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Old 08-28-2008, 11:37 AM   #1
Pascal
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Buddy Davis went up in flames on the bay.

last night around 11 i started smelling something burning and noticed two Sea Tow boats pulling in with an unlit sportfish escorted by Miami Dade new high tech fireboat. They tied it up on the Tee head, next pier.

this morning, the smell is still strong as i'm downwind of the easterly breeze.

Turns out to be a Charter 1986 Buddy Davis 47 which had a bad electrical fire off Key Biscayne, operated by the same company as the Joe Cool (highjacked and whose crew was murdered last year)

Good opportunity to review your boat systems... how accessible are the battery switches? why do so many builder still put them in the ER... any electrical compartment that is not protected by an automatic fire suppression system? a small fireboy is too cheap not to install in compartment with electrical panels, inverters, etc...

http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI95498/
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