One Injured as Aft Cabin Cruiser Goes Ablaze in Pointe-du-Chêne

One male boater was injured as a ten meter aft cabin cruiser went ablaze inside the marina at the Pointe-du-Chêne Wharf in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada on the afternoon of Sunday fourteen July.  Some testimonies said the male boater was having some engine problems before the boat exploded first and then went ablaze later.  After this the boat went drifting in the marina with the heroics of a group of jet skiers leaving this as a one boat incident, after they towed the boat to a safe area before heading for the gas bar and yacht club.  The Coast Guard and Police are investigating the cause of the fire.

The boat in this fire is a Cooper Prowler 33 Aft Cabin, as produced in the eighties.  Founded in 1970 by Forbes Cooper, Cooper Enterprises was a Canadian boat builder based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, building sailboats first and powerboats later, closing its doors in 1990.  In its early years Cooper produced the Catalina 22 and 27 sail boats under license.

One Person Injured as Boat Goes Ablaze in City Island

One person was injured after a sport cruiser of about ten meters in length titled m/y A Package Deal caught fire by the fuel dock at 673 City Island Avenue on City Island, Bronx just before 18:00 hours of Tuesday fifth September 2023.  The sport cruiser sunk in the Long Island Sound shortly after firefighters were able to get the blaze under control. Witnesses say the boat's owner had just pulled up for gas and was standing on the dock, when the attendant started filing the tank up.  The one injured person was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries, as the fire was placed under control an hour after the call for the blaze was received. Sixty firefighters and twelve units worked to prevent the fire from spreading to the fuel dock and surrounding buildings.  The army corps of engineers will raise the boat so fire marshals can inspect the wreckage, but investigators believe the cause of the fire was most likely an accident.

The boat in this fire looks to be a Carver 360 Sport Sedan as produced from 2003 till 2004 and then with the 36 Sport Sedan name till 2006.

Classic Fairline Squadron Destroyed by Fire Near Lido Estensi

A thirteen meter Fairline Squadron with Slovenian flag and eight persons onboard, was destroyed by fire and then sank near Lido Estensi and Porto Garibaldi just after 10:00 morning time of Sunday fourteen July.  The eight persons onboard the Fairline flybridge jumped in the water, as soon as they saw the boat burning, and were assisted first by a nearby sailing boat, and then the Guardia Costiera.  Following this the Vigili dell Fuoco of Ferrara and Guardia Costiera continued to fight the fire, an operation which was completed after three hours, with the fire turned off at 13:30 at about five hundred meters away from the coast.  The cause of the fire is under investigation, with the flybridge boat being filled with fuel some minutes before catching fire at Portogaribaldi.  A recovery is planned for Monday, with the boat being currently boom protected and under observation for any environmental damage it might cause.

The Fairline in this fire is a Squadron 43 model, a flybridge cruiser designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 1994 to 97.  The 43 was the entry level Squadron range model, Fairline's flagship flybridge range which in that period arrived up to 62 foot.  The Squadron 43 was a replacement to the 43 and was replaced by the Phantom 46 in 1999.

Classic Formula Boat Destroyed by Fire in Two Rivers

A classic nine meter Formula sport cruiser titled High Life exploded first and then burned down to fire in the City of Two Rivers, Wisconsin Bay on 10:52 morning time of Saturday thirteen July. Photographer Keith Katers was on the scene to show as Two Rivers Fire Department responded to an area in the harbor, just west of the Two Rivers Coast Guard Station, to the boat fire, who on arrival found the sport cruiser, which is part of a fishing charter operation fully engulfed in flames and sending heavy black smoke into the air. The Coast Guard and the Two Rivers Fire Department worked together to secure the boat to the sea wall and extinguish the flames. No one was hurt in the fire, as the crew of High Life jumped off board when the blaze started.  The boat was wrecked and sunk after the blaze, with an investigation ongoing on what caused the fire.

