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Officials: Some deaths, 34 missing in California boat fire
Fox 8 Cleveland ^ | 9/2/2019 | Talia Naquin

Posted on 09/02/2019 6:09:49 AM PDT by vespa300

VENTURA COUNTY, California – The Ventura County Fire Department has confirmed 34 people have been killed in a boat incident off the Ventura County coast.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox8.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: boat; california; diveboat; killed; notkilled; santacruzisland; venturacounty
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To: sheana

Freep mail me when you get info

I spent 14 years in Oxnard and was a live aboard

on my sailboat


141 posted on 09/02/2019 11:13:10 AM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: Zathras
f the fire was in the stern, there would be no way out

If the fire was in the stern then they would have been able to escape. The main stairway to the passenger berth is forward by the kitchen.

142 posted on 09/02/2019 11:18:49 AM PDT by rivercat
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To: sheana

Was wondering what your boat was
Mine was a 33ft Hans Christian Sloop

Remember John Davidson’s single screw tryin to depart or arrive back in the day ?

We would cover our mouth laughin


143 posted on 09/02/2019 11:28:51 AM PDT by advertising guy (When Pelosi said " Embrace the suck" Kamala did ...... Willie Brown)
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To: heshtesh

It might have been cluttered with equipment to the point they couldn’t get to it?

I would think they would all have a front hatch, being fully functional is the question.


144 posted on 09/02/2019 11:31:32 AM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: rivercat

Horrible. Normally these things are perfectly safe so nobody ever considers the “what if.”


145 posted on 09/02/2019 11:33:43 AM PDT by livius
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To: vespa300

That actually sounds like what happened here. All 5 Crew members were topside at 3:30 AM when the Boat Erupted in a ball of flame, they all jumped and survived, the 34 sleeping below deck? well hopefully it went quick.


146 posted on 09/02/2019 11:38:10 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: vespa300

Tragic news.


147 posted on 09/02/2019 12:04:45 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: vespa300

148 posted on 09/02/2019 12:20:34 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: vespa300

149 posted on 09/02/2019 12:25:11 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim 0216

tragic and sad beyond belief.


150 posted on 09/02/2019 12:27:43 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: a little elbow grease
why would they sleep all crammed together at the bottom of a boat when they were only 20 YARDS from shore?

"Shore" is a cliff face that is the island Santa Cruz. One of the great things about this dive outfit is that you wake up at a perfect, new dive site each morning. Typical trip boards Friday night. When you wake up, you're at the island and it's time to dive.

151 posted on 09/02/2019 12:46:44 PM PDT by Rio
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To: Responsibility2nd

Maybe you need to be “Deleted” the Poster Posted what was at that moment in time the CORRECT Headline.

Now I will get to the REAL AND RELEVANT QUESTION.

Are you related to humblegunner or are you him.

If you don’t like it here go somewhere else.


152 posted on 09/02/2019 1:29:28 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!A fraud,a hypocrite,a liar. I'm practically a member of Congress)
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To: advertising guy

Our boat is, not was, a 40 ft Yorktown. They were kit boats that they would do in the factory or you could do yourself. Ours is a factory boat. Heavy duty, blue water sailor.


153 posted on 09/02/2019 2:01:34 PM PDT by sheana
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To: advertising guy

Not there anymore to talk to anyone. Had to leave today. Getting ready for a trip to Scotland next week. I’m sure it’ll be the talk of the marina and the Village for a few days.


154 posted on 09/02/2019 2:07:26 PM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

Geez I’ve never seen propane stoves on a boat. Only electric. I’d have to agree with your husband on changing those out.


155 posted on 09/02/2019 2:10:22 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

Most sailboats have propane stoves.


156 posted on 09/02/2019 2:27:23 PM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

Ahh Ok. That’s why.


157 posted on 09/02/2019 2:28:52 PM PDT by HollyB
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Something very wrong here. The 'crew' made it out. The dispatcher that received the distress call asked the person if they could 'unlock' the doors so the passengers could evacuate?

But the crew made it off the boat...

158 posted on 09/02/2019 3:20:38 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: sheana

Used to dive with the Liberty long ago, then the Spectre mostly and infrequently on the Peace. Been out of SoCal for 14 years, no idea who runs boats now.


159 posted on 09/02/2019 3:45:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

Hubby used to do all his diving off Spectre and Peace. And they’re both still working.


160 posted on 09/02/2019 3:49:35 PM PDT by sheana
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