SANTE 230- Fire

[xlair]

Anyone hear about this?
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Four...5/-/index.html

MADISON, Wis. -
Three men and a woman were forced to jump from their boat on Lake Mendota Friday morning after a fire broke out near Lake Mendota Park.

According to the Madison Fire Department, firefighters were sent to the fire about 9:45 a.m. after the boat caught fire about 300 yards off shore from Captain Bill's restaurant in Middleton.

"The engine stalled on us, and we had black smoke coming out the back," the boat's owner, Jordan Gensler, told WISC-TV. "After the fire extinguisher didn't help, we all abandoned ship and called for help."

A nearby fisherman made his way to the boat and pulled the four people in.

"Thank God for him," Gensler said. "He came up and picked us up out of the water as we watched it burn."

By the time firefighters arrived, the boat was fully engulfed in flames. Because of the amount of fuel on board, the Fire department says they were just pushing the fuel around, so they just let it burn out.

No one was injured. The $100,000 boat, a 23-foot 2010 Super Air Nautique, is considered a total loss, as its tail now rests on the bottom of Lake Mendota.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the fire, but they say they have no reason to believe the boaters did anything wrong.

All were experienced boaters, and fire crews said they did the right thing by jumping off the boat.

Gensler told WISC-TV a representative from the boat company was en route to Madison from Florida to investigate, as well.

[AirTool]

I'm surprised they tried the fire extinguisher.

Most folks jump straight away with fear it might explode.

[Nordicron]

I'm surprised they tried the fire extinguisher.

Most folks jump straight away with fear it might explode.

Yeah I heard about it as I live in the area. Don't know the people but think I've seen the boat around before. My guess is the fuel cell canister let go possibly. I know when I changed my filter this year I was paranoid that I got that thing back on correctly and tightened down enough.

[AirTool]

Yeah I heard about it as I live in the area. Don't know the people but think I've seen the boat around before. My guess is the fuel cell canister let go possibly. I know when I changed my filter this year I was paranoid that I got that thing back on correctly and tightened down enough.

Funny. I changed my FCC element Friday night. I was paranoid that I overtightened it....fearing one day the springy clamp thingy would crack and break loose. I might email PCM and ask them the torque on that t-bolt.

I did take a few pictures to make a DIY thread as i promised Crad....now thinking maybe I shouldn't.

[Nordicron]

Funny. I changed my FCC element Friday night. I was paranoid that I overtightened it....fearing one day the springy clamp thingy would crack and break loose. I might email PCM and ask them the torque on that t-bolt.

I did take a few pictures to make a DIY thread as i promised Crad....now thinking maybe I shouldn't.

Yeah I was worried about over tightening that also!

Btw what did your filter look like? Was it this bad?

[AirTool]

Yeah I was worried about over tightening that also!

Btw what did your filter look like? Was it this bad?

Generally the same color but not as many little "bumpies" as you have. I need to check my maintenance log to see how many hours it had versus the one i changed prior. The one I just changed seemed a bit darker than the first one I changed. I might have a photo of the first one. I left the country Sunday and I can't remember if i tossed the second one or not. so i don't know if I can photograph it.

[Paublo]

I just posted this a week ago on Wakeworld, but that was almost me two years ago. I'm idling back in towards the dock after being out for a few hours and the engine starts missing while at the same time I smell gas. I slip it into neutral and go back and pop the engine cover. I have a '09 SAN 210 with the PCM 343, and the fuel pump/filter cannister had come unclamped, dropped down about 3", and raw gas was spraying everywhere. Threre were probably 8 people in the boat including 3 small grandsons. I stopped the engine and yelled for everyone to jump out and swim clear of the boat. After 15 min. we pulled it to the dock with a rope and carefully checked it out. There was about a 1/2" of gas in the bottom. We still don't know why it didn't blow up when that much gas was spraying around a running engine. The dealer looked it over for a week and never could figure out how that came apart. We were just extremely lucky that it just wasn't our time to go or else it was devine intervention, because I thought that the boat should have blown sky high.

[xlair]

Given these stories about the new clamp style FCC I'm quite happy that I have the old style FCC- even though it is a complete ***** to get off!

[DanielC]

"There was about a 1/2" of gas in the bottom. We still don't know why it didn't blow up when that much gas was spraying around a running engine."

This is why you use marine electrical parts in a boat!

[robertsmcfarland]

well said ,and to the point!!!!!

[Nordicron]

Ok just wanted to bring this back to the top so everyone can check their boats. I heard that the cause of this fire was due to the remote oil drain line getting cut and spraying oil out which caused the fire. So please make sure your remote oil drain lines are secure!

[Calgary210]

Ok just wanted to bring this back to the top so everyone can check their boats. I heard that the cause of this fire was due to the remote oil drain line getting cut and spraying oil out which caused the fire. So please make sure your remote oil drain lines are secure!

Would love to know how they figured that out after that boat burned to the bottom of the lake.

[Nordicron]

Would love to know how they figured that out after that boat burned to the bottom of the lake.

Well they didn't leave it at the bottom of the lake. They had inspectors from PCM,Nautique the insurance company and others here to look at the boat that next day. Another thing I heard is they got the fire out but it flared back up because the little extinguisher many of us have in our boats is only good for about a 4sec blast.

[AirTool]

heard that the cause of this fire was due to the remote oil drain line getting cut and spraying oil out which caused the fire.

I don't believe it....almost impossible IMO.

This is a job for Mythbusters.

[Nordicron]

I don't believe it....almost impossible IMO.

This is a job for Mythbusters.

I'm sure they'll take this one right after they take the case of whether or not helmets reduce concussions for wakeboarders.

I find it somewhat hard to believe also but this info came from a reliable source.