Too close to home, Boat fire at CBYC

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:51 pm

Last night, at the club where I am, along with RooferDave, had one of our members lose their boat to fire.
The owners were liveaboards, and this was to be their second winter on the water.
Less than a week before Christmas, this is just cruel. Fortunately, there were no injuries, some heat damage was done to a second liveaboard docked next to this boat.

Took these pics today:

gettaway · Post by **gettaway** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:59 pm

thats awful... portable heater?

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:04 pm

gettaway wrote:thats awful... portable heater?

Too early to say, and we do not wish to speculate at this time. I will let you all know as soon as we have more details. The owner is also the Vice Commodore of the club. He had spent thousands of dollars this summer upgrading, new wall coverings, ceiling, new Bimini windows, etc... every day he was doing something to make her better.

Chris Craft, and the length, was I believe a 42 footer? Dave may be able to elaborate if he comes on here.

Ironically, the boat was named "Final Purchase"

Stripermann2 · Post by **Stripermann2** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:54 pm

May be a Chris Craft Commander 360.
They are nice boats, I have one behind mine. Sad to hear, hope the couple make out okay.

TBone · Post by **TBone** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:13 pm

well that just sucks!

I am assuming that everyone is safe?

Tom

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:15 pm

that sucks is right

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:49 pm

TBone wrote:well that just sucks!

I am assuming that everyone is safe?

Tom

Everyone is safe, no injuries, but a real loss for them. Bob the owner just turned 65 this past year, and this was their dream boat.

Top picture, you see also the damage to the other boat

TBone · Post by **TBone** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:07 pm

http://www.necn.com/12/20/12/Boat-fire- ... eedID=4753

Torcan · Post by **Torcan** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:14 pm

TBone wrote:http://www.necn.com/12/20/12/Boat-fire- ... eedID=4753

Hijack the thread

This was not set by the owner, that much I am sure of, the love, pride and work that went into this boat precludes that
That much I am 100% positive of

Here are pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gopherit2/ ... otostream/
and videos of the fire last night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gopherit2/ ... otostream/

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:36 pm

Sad to see

TBone · Post by **TBone** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:06 pm

by no means was I trying to hijack the thread.

captainmaniac · Post by **captainmaniac** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:24 pm

That really sucks. The boat would have been a Chris Craft Catalina, perhaps mid '80s. I think they shared a hull with Uniflyte.

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:18 pm

Always hate to see a boat destroyed and when it is someone's home and just a few days before Christmas it really sucks. Glad they are physically OK.

Allen Sr · Post by **Allen Sr** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:11 am

Sad to hear this kind of news.

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:23 am

captainmaniac wrote:That really sucks. The boat would have been a Chris Craft Catalina, perhaps mid '80s. I think they shared a hull with Uniflyte.

indeed it is the uniflite 36 double cabin/chris craft 362 catalina.... the design was kept, maybe a few tweeks after chris craft bought out uniflite.

in uniflite form....
http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/ ... &imc=pg-fs

now in chris craft branding....
http://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1987/Ch ... ted-States

sad to see a boat destroyed that way. then again, any way. the 38 chris craft corinthian is fixable i take it? that was the boat next to the burned out one.