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New item added to our boat checkout list
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07/11/2016 06:25 PM
07/11/2016 06:25 PM
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dcareri
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Hi,
We had a genset fail during the middle of the night last week filling the forward locker and the salon with quite a bit of electrical smoke due to a bearing failure. The couple sleeping in the forward cabin eventually smelled the smoke and woke everyone up.
The smoke detector in the main salon never went off and when we checked it after the crisis calmed down the battery was dead. Another thing to add to our pre-departure check list!
On a more pleasant topic we had a great meal at the restaurant upstairs at Leverick as many on this board have already commented. It was fine dining and I was surprised by the reasonable prices. We unfortunately pay the same or more at better restaurants in the Boston, MA rear. We were there on the 2nd to last day of season.
Dennis
Dennis S/V Toes in the Water Lagoon 450
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Re: New item added to our boat checkout list
[Re: dcareri]
#102548
07/12/2016 10:20 AM
07/12/2016 10:20 AM
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MarkS
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Glad everybody was ok although it must have been a scary few moments. Thanks for sharing.
Mark Shichtman "Live for Today!"
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Re: New item added to our boat checkout list
[Re: JasonHelmbrecht]
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07/12/2016 04:16 PM
07/12/2016 04:16 PM
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dcareri
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The boat was a Lagoon 500 from CatCo. The tech guy said the bearing going bad caused the armature to rub against the field coils causing the electric short circuit and ensuing smoke. The unit eventually locked up.
I've chartered many boats from Catco and they have all been well maintained, including this one. Gensets get beat to death on charter boats and this one's time was up.
I'm not sure I've noticed smoke detectors on previous boats I've chartered either. I'm in the process of buying a boat and will certainly have smoke and heat detectors on board,
Dennis S/V Toes in the Water Lagoon 450
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