Yacht burns then sinks off the coast of Sardinia - GIF

Yacht burns then sinks off the coast of Sardinia.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...587#post159055
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...984#post156957
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...973#post125093
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...161#post153708
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...259#post141967
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...188#post165360

Well... fire's out.

A Cobalt that burned and sank this summer here...
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Living on a yacht full time biggest fear is fire not a lot you can do ,seen the odd one burn ,very fast and hot as hell,not even mentioning the fuels gasoline diesel gas adding to the mayhem.Fire suppression systems mostly in engine rooms but a lot off fires start in the galley or wheelhouse as electrical shorts.

Most big ship fires start in the galley or the laundry, nearly all the ships ive been on the majority of alarms were from the Laundry.
That’s taking into consideration the amount of welding and construction that was carried out on deck. i have only ever fought one fire on board (trained for hundreds), A hydraulic hose burst next to a steam turbine engine which instantly erupted into flames - i grabbed the size 2 hose and FB5X foam applicator and started to attack the fire. 10 minutes later i got told off, the chief said why didn’t you just isolate the hydraulic pump (ie remove the fuel). The punishment was to clean up all the AFFF foam. From my previous occupations, another serious cause of fire was missiles, thankfully never ended up on the receiving end of one.

This was fun, the unluckiest ship in the Royal Navy; it sinks at least 3 times a week.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXC6...annel=TomScott

This is a very armature attempt at saving a vessel, men in white overalls are trainee officers, you tend to see a lot more activity and aggression when they are in blue.
just saying

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Originally Posted by MeJasonT

This is a very armature attempt at saving a vessel, men in white overalls are trainee officers, you tend to see a lot more activity and aggression when they are in blue.
just saying

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yes it would appear to be their first or second time in the training exercise, judging by their timid movements. As we herd near the end their comments about how it took them 20 minutes to do the same thing a more seasoned team would have done in 5 minutes.

Agreed.
They didnt even get 100% Havoc, usually there is only 6" gap at the top of the compartment and all the wedges and pad pieces start floating away.
The other rig at the fire school is equall as interesting you put the fire out and then get drownwd, Its not articulated though. The idea is the less water you use to put the fire out the less you have in the compartment when the water comes in. I used some insider knowledge, when we were getting instruction on top of the rig i payed close attention to the water main and valves. It got isolated pretty damn quick after the fire was out. One of the exercises was a split fire main. scored pretty high for knowledge of the ship.

The civilian fire service were always jelous of the fact we had twin bottle basca sets and 3 thermal imaging cameras on all RN ships. Cumbria Fire service here at home onlt had 1 thermal camera and if it was on the wrong engine it had to be delivered to the other or it was brought out by the senior officer to the one that needed it. I hope in the last 20+ years that has changed. We now have 2 posh state of the art fire houses, the old victorian station has finally been abandoned.
From a previous thread on 125 man liferafts - we were always told the best life raft is the ship you are on, fight for it until all hope is lost. its easier to find a ship at sea than it is to find liferafts in the water. which brings us onto SOLAS, the best thing ever invented. If you have ever seen a radar screen when someone is in distress neatby and has set off an Eperb, lets just say its about the only thing you can see on the radar screen, a nice big target. there was a guy up in aberdeen who worked for SOLAS and he was taking some old equipment back for servicing, on his journey home one triggered in his car, by the time he got home to manchester he was met by a huge parafin puffing yellow heckalopter. Probably a fine.

Some possible lead on the poor yacht's ownership/ backgound:
https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-ya...ongues-wagging