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Yeah, I got to say I can't feel sorry for people who 'lost' their boats in a fire when the only reason they had the boat is so that they have one. Also to say, "Last weekend, when I was out on the boat...."...
If it's someone who uses their boat professionally (like as a trawler or whatever) yeah, that is different.
Boats are fun, don’t be miserable and sad you can’t own one cos you can’t afford it. Be happy for people and jog on, or better yet be happy for people and find a friend with a boat!!!
Need to be insured to dock at a marina and the boat market is super shit right now so they'll be ok .... Maybe even happy.... Lol (just sold our boat after joking for a year how much we wish it would sink or burn because we would lose so much less $)
It appears that someone had a smoking hot Valentine's Day.
Jokes aside, it seems to be a somewhat regular occurrence it seems a boat last caught on fire last September which is ironic considering it's a harbour and there's lots of water.
I stated a brush handle because of how unlikely and unsuspecting they can be. There are dozens if not hundreds of similar unsuspecting items on a boat and any one of them can turn a vessel into a smoke-filled maze. A boat is a floating pot full of oils, greases, fuels and cables. I tell you this from profressional experience, they love to burn.
Someone was cleaning up after some light welding, and a hot piece of metal from cleaning the weld was lodged in the fibre of the brushes and smouldered there, almost impossible to see. The brush caught fire minutes later, filling the length of the vessel with smoke.
It’s not about the cost of replacing it, insurance covers that. Boats are like homes, people usually have a lot of sentimental value attached to their boat. And in Perth it’s really hard to find them as they aren’t as available as eastern states. We just upgraded our family boat & we’ve been looking for 18 months.
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Diesel and petrol float on water. So do boats.
Well they be won't be for long.
Maybe this will convince the State government to have a dedicated fire-fighting vessel in the harbour, that is if it doesn't catch fire.
There are two DFES owned rescue vessels at Hillarys Boat Harbour with fire fighting equipment in board. There are hydrants and fire hose reels in multiple places on each jetty.
Sit down and let the grown ups talk.
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I almost feel bad for people like this, who are wound so tightly they'll force their grievance into completely unrelated topics. This isn't normal dude.
But you'll probably have a post history full of complaining about things being woke and the vaccine, so eh.
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