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07 May 2011, 08:12
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Sunseeker fire
Well had my cake and ate it again last night out on Nestor for an hour or two, got back for a beer or two on the quay and then this happened.
This was at 11 last night - still steaming now ...
I think Poole lifeboat towed one away to stop it going up next to it...you could feel the heat from across the quay....
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07 May 2011, 10:12
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Originally Posted by PeterM
Well had my cake and ate it again last night out on Nestor for an hour or two, got back for a beer or two on the quay and then this happened.
This was at 11 last night - still steaming now ...
I think Poole lifeboat towed one away to stop it going up next to it...you could feel the heat from across the quay....
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Video on you tube of the fire, believed to be a lightening strike. It's a 37M so must be worth £5M, really wouldn't want to be the one to fill in the claim on the insurance
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07 May 2011, 10:45
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Originally Posted by Into The Blue
It's a 37M so must be worth £5M, really wouldn't want to be the one to fill in the claim on the insurance
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If it was a 37m, you can double your £5m valuation. 
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07 May 2011, 20:43
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Word on the Quay today was that it was an £11.2m boat and due to be collected by new owner tomorrow!
It had 7000lts of fuel on it to run over to Southampton and then hitch a ride over to Mexico.
Doh
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08 May 2011, 16:54
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Pic from the Quay this morning, there's really not much left.
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09 May 2011, 09:18
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nice insurance jobby for Sunseeker...
Was their lightning or was it arson?
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09 May 2011, 18:23
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Local reports and twitter reporting this was the lightning seen by most across the south that night
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09 May 2011, 18:31
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Local reports and twitter reporting this was the lightning seen by most across the south that night
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Hmm , I'm not convinced , if it was lightning it was quiet. I was sat 100yards away ......I've been 100yards from a strike before and it was anything but quiet.......
This is it steaming the next morning ....
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09 May 2011, 18:45
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It will be interesting to see what fire investigators decide, have they asked for your account??? 
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09 May 2011, 18:55
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I'd agree with PeterM, I had a house window broken by a lightening strike 400 mtrs away from me. Woke the whole street and set off car alarms over a similar radius. If it was a strike, anyone close would certainly know about it.
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09 May 2011, 18:56
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It will be interesting to see what fire investigators decide, have they asked for your account??? |
Not yet , but I hope they will be impressed that I managed to flick a match that far 
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09 May 2011, 19:19
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Not yet , but I hope they will be impressed that I managed to flick a match that far |
Bumsqueeker will put a hit on you.
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09 May 2011, 21:43
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I've been 100yards from a strike before and it was anything but quiet.......
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Likewise, and what a bloody fright it gave me. You wouldn't miss it just because the telly was turned up a bit loud would you? 
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12 May 2011, 08:08
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Went past sunseeker on Tuesday, they have put scafolding all round the boat and erected a cover so you can only see the black hull and not the burnt superstructure, a nearby sunseeker was having it's fire sprinklers tested I wonder if that is connected..ho ho
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12 May 2011, 08:53
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Heard on the grapevine yesterday that Sunseeker do not appear to be covered for lightening on their insurance! And that the are looking to re-use the hull.
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12 May 2011, 09:19
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re use the hull!?
if i was spending that sorta money with them im damm sure i wouldnt want a hull thats been BBQ'ed!!
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12 May 2011, 15:25
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Heard on the grapevine yesterday that Sunseeker do not appear to be covered for lightening on their insurance! And that the are looking to re-use the hull.
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'if' it was lighting it would be covered. I think this would be the rumour mill starting up.......sunseeker have thier own specific scheme through colemans....individual boats on 'sunseeker shield' as well as thier own bespoke commercial policy via colemans.
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12 May 2011, 19:27
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Was on an electronics installers course today (I get an NMEA certificate and everything!) - the rumour was it was a tin of acetone and a heater, the first thing the night watchman knew about it was the fire engines woke him up .......................
............................... Allegedly!
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When a boat looks that good who needs tubes!!!
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12 May 2011, 22:42
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not a pretty sight
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13 May 2011, 07:40
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It's not even mine and it almost brings me to tears! ……
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