High Life is a Formula 31 SC Express as produced from 1981 to 85 to a designed by John Adams.  The Formula 31 SC Express offers a six berth open plan accommodation below deck and subject to engines on shaft drives could reach speeds in the high twenties. The 31 SC Express was Formula second size model during its production run.

Boat Destroyed By Fire in Shawano Lake

A seven meter cuddy sport cruiser went ablaze in Shawano Lake, Shawano County, Wisconsin, with the fire reported to start on 15:50 of third July.  The cuddy cabin sport cruiser was reportedly sitting on a sand bar when the fire started, with the boat then drifting in the lake.  One person was onboard, but no injuries are reported from the fire as the sole boater jumped off board.  The Shawano Counties and Wisconsin Authorities opening an investigation on the case.

One Injured as Boat Explodes in Eustis Boat Ramp Florida

One man was injured as a sport cruiser of eight meters in length exploded near the South side boat ramps at 517 Lakeshore Drive, Eustis, Florida on 14:00 of Sunday 23 June.  Following the explosion and fire the Lakeshore Drive launch ramp was closed down temporarly, as Eustis Fire Department fought and controlled the fire.  The injured person was taken to a hospital in Orlando for further treatment.  An investigation on what caused the explosion is ongoing by the Florida State Fire Marshalls office, with unconfirmed reports saying the sport cruiser went ablaze due to a mechanical failure.  

The boat in this fire is a Chaparral 300 Signature as produced from 1998 to 2003. The 300 Signature came out as a replacement to the 29 Signature and was replaced by the 310 Signature.

Five People Rescued from Monterey Bay Boat Fire

Five people were rescued when a 48 foot flybridge cruiser titled II Knotty developed an onboard fire when located two miles offshore to the Salinas River entrance, in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California at about 15:30 of Monday ten June. The U.S. Coast Guard and Monterey County crews rescued the five people, in a not so easy rescue due to the rough seas conditions, while Monterey firefighters contained the burning boat which was towed back and then fire extinguished before entering the Monterey Break Wall.  The fire of II Knotty was reported to have started in the engine room.

II Knotty is a 1985 Lien Hwa 48 Aft Cabin Motor Yacht, build in Taipei, Taiwan.  The Lien Hwa 48 was a long produced model, evolving into the Mark. II and Mark. III variants over the years with production lasting up until the mid nineties.

Lake Mead Marina Fire Destroys Fifteen Boats

A fire which broke out at Las Vegas Boat Harbor Marina in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Las Vegas on 00:30 early hours of Sunday nine June has destroyed ten boats and damaged at least another five, from small jet skis to cruisers of up fourteen meters in length.  Two people sustained minor injuries in the fire, with LVBH crews, NPS, BC Fire, Henderson Fire, BLM, and Clark County responding and extinguish the flames at around 03:30 early morning time.  Following the incident the marina was still open to the public although R and I Docks were restricted to users as the investigation to what led to this blaze is ongoing.

Most of the boats in this fire seem to be small units, but we saw that a Meridian 34 Sedan Yacht sustained fire damage but survived, while a Sunseeker Portofino 46 was wrecked and eventually sank.

Cockwells Boat Yard Fire at Ponsharden Falmouth

Multiple crews from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service responded when a significant fire broke out at Cockwells Modern and Classic Boatbuilding Ltd pre-production manufacturing site at Ponsharden on 00:08 of the night between Wednesday and Thursday morning sixteen May. Falmouth crews were first on the scene and found the building well alight. Additional crews were mobilised from Tolvaddon, Helston, Newquay, Truro Community fire stations to assist, along with two officers and specialist vehicles from Perranporth and St Just community fire stations.  No one was injured in the fire with Cockswell later saying the fire damaged no boat and should have limited effects to the production of Duchy Motor Launches and Hardy Motor Yachts, and will not affect that of Cockwells’ Superyacht Tenders, which are built at Cockwells’ sister site in Mylor Creek Boatyard.

