Boat Fire

[Lulu]

Good ole Roy’s to the rescue. Found these ‘aged ‘ wooden postcards. Really pleased 😄 

[Smoggy]

Jobsaguddun!

[Bluebell]

Before and after wiring, couldn’t have been easier to disconnect…😎

[Broads01]

4 hours ago, Lulu said:

Good ole Roy’s to the rescue. Found these ‘aged ‘ wooden postcards. Really pleased 😄 

They look really nice, I like those railway poster-style pictures.

[FairTmiddlin]

5 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

Yes Vaughan,  but don't forget that those sockets are low wattage and will only  electrocute you a tiny bit.

In all my Electrical and mechanical engineering. We had but one Mantra.

It's the Volts what Jolt; But the Mills that Kills

Mills = Milliamps

[jeffbroadslover]

Hi Lulu,

Love the "new" pictures in your photo.

I have just had my second coffee of the day in my mug with the same picture of Wroxham on my mug , (also bought from Roys)

Jeff

[Lulu]

18 minutes ago, jeffbroadslover said:

Hi Lulu,

Love the "new" pictures in your photo.

I have just had my second coffee of the day in my mug with the same picture of Wroxham on my mug , (also bought from Roys)

Jeff

There are quite a few more different ones in this wooden postcard range. i think I might get them all

[SwanR]

Another report of a fire on a boat … this time someone’s luxury yacht in the Med. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401923/Luxury-88ft-yacht-owned-professional-poker-player-nicknamed-Lion-goes-flames-coast-Mediterranean-paradise-island.html

[Smoggy]

19 minutes ago, SwanR said:

Another report of a fire on a boat … this time someone’s luxury yacht in the Med. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401923/Luxury-88ft-yacht-owned-professional-poker-player-nicknamed-Lion-goes-flames-coast-Mediterranean-paradise-island.html

Oh bu55er! Looks like I'll have to slum it on the broads and east coast then for my upcoming trip....

[Broads01]

4 hours ago, Smoggy said:

Oh bu55er! Looks like I'll have to slum it on the broads and east coast then for my upcoming trip....

I've no idea how you cope.

[Smoggy]

16 minutes ago, Broads01 said:

I've no idea how you cope.

With beer... 

[Vaughan]

I see in the EDP today that the salvage operation on Daisy Broad is about to start, to raise the wreck and try and find out what happened.

A very messy job, that I don't envy them!

[MauriceMynah]

Ahhh, time for some more speculation then.

I reckon that neither the boat owner (who was decanting petrol from one fuel can to another whilst smoking a cigar) nor his wife (who was in bed smoking and surrounded by burning scented candles) noticed the overheating razor point. The grill, all four rings and the oven were in use as a space heater, but the real danger was the empty wine bottle that had been left in the sunshine only yards from a varnish brush in white spirit.

[Regulo]

Oh come on, MM. Just because that's your personal history doesn't mean we all live like that. 

[MauriceMynah]

Ray (Regulo) .

In what universe would you expect to find a used varnish brush in white spirit on MY boat?

[Bikertov]

1 minute ago, MauriceMynah said:

Ray (Regulo) .

In what universe would you expect to find a used varnish brush in white spirit on MY boat?

Not sure about what the brush would be used for, but it could be quite feasible that having drained all other libations, the only one left to swig was the white spirits ??

[Regulo]

12 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Ray (Regulo) .

In what universe would you expect to find a used varnish brush in white spirit on MY boat?

The same universe where you clean it at least once a year. 

[Smoggy]

2 hours ago, Regulo said:

The same universe where you clean it at least once a year. 

I bet you believe in fairies too.

[Karizma]

Just returned from a very relaxing 18 days cruising on the southern and northern rivers - wow haven't we been lucky with the weather; it was fantastic compared with what we'd had earlier in the month.

It was great to meet up with 'Parge' (Dave) at Sutton Staithe and talk all things 'boating' before we left to fill up the diesel tank and empty the black 'water' tanks, before making our way south.

In-between cruising, (drinking and eating) we managed to remove the two shaver points on the boat and prevent anybody using them in the future - mine were similar to what others have posted on here, and I'm glad they are now out!

[Bikertov]

14 minutes ago, Karizma said:

 

If your shaver point is old, the brand actually looks ahead of its time, being suitable for all of todays genders 

[Smoggy]

13 minutes ago, Bikertov said:

If your shaver point is old, the brand actually looks ahead of its time, being suitable for all of todays genders 

So got the new model ladyshave with a beard trimmer?

[oldgregg]

A bit of an update on this one, the boat was removed a couple of weeks back and was sat on the private staithe at Woodbastwick; the one near Salhouse Broad rather than the public one opposite Horning Ferry.

There was quite a lot more left than most people expected, but she has now been broken up and the last of the debris was in a large skip as of this weekend.

[Bikertov]

On 12/08/2023 at 16:04, Bluebell said:

Before and after wiring, couldn’t have been easier to disconnect…😎

 

 

Remembering this thread, one of the first tasks I undertook on my boat was to find and remove the shaver point

To get to it, I had top remove a panel in the galley above the cooker, that backed onto a void behind the bathroom bulkhead and revealed rear access to the shaver outlet (and shower valve)

Interestingly, the the main unit looked identical yours, but was mounted behind the bulkhead with a wire leading out of one of the holes to a faceplate (shown on the left of the picture) in the bathroom.

I can see now it was a bodge job, so am very glad it is removed.

All that is needed now it to cover the small hole - maybe I can just glue a small piece of plastic or solid perspex over the hole.

 

[Vaughan]

I have never seen one like that. 

Disgraceful.

[Bikertov]

5 hours ago, Vaughan said:

I have never seen one like that. 

Disgraceful.

It never crossed my mind until I looked back on this thread and saw the image in Bluebells post of the same unit that anything was untoward.

I couldn't even quite understand how it worked. The faceplate had been extended out from the main unit into the bathroom on the black 3-core flex - the only cable running to the unit. Then there was a 12V cable also wired to the faceplate, via a microswitch that I think would activate when you inserted the 2 pronged plug. So the 12V must had fed back to the unit on one of the cores in the same flex that sent back 240V ? Otherwise how else did the unit get 12V power ?

Added to the face that the unit was concealed, so you would never know if it was getting hot, and it was surrounded by wood as part of the fittings - it was an accident waiting to happen.

So thank you Vaughan for highlighting this issue, otherwise I would have just left it in place without a second thought and who know what could have happened ?