 days ago?

[clt_capt]

Capt Lee - the article say the 60 footer off Masonboro was named Beau...

Good Samaritan rescues man from burning boat off Masonboro Inlet


Published: Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
A man escaped a fire on a commercial fishing boat Sunday and was rescued from his life raft by a Good Samaritan who heard his distress call.



The Beau, a 60-foot fishing vessel, was 20 miles off Masonboro Inlet when a fire began in the engine room, said Operations Specialist Andrew Molla of the Coast Guard’s Sector North Carolina.


The man reported the fire at 1:28 p.m. and said it was growing out of control. He used extinguishers and then tried to seal off the area where the fire was burning in hopes of smothering it, Molla said. But as he left the boat, the man told the Coast Guard he heard an explosion on board.
The Coast Guard dispatched a plane as well as rescue boats from Wrightsville Beach and Oak Island.


When rescue boats arrived 25 minutes later, the man had been picked up by a boater who heard the boat’s electric radio beacon, Molla said.


Once on scene, the Coast Guard took the man from the rescuer’s boat. He received treatment for burns on his hands.
The man did not need to be hospitalized. After the rescue, The Beau, heavily damaged, continued smoldering in the ocean. The Coast Guard contacted the boats owner about towing it into shore, Molla said.
– David Reynolds

[CalabashFishman]

This could have been a lot worse .

http://www.starnewsonline.com/articl...IDEO/902050282

That wasnt too far from me. I also belong with the Fire dept and my Captain from the fire house lives at that marina somewhere. I think they are thinking its an arson. Not sure thought

Wow, its catching. Does anyone know what boat, news said a 60' vessel, burned off the coast of Wrightsville Beach 1 or 2 days ago?

My dad told me about that today. He was out of Masonboro Inlet. Happen Sunday I believe.

http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp...&nav=menu157_2


This is not a good start to the 2009 year at ALL.

1 Shrimp Boat in Calabash Burned. (Just the wheel house, but needs a whole new wheel house)

The boats in Oak Island

Now the Beau.

Way, way too many.

[gottaflylee]

Thanks for the info...I could not find out the name of the boat...