Cockswell was founded in 1996 and today offers a line of five series; Superyacht Tenders, Duchy Motor Launches, Hardy Motor Yachts, Commercial and Defence, and Custom Builds.  Cockwells pleasure focused brands are Duchy a down east inspired line which debuted in 2011 following the redesigning of the Aquila 27 mold, and Hardy which it purchased in 2020.

Croatia Medulin Marina Fire Burns 22 Boats

22 boats and yachts from five to 22 meters in length burned in a fire which started at 03:54 of the morning of fifteen May in Medulin Marina, Priveziste, Puntica, Croatia.  It is a miracle how no one was injured, with fire fighters from Pola responding to the fire with four vehicles and fifteen fire men, turning off the fire just after seven morning time.  The fire left no one injured with some people jumping in the water just as the blaze expanded to the whole pontoon from left to right.  An investigation is ongoing by the Port Authority of Pula and Istrian Police Directorate on how the fire started.

Some boats in this fire look to be a couple Bavaria sport cruisers, Innovazioni Progetti Mira, Rinker sport cruiser, Estensi Goldstar, Sasga, Sunseeker 47 Portofino, and what looks a Taiwan build motor yacht of about 22 meters which so far cannot be deciphered.

Sea Ray Burns Down in Sydney Harbor

An unattended eleven meter Sea Ray flybridge cruiser burned down to a fire which started when berthed at Birkenhead Marina, Drummoyne in Sydney's inner West harbor.  The fire started on 10:06 hours of Saturday morning eleven May with five trucks and eighteen firefighters arriving some minutes later and quickly worked to extinguish the flames, with the fire controlled at 11:00 before relocating the wrecked cruiser to the western side of the marina for complete extinguishment.  One marina worker who presented smoke inhalation was treated by paramedics on the scene and has since been given the all clear.  An investigation is ongoing to what caused the fire, but other news reported the boat went ablaze as she was being refueled in her berth.

The Sea Ray in this fire is a 36 Sedan Bridge model as produced from 2007 up to 2009.  The 36  Sedan Bridge was a bold move from Sea Ray, returning in a time where sub forty foot flybridge boats where nearly inexistent in the market.

Saint-Laurent du Var Fire Destroys Five Boats Damages Two

Five boats and yachts between twelve to twenty meters where fire destroyed and eventually sank, while two yachts of nineteen and 21 meters received fire damage for a blaze which started at around 22:30 hours of Monday first May in Saint Laurent du Var, to the West of Nice in the South of France.  Sixty fire fighters with 34 fire engines responded to the fire, which was extinguished after four hours at around 03:00 hours the following morning second May.  No one was injured in the fire with the yacht marina of Saint Laurent du Var closed for the public the following day, for clean up operations while the prosecutor of Nice has opened an investigation.  From the photos and videos circulating on line the fire looks to have started from the second boat in this photo, which then jumped to the other three boats on its port side, and to the sport yacht in its starboard side.  The same marina had a fire which affected six restaurants in April 2021.

Three of the five destroyed yachts in this fire look to be a third generation Princess V65, second version Sunseeker 52 Manhattan, and a Canados 70 S, with the two smaller boats so far unidentified.  The two damaged yachts are an Arno Leopard 21.50m Open left of the photo, and a Riva 63 Virtus to the right.

Azimut Destroyed by Fire in Na Jomtien

A fourteen meter Azimut flybridge cruiser titled m/y Coco Yacht with two persons onboard went ablaze and eventually was wrecked by fire in Jomtien Beach, Na Jomtien, Pattaya, Thailand on 15:06 hours of Friday 26 April.  The Azimut cruiser is reported to have been just out on a sea trials by a captain and technician following repairs, with the flames reported to have started from a failed engine exhaust pipe.  Immediate the response to the flames by Sattahip Water Police and the Pattaya Regional Harbor Office, with rescue teams from the Khet Udomsak Subdistrict Municipality and the Sawangrojanatham Sathan Foundation dispatched under the guidance of the Marine Department who first rescued the two crew, and then battled the fire for thirty minutes. Ultimately Coco Yacht was mostly wrecked with its hull just remaining afloat and all its flybridge burned down.  Pattaya Regional Harbor Office summoned the ownership of Coco Yacht and opened an investigation on this fire.

