A boater escaped unharmed after his 50-foot sailboat caught fire on Lake Erie on Thursday night.
The sailboat was about 3.5 kilometres away from the Canada/U.S. border when the operator detected smoke coming from inside the vessel. He was unsuccessful in attempts to extinguish the fire. The man, a 50-year-old Erie, Pennsylvania resident, escaped by making his way to a 10-foot Zodiac attached to the sailboat. A passing boater provided assistance to the man. The Norfolk County OPP Marine Unit was on patrol on Lake Erie when officers observed a large plume of smoke east of the Long Point Lighthouse at about 7:42 p.m. Officers made their way to the area where they located a large boat fire. The sailboat filled with water and sunk in about 210 feet of water. The American Coast Guard transported the male back to his residence. A *50 foot* A4 powered boat would be fairly rare, would it not. Joe Della Barba j...@dellabarba.com From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Melody via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 1:02 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Russ & Melody Subject: Re: Stus-List Exploding C&C Okay then, we have a boat on the way to a broker and suffers a fire in the middle of the lake with a lone wolf aboard. I can believe it's not the fault of having an A4 aboard, it could have been a can of dinghy outboard fuel below.... Cheers, Russ Sweet 35 -1 At 07:52 PM 21/07/2015, you wrote: Oh, don't start that again, Kevin! I understood he was taking the boat down to Buffalo to a broker. not sure how he ended up over the border in the deepest pool of the lake. There was nothing below on that boat but a bucket and a handful of pipe berths. on second thought, it might have had a head with an actual door, but that's it. Don't think it's been sailed in 15 years. seems a shame to pollute the lake with yet another wreck. I guess Dave Few can add another boat to his map, ghosts shipwrecks of Lake Erie Bill Coleman C&C 39. Erie PA -------- Original message -------- From: Kevin Driscoll via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 07/21/2015 7:13 PM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Kevin Driscoll <kevindrisc...@gmail.com <mailto:kevindrisc...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Exploding C&C Sounded like an A4, no? On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 3:45 PM S Thomas via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: I was wondering if we would hear from you on that one Bill. It would be interesting to hear what the owner had to say about what happened. Precious little in the news reports. He couldn't put the fire out, escaped in the Zodiac, and the coast guard took him back home. That was about it. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Coleman via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: "Bill Coleman" <colt...@verizon.net <mailto:colt...@verizon.net> > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 17:47 Subject: Re: Stus-List Exploding C&C > And then you have this. Not a C&C, a Nelson Marek I believe - > > > > http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2015/07/17/sailboat-catches-fire-sinks-on-lake- > erie > > > > Draw your own conclusions. > > > > > > Bill Coleman > > C&C 39 Erie, PA > > From: CnC-List [ mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> ] On Behalf Of Jim > Watts > via CnC-List > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:29 PM > To: 1 CnC List > Cc: Jim Watts > Subject: Stus-List Exploding C&C > > > > It sounds like the injuries weren't too bad, we can hope...ouch. Looks > like > a 30? > http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/07/11/man-burned-in-boat-explosion-at-gatineau > -marina > > > > Jim Watts > Paradigm Shift > C&C 35 Mk III _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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