Saw it on the news. I thought it was the Brits who deployed fireships against the Spanish. May have been a lost deauville rally boat with dangerous fuel load...
Too cloudy to see from Cowes, can see your tower quite easily though! There is one of those towers of folly in Liverpool - the revolving restaurant which doesnt revolve and isn't a restaurant. Still it looks nice.
It was in Mill Rythe on the East side of Hayling Island.
Very black smoke but the breeze was thinning it above tree top height.
I saw it from Emsworth, and wondered why the SAR heloi was over it as the fire seemed to be on land from where I was standing.
__________________ Mark H "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools" Douglas Adams
__________________ Mark H "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools" Douglas Adams
Roger that... basic I suppose but worth reprising: calor/propane installation = (forced) ventilated bilges especially when gasoline is present. Must be pretty sure this is the combo which caused this inferno. Most cogniscent people I know with sea going power boats will not contemplate calor/propane on board even with diesel installations, preferring instead alcohol stoves. Not RIBworthy I know, but probably worth thinking about.
have gas and petrol on my 4plus2 so will check it this weekend i think as you cant be too careful. pipes do perish over time so probably a good reminder to give it a thorough going over