Coco Yacht is an Azimut 46 as produced from 1997 to 2008 to a design of Stefano Righini exterior and Carlo Galeazzi for the interior.  The 46 was available in two or three cabins layouts and was a huge success for Azimut with over four hundred units sold, including the light updated Evolution version which came in 2004.  The Azimut 46 came out as a replacement to the AZ43 and was replaced by the 47 in 2008.

Sportfish Express Goes Down After Fire in Clear Lake

A ten meter express sportfish with three persons onboard sank after it developed a small fire in Clear Lake, Kemah, Texas, on the morning of Sunday 24th March.  The three boaters where assisted and taken to safety by League City Police Department, with the Police also putting the fire off.  Unfortunately after this the boat started taking on water, probably from a gap in the exhaust outlet and sank.  According to unconfirmed reports the boat went ablaze after the engine ran dry, setting its exhaust on fire, with this ultimately leading to it's sinking.  TowboatU.S Clear Lake is working on a salvage of the express sportfish cruiser.

The sportfish express in this sinking is a Luhrs 32 Open model as produced from 1994 to 2008, renamed as the 320 onwards from 2000.  The 32 Open shared hull with the 32 Convertible  produced from 1988 to 99, and was replaced by the 30 Open in 2004.  Luhrs was founded in 1949, becoming a successful name in medium size sportfish cruisers, with the company going bankrupt in 2012.  Since then a reborn has been promised, which so far has not materialized.

Marina Fire at Pra, Genoa Burns Nine Boats

A fire in Pra, to the West side of Genoa, Italy just after 03:00 hours on the morning of Tuesday nineteen March burned and destroyed nine boats and damaged a further four of seven to eleven meters in size.  Guardia Costiera and Vigili del Fuoco responded to the fire with one person also being assisted by the 118 emergency medical team, being stuck on one of the boats in the raging fire, and reported as escaping with minor injuries.  Nine boats sank in this fire, while a remaining four are still floating, with the marina pontoon also receiving damage.  The Genoa Port Master advised the boat owners and marina owner to recover the boats and salvage the area, with a pollution boon being placed and cleaning operations starting on the early hours of the morning.  At this stage it is not understood how and where the fire started.

Most of the boats in this fire seems to be small runabout outboard powered center consoles of about seven meters in length, although in one of the photos there is a sport cruiser of about nine meters in length, looking to be a Bayliner 320/335 SB as produced from 2008 to 12.

Pra is located on the further West side of Genoa's large harbor which spans seven and a half nautical miles and ends to the East, at the Marina Fiera di Genova, where the World famous Genova Boat Show is held every fall since 1962.   There is 25 pontoons in Pra, with eight small boat yards, mostly serving small to medium sized boats from five to about fifteen meters.

Boat Fire in Civitanova Marche Italy

A ten meter sport cruiser went ablaze while resting in a boat yard in the harbor area of Civitanova Marche, Italy just after 07:00 hours of the morning of Sunday 25 February.  Immediate the response of the Vigili dell Fuoco, who responded with two fire engines and were later assisted by the Police agents, Guardia Costiera military section, and the municipal police.  The fire took about two hours to extinguish.  Because of the fire the Leonardo da Vinci street near the boat yard was closed.  No one was injured in the fire with the causes of the blaze being investigated.

The sport cruiser in this fire is a Trojan 10.8 Meter Express designed by Harry Schoell and produced from 1991 to 92, sporty without flybridge version of the 10.8 Meter Sedan which debuted in 1986.  Based on the 10 meter but extended in length, the 10.8 Meter was the last new Trojan with the company sold in 1992 to Miramar and this hull used for the 370 Express which debuted in 1993.

