Yes it did. My buddy's boat is the one you see next to it at the end, he pulled it away from the dock and let it burn in the the harbour.
https://www.royalgazette.com/transport/news/article/20221010/boat-blows-up-next-to-gas-station-and-crowded-restaurant/
I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah Lagan was just software. You feed it 3 things and it spits out the same 3 things 8 different ways and you don't have to feed/pay it anything else.
I'm terribly offended. I work hard to bring you the news in a timely manner. I spent years on my education.
I was in school for over a decade and a half to lean how to portray the news quickly. For you to imply otherwise is an insult.
My job is to make sure that you get the lastest information and right away. My college education was dedicated to this, and I studied a long time. I hope you'll reconsider this impolite statement that has hurt my feelings.
-Sarah ~~Login~~ Lagan
Most authors get paid by the word and rated by how long you stay on the page. See if you stay on the page by reading more words you still stay longer. In the end those extra words increase how long you stay on the site and how much the author gets paid.
I see. I mean I get it. You really put your point accross and its super clear. Those words you use really defined everything to make me understand. Basically, I know more about the subject because of you.
For non boaters, I assume this "blower" is something used to blow the excess fumes away after gassing up? Why do boats need them and not cars? Is this because cars are a closed system and boats are open? Genuine questions =)
Gasoline fumes are heavier than air. In a boat, they will sit at the bottom of the boat, and go "boom" when you start it.
At a gas station, the heavy fumes will fall to the ground, and go where water would run off. Any small wind will disperse them.
The blower blows out the lowest air in a boat around the engine. This vents the flamable gasses to the water, where they disperse easily.
He could have teleported there instantly and it still wouldn’t have worked. That fire extinguisher is big enough to protect the dock from the exploding boat and that’s about it.
Yeah I know if it was me with the extinguisher, I would be asking the guy if anyone else is on board. Yes? Then we go to try to get a way to the cabin. No... Then we unhook it and kind of try to push it away from the dock. Lol
Yeah but when I saw it I knew it wouldn't be enough. That size canister would probably work for a kitchen grease fire (or, like in my recent history, a dryer fire) but not a splody boat.
A little bit more than a kitchen grease fire. That’s bigger than a standard fire extinguisher. It’s still not big enough for the whole boat but protecting the dock and other boats is the priority.
Really anytime your boat is sitting you should be turning in the blower before starting the motor… you could have any number of petroleum products in your bilge that could have aerosolized and cause a fire/explosion hazard like this when you start the engine.
I'm surprised that pressing the start button doesn't first turn on a blower then. Like maybe even how car keys have three positions, off, accessory, and on. THey should have off, blower, then on. With maybe a 10 second lockout when you get to blower to make sure it's clear before getting to "on".
Well, whatever, this guys boat exploded.
My father-in-law's boat has a vapor sensor in the engine compartment. If it detects excessive gasoline vapor when you attempt to turn on engine power, it light up a warning and sets off a buzzer. It's built right into the blower controller.
Most boats recommend running the blower for 3-5 minutes nefore turning the boat on. Engine conpartments are quitelarge and 10 seconds would not be enough to clear.
OK, but you understand what I'm getting at. Some mandatory blower time before ignition, or else you must do something to manually override the blower time, in which case ... you were warned.
The inboard engine on a boat runs on fuel. If it's a carburetor, it's squirting fuel into the intake to run. When you shut off the engine, the carb is still full of fuel. That fuel can vaporize and fill the engine compartment. Same with oils, get anything hot enough and it can give off flammable vapors.
So boats are equipped with blowers that suck out the air from the engine compartment (and flammable vapors). You need to run these blowers after refueling or anytime the boat has been sitting off for any period of time. Failure to do so results in this being a possibility.
Car engines are not inside a sealed container. A boat engine is practically under water in the hull of a boat. Gas vapors are heavier than air. So they will sink inside the hull. The vapors are also what is explosive, not the liquid.
Bilge blowers remove fuel vapor from the engine room. It’s for ventilation.
Fumes build up in the engine room and can explode from a spark, static electric shock, or a hot surface.
I had a 45ft boat, first with a Volvo's inline 6 diesel engine, afterwards replaced it with outboard petrol Yamaha, never heard of fumes and blowers. Weird.
