Topock Marine Fire Pic's

[ACCEPTENCE]

The aftermath...
As I understand it the lesson to be learned here is: Run your bilge blower prior to starting your vessel.
Thankfully no-one was seriously hurt or got killed amazingly enough.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/14150581152-R1-048-22A.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/14150581152-R1-042-19A.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/506/1415Topoc_021.jpg

[Ultracrazy]

The last slip on the right, that didn't get a scratch.....that would be my slip. Any news on when they plan on repairing the slips for use? Doesn't look I can get to mine......it would be useless at this point.

[LUVNLIFE]

I think I am going to get real religous about my bilge blower now. :eek:

[Jetdriver]

You think so there big guy??? :smilespi:

[Donnie]

Thats sucks!!

[Kachina26]

Makes you think about upping the liability coverages on your insurance. 18 boats , major slip/dock repair and hazmat cleanup....................... how much do you think all that costs? Good thing most of those were pontoons and the like. Imagine a marina full of DCB's and the like

[ACCEPTENCE]

Makes you think about upping the liability coverages on your insurance. 18 boats , major slip/dock repair and hazmat cleanup....................... how much do you think all that costs? Good thing most of those were pontoons and the like. Imagine a marina full of DCB's and the like
Seeing this does make one wonder about liability coverages.
I heard and now understand that some and most auto type insurance writters don't provide provisions for these types of incidents.
I also learned BoatU.S. writes policies that have all the necessary provisions in place for these types of damage claims. I hear it's a one call kinda think to BoatU.S. and it's handled.
It's worth looking into.
The last thing you want is to loose your boat and then be hanging on the hook for all the rest of the damages as well.
To answer your question:
A quick guess on the cost of salvage, hazmat, environmental clean up, dock replacement and incidentals would be $200,000.00 - $300,000.00 that's my guess. Could be higher too.
Your right if the marina had been full of DCB's and the like the cost would have been through the roof.
I'll be checkin my policies and makin some revisions.

[ACCEPTENCE]

http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/1415topock_074.jpg
A partial picture of the debris pile, what a mess!!!

[Huckleberry]

What are the odds of that many pontoons being in there instead of west coast customs? Was there a pontoon regatta that weekend or what?

[Kachina26]

What are the odds of that many pontoons being in there instead of west coast customs? Was there a pontoon regatta that weekend or what?
The fire was contained to the permanent slips which are occupied mostly by locals. It is a retirement type community so, that's what you have there. I noticed a dock that was damaged right next to where my boat was just days before the fire.

[Ultracrazy]

Not to high jack the thread......but that last pic was taken last Friday....does anyone know who and hell parked the white excursion SIDEWAYS in the lot and took up 5 spaces????? What an idiot.
I have the slip at the end of the first set of slips.......took my boat out 7 days before fire.
Hey Jim (Hucklekberry) how's work *S*
UC

[Mohavekid]

Makes you think about upping the liability coverages on your insurance. 18 boats , major slip/dock repair and hazmat cleanup....................... how much do you think all that costs? Good thing most of those were pontoons and the like. Imagine a marina full of DCB's and the like
Just a heads up, for someone to be liable, they must have been negligent.
Basic tort law negligence analysis goes like this:
Duty owed
Duty breeched
Actual cause
Damages
For someone to be negligent, they must have owed a common duty of care to prevent forseeable incidents. If the person owed a duty and failed to live up to the duty and their failure causedthe incident which caused damages, they are liable. If there was no duty owed, they are not negligent. If they did not breech a duty, they are not negligent.
In this case, did the boat owner whose boat caught fire do something to cause the fire? If not, they are not negligent.
Did they take reasonable precautions to prevent this type of thing? Reasonable maintenance & repair and the like?
If so, they are not negligent.
It's not quite as simple as your boat fire, you're responsible.
Of course all this is theoretical, juries do some screwy things and come up with awards that just make you scratch your head. :jawdrop: