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Huge 55-Foot Boat Goes Up in Flames Off Welsh Coast
WalesOnline ^ | 2 MAY 2022 | Reem Ahmed

Posted on 05/02/2022 1:09:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/02/2022 1:09:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Bogie and Bacall?


2 posted on 05/02/2022 1:19:19 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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Cookie time!


3 posted on 05/02/2022 1:20:02 PM PDT by albie
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That ain’t no ordinary shipboard romance.


4 posted on 05/02/2022 1:21:23 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: nickcarraway

Not sure a 55 footer can really be classified as ‘Huge’


5 posted on 05/02/2022 1:22:22 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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Viking funeral?


6 posted on 05/02/2022 1:23:24 PM PDT by Tallguy
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“The RNLI all-weather lifeboat remained on scene with the burning vessel but unfortunately the vessel sank”

It doesn’t look all that unfortunate - what was there to salvage?


7 posted on 05/02/2022 1:23:30 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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I think the Mayflower was larger.


8 posted on 05/02/2022 1:24:08 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: ComputerGuy

Have you ever been stung by a dead bee?


9 posted on 05/02/2022 1:27:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: chaosagent

It’s huge for a dinghy or tender, smallish for a yacht.


10 posted on 05/02/2022 1:33:20 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty. ))))
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I have assiduously avoided sitting on one.


11 posted on 05/02/2022 1:34:25 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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“The life of Rory B. Bellows has been insured for a surprisingly large amount”


12 posted on 05/02/2022 1:35:08 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Bit.


13 posted on 05/02/2022 1:35:35 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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Was the insurance company called before or after the fire started?


14 posted on 05/02/2022 1:36:56 PM PDT by fso301
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The cut off is 54’


15 posted on 05/02/2022 1:40:59 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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Not sure a 55 footer can really be classified as ‘Huge’>>> Yeah rally but maybe it is 55 feet long and 5 stories high.


16 posted on 05/02/2022 2:09:25 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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Information on the pilot boat that was first on scene and rescued the two mariners off their life raft.

Description, current position and photo.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:201653/mmsi:235104735/imo:0/vessel:BRISTOL_INTERCEPTOR

17 posted on 05/02/2022 2:13:20 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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The longest ship in the world is 1504 feet long.


18 posted on 05/02/2022 2:42:54 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Yeah. Over at Yachtworld this nice 57’ houseboat is under 25K.

https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1949-naiad-gordy-miller-houseboat-7214339/


19 posted on 05/02/2022 2:48:55 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Just wait till someone’s EV spontaneously combusts on some packed RORO ferry with hundreds of passengers on board and not a sparsely occupied car carrier....


20 posted on 05/02/2022 2:51:39 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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