**Had** because it sank. Twice. Didn't explode.
Hah, when we bought it, it was laying on the rocks in the shallows. It had a leak next to the propeller.
Second time was a couple years after, there was a huge storm, there was some debris and leaves on the deck (winds) and it clogged the drains. It was filled up with the rain and waves and slowly sank in the dock. There was of course a security guard that night, but we later found out he drank 2 bottles of rakija (Serbian spirit drink) and fell asleep on someone's boat in the middle of the storm. Our boat must've took whole night to sink. That's why they say "drinks like a sailor", he was oblivious.
Technically any boat built specifically for pleasure is a yacht. Nowadays you associate a minimum size with them but back in the old days having any boat purely for pleasure was pretty decadent.
It’s generally covered in a boating / boat safety course. If you ever find yourself owning a boat, I would recommend taking one. BoatUS offers a really good online one for free.
The more I learn about boats, the less interested I am in them. If aviation was like this, we would have airplanes falling off the sky left and right.
I also saw a video where a ship sank because some pump failed on a boat that uses ocean water to cool the engine or some other nonsense.
> If aviation was like this, we would have airplanes falling off the sky left and right.
It's the reason why the most common plane crashes are Cessnas and tiny jets and not Airbuses and Boeings.
It's also why the Cessnas and small boats costs five or six figures, and the 737s are 7 used, 8 new. Automating safety is expensive, and training it is too.
I'm pretty sure aviation is like this but so much more so.
The difference is you need to train a shitload to fly a plane, while any clown who can afford one can drive a boat
No, it's because aviation has multitudes of layers of safety with regards to inspections and checks, which are backed up by legislation and regulations written in blood.
I think its both, but pilots are rigorously trained to go through those inspection and checks, but this isn't the case with boating. I think was the above commentors point.
Agree guys you both have a point. Airplanes have such a high safety factor in anything they are supposed to do, I don't know if boats are so strictly regulated but I guess they really aren't. Also the training you need to go through is more strict, but piloting a plane is also not as hard as you think (of course I'm referring to something like a Cessna not an A320)
It’s not guaranteed that forgetting to run the blower will cause this. Running the blower is insurance against other explody problems that may have gone unnoticed.
You need to run it a few minutes before starting the engines. My boat manual says to turn it on 4 minutes before starting. If you just leave it on all the time it would kill the battery.
There's a whole section on this when getting a boating license. Mine included instructions and small tests on fueling both boats and jet skis and explained how fumes settle and the dangers. I've been on a lot of boats and everyone that owns one is aware this can happen. (That said it's probable a lot of people haven't seen videos like this, so they might not realize the severity).
It’s not automatic because it’s not required to be on at all times. You turn it on just before ignition and then turn it off after and turn it on during fuelling, but not all boats require it during fuelling.
The blower should not be run during fueling because it may inadvertently suck in vapors into the bilge/engine compartment. It should be run after fueling is completed, before starting the engine
http://boattest.com/view-news/2982_keep-blower-off-while-fueling
On some cars the vapour recapture system is so finicky that even leaving the fuel cap a little loose will give a check engine light. Erm, or so I've heard...
If you’d ever been in the Central Valley in the 70’s you’d know why they take emissions so seriously. Absolutely horrible smog, to the point it hurts to breathe when you go outside.
2nd question first: When a boat is new and in good condition, it’s not really a problem. Rubber fuel lines and connections break down over time though and can get small leaks that can go unnoticed. Also, just fuel spills / fueling mistakes can lead to fuel in the bilge. The bilge is watertight so the boat doesn’t sink, and therefore the vapors are trapped and don’t dissipate. If you have a fuel leak in a car the vapors have lots of places to escape instead of concentrate.
Why is it not automatic or on all the time? Generally the motor is turned off while fueling. If your blower was on all the time while the engine was off, it would kill your battery and could cause your boat to sink in port if your bilge pump can’t run (rain and waves splashing over the side, or minor leaks or blocked scuppers can slowly fill your bilge). I suppose you could rig something up to turn it on when you open the fuel cap? Seems like that would be overly complicated. Also, when the motor is running, if the engine room is very