Three Boats Destroyed by Fire in Piombino

Three boats where destroyed by fire at the Marina Archipelago Toscano in Piombino, to the South of Livorno, with the blaze starting at 0830 on the morning of first February. The fire is reported to have started in the middle motorboat and then jumped to a flybridge cruiser on its starboard side, and a sailing yacht on its port side. Fire fighters and the local coast guard office rushed to the scene, controlling the blaze first, so it does not jump to other boats, and then turning it off. No one was injured as the boats where all reported unattended, although all three boats are fully burned and a wreck.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The boats in this fire are a Zuccon designed 1993 to 97 produced Ferretti 120 Fly to left of the photo, with the sailing yacht to right being a Feeling.  So far I cannot picture the boat in the middle, which looks to be Italian made and from the eighties.

Larnaca Marina Fire Totals Two Boats Damages Another

A fire which started on a flybridge cruiser of about thirteen meters in length at Larnaca Marina in Cyprus, at 13:26 hours of 21 December has totalled two boats, and damaged another.  Reports say the fire started on a thirteen meter flybridge cruiser, which then with the strong winds jumped to a sport cruiser of similar size to its starboard side, and while on fire also damaged a power catamaran on its port side.  The first two cruisers where towed outside the marina, while the power catamaran received important fire damage on its starboard side.  Larnaca Fire Station responded with two fire fighting vehicles, taking about about an hour to control the blaze, with the two cruisers being towed outside the marina already half burned, after which they sank from the flames and rough sea conditions of the day.  No one was injured in the fire, as the boats where reported unattended, with the cause of the blaze being under investigation.

The three boats in this fire are the Garroni designed Jeanneau Prestige 46 produced from 2003 to 2011, a Pershing 43 as designed by Fulvio de Simoni and produced from 2001 to 04, and a Leopard 39 Powercat as produced from 2012 to 22.  The boat ownerships are reported to be two of Cypriots and one of a Ukrainian national.

Baywood Marina Boat Fire

An unattended ten meters sports cruiser went ablaze at Baywood Marina in Brick, New Jersey at 04:46 hours of Thursday seventh December.  Jersey Shore Fire Response and Pioneer Hose Volunteer Fire Company responded to the blaze, while East Dover Fire Company came to the scene with Fire Boat 28 from the water.  It took over an hour to extinguish the fire with no damage to other boats and property being sustained thanks also to the quick response of the fire fighting crew.  The boat was later removed and towed away from the dock, with the cause of the fire being under investigation.

The sport cruiser in this fire is a Wellcraft 3200 Martinique, produced from 1994 to 2000.  The 3200 Martinique sleeps six in a typical North American express-sport cruiser open layout, and was powered by twin stern drives or V-drive line shafts for speeds up to the mid thirty knots.  The 3200 Martinique came as a replacement to the 3200 St.Tropez and was replaced by the 3300 Martinique in 2000.

Fairline Squadron Burns Down in Swansea Marina

A thirteen meter Fairline flybridge cruiser went ablaze while berthed at Swansea Marina, to the Southwest of Wales at 17:52 hours of Sunday nineteen November.  Five fire fighting crews from Swansea Central, Swansea West, Morriston, Gorseinon and Llanelli responded to the fire, taking about an hour to control and two hours to extinguish.  No one was injured in the fire, with the causes of the blaze reported as accidental, with the flybridge cruiser ending half sank, and her flybridge deck burned out.  A fire involving two small boats happened in the same Marina on the end of May of this year.

The Fairline in this fire is a 43 Squadron, a flybridge cruiser designed by Bernard Olesinski and produced from 1994 to 97.  Available in two or three cabins layout the 43 was the entry level Squadron, Fairline's flagship flybridge range which in that time arrived up to 65 foot.  The 43 Squadron came as a replacement of the 43 and was replaced by the Phantom 46 in 1999.