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12-12-2013, 16:57
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Thailand
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Gas Explosion
Just had a nutcase in a boat next to me explode. He had a portable gas stove in his galley He now has 80% burns on his body no hair and a very modified boat. A flying hatch just missed me...... Is this a darwin award candidate ? Satun Thailand
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12-12-2013, 17:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Winnipeg
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Re: Gas explosion
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Is this a darwin award candidate ?
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Only if the hatch had hit you.
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12-12-2013, 17:20
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In transit ( Texas to wherever the wind blows us)
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Re: Gas explosion
Portable stove blew a boat apart? Hatches and all? What kind of portable stove was it? Must of been hooked up to a big tank.
Hope he recovers well and has insurance.
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12-12-2013, 17:30
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Marine Service Provider
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Re: Gas explosion
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Originally Posted by Ocean Girl
Portable stove blew a boat apart? Hatches and all? What kind of portable stove was it? Must of been hooked up to a big tank.
Hope he recovers well and has insurance.
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You do not need a lot of gas to make a boat go bang.. Believe me I have just seen it with my own eyes..... It was a wharam catamaran and the galley compartment isn.t that big. It is now ........
Negative on the insurance....
Will go see him in the hospital later.....
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12-12-2013, 17:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: where ever my anchor is
Boat: 28' Bristol Channel Cutter - Angelsea
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Re: Gas explosion
A one pound propane tank for grill or portable stove has the explosive power of a stick of TNT.
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12-12-2013, 17:45
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Massachusetts
Boat: 40' Silverton Aftcabin with twin Crusaders
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Re: Gas explosion
About 5-6 years ago, there was a guy at our marina at that time who was installing propane into a 36' trawler. Yes, you guess correctly... there was an explosion. The entire top of the boat blew up, ripped off the gunnels and soared about 3 fee in the air and then came back down. The boat owner suffered burns, he made it but the boat didn't. That was the last year he was there.
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12-12-2013, 18:01
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
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Re: Gas explosion
My friend had his boat blow up around him due to a leaky tank of propane straight from the factory. He survived. The boat did not.
Smoking is hazardous to your health. So is a leak in the propane tank.
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12-12-2013, 18:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Re: Gas explosion
I did not think a portable 16oz tank could do that, gulp.
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12-12-2013, 19:26
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Re: Gas explosion
Makes old fashioned kero cooker sound pretty good, no?
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12-12-2013, 19:46
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Florida
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Re: Gas explosion
This reply shows how I store the propane tanks on my boat, the Not Yet Smithereens.
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13-12-2013, 06:28
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Nova Scotia until Spring 2021
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Re: Gas explosion
I have a camp stove on my 33 footer. I use it on deck, on a plank spanning the aft end of the cockpit, in the open air. It's no more dangerous than a rail BBQ, but then I am careful with threading those one-pound bottles.
The stove inside the boat was pressure alcohol. I had some compelling reasons to get that out of the boat. Open-air cooking is preferable.
Here's the effects of propane in an enclosed boat.
Yachting Monthly's Crash Test Boat - Explosion! - YouTube
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13-12-2013, 06:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Tampa, FL
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Re: Gas explosion
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Originally Posted by Emmalina
Is this a darwin award candidate?
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Darwin Awards are for stupid people who remove themselves from the gene pool--either by dying, or by eliminating their ability to procreate. So, probably not.
Still, a good lesson that propane can be very dangerous when mis-handled.
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13-12-2013, 07:05
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Presently in Rogersville, Al
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Re: Gas explosion
Overall, it's pretty hard to create a propane explosion. One would actually have to work at it. Think about all of the RV's, boats and homes that use propane. Fire and explosions are extremely rare. I guess you would have to start with really poor equipment and then not be able to smell the gas leak. And when you do, not worry about it.
As long as he didn't blow his nuts off he wont get the Darwin Award this year, however, there is still almost a month left to this year. better luck next time.
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13-12-2013, 07:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: where ever my anchor is
Boat: 28' Bristol Channel Cutter - Angelsea
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Re: Gas explosion
We had a huge explosion on a 33' sloop here on st. Thomas. The guy killed his best friend and his dog. The owner ended up in the hospital. The boat was a wreck. You could hear the explosion for miles.
They had set off 2 bug bombs (new meaning to the phrase), which even one in that small space is overkill (sorry for all the puns). I heard there was a gas water heater on board with an open flame (which would be a bad idea too), but have no confirmation. Well something set it off.
Was very sad.
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