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20. We're not necessarily talking about a Hollywood action movie explosion...

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 06:19 PM

Jun 2012

...engulfing the whole ship. A leaky propane line for a stove or gasoline for an auxiliary craft (dinghy, jet ski, etc.) could fuel a small explosion that sets fire to the rest of the vessel. Add in twenty-odd people, most of whom don't know how to fight it, and it could get very bad quickly.

But we'll know more as the details come in. Much too early to speculate.

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Yacht Explosion Off New Jersey Leads to 'Mass Casualties Incident' [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 OP

Oh my- Thank goodness for the CG, they truly are amazing. Marrah_G Jun 2012 #1

they are INDEED Skittles Jun 2012 #27

Well, it gives lie to the concept of "drowning it in the bathtub"... PCIntern Jun 2012 #2

Actually he'd love to nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #4

It already has been. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #13

We Learned From Wisconsin jpbollma Jun 2012 #5

I'm not a boater, but what can make a yacht 'explode' other than a bomb? Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #3

Engine issues, gas concentration... as in gaseous things nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #6

A floating meth lab would be pretty explosive. Speck Tater Jun 2012 #12

We're not necessarily talking about a Hollywood action movie explosion... JHB Jun 2012 #20

Yes, exactly. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #26

As I said, we'll know more as details emerge, but... JHB Jun 2012 #31

Well, apparently it was a hoax. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #41

Propane is heavier than air. A boat is an excellent reservoir for propane vapor. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #43

Propane or any other flammables (including gasoline tanks) HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #49

Gasoline or propane vapor. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #42

It was for sale and the owners were only asking 31 million for it notadmblnd Jun 2012 #7

Ah... the plot ahem... thickens nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #8

insurance fraud? doubtful, with 21 people aboard. elehhhhna Jun 2012 #15

I did not suggest that notadmblnd Jun 2012 #17

Yes, an intentional sinking would probably have fewer people aboard. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #18

Reminds me of one of the most god-awful fucking evil cases of disaster capitalism I ever read: Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #22

Wow! Id never heard of that story. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #25

it actually gets much worse Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #44

not to long ago and the CG would take care of that for the owners... belcffub Jun 2012 #34

I knew a guy who sank his boat for the insurance money AngryAmish Jun 2012 #63

I remember when they drained one of those lakes out south.... Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2012 #65

A yacht big enough to carry 21 people... HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #9

That is what it sounds like nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #11

I don't know the yacht in question Sgent Jun 2012 #28

Nevermind Sgent Jun 2012 #29

Yes, twin Cats. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #32

No... bongbong Jun 2012 #46

That sounds like it has Mercruiser outdrives. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #51

Tony Soprano used to entertain in a similar fashion..LOL....n/t monmouth Jun 2012 #10

I was thinking the same. greytdemocrat Jun 2012 #23

Isolated incident slackmaster Jun 2012 #14

and you got that from a post from ABC NOOZ? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #56

But that's socialism!!!! TBF Jun 2012 #16

CG is part of armed forces. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #19

I know what the CG is. TBF Jun 2012 #21

Launched in 2009. And at 161 feet long, HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #24

161 feet bongbong Jun 2012 #47

Youre telling me. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #53

Yacht Detials Sgent Jun 2012 #30

"but officials are considering the possibility that the call was a hoax" pintobean Jun 2012 #33

yes Skittles Jun 2012 #35

Oh well. zappaman Jun 2012 #39

The memorial service, however, will go on as planned...nt SidDithers Jun 2012 #48

Details available on Facebook. pintobean Jun 2012 #50

Well, when the USCG gets a SOS call, they must mobilize S+R and investigate... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #60

That's a really, really cheap shot pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #66

Thank you. Cheap shots only discredit the one who takes them. I think most people here have the sabrina 1 Jun 2012 #71

Oh crap. The sharks now have frikkin' laser beams taterguy Jun 2012 #36

Where was Gob Bluth at the time of the incident? rucky Jun 2012 #37

+ a brazillion! opiate69 Jun 2012 #54

This happened Dorian Gray Jun 2012 #38

Yes, sometimes people make fake distress calls. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #40

a hoax?? Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #45

It happens here in Florida on occasion. HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #52

A total idiot Dorian Gray Jun 2012 #68

Rich people have no concern for the public sector or public services. joshcryer Jun 2012 #55

How do you know the hoax caller was rich? HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #59

I don't know if it's rich people Dorian Gray Jun 2012 #67

Yeah, thanks, I misread the story. joshcryer Jun 2012 #70

If there were two CG stations that recieved the mayday call HooptieWagon Jun 2012 #72

Easy to do Dorian Gray Jun 2012 #73

Well if this is a hoax, they should be charged nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #57

I hope they figured out who did this. Dorian Gray Jun 2012 #69

Look, come on I know the Devils lost that game in a completely full bonehead way... TheMightyFavog Jun 2012 #58

It was Bettman's yacht so we all get to celebrate... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #61

It was a hoax. HappyMe Jun 2012 #62

Yup, Hoax hardtravelin Jun 2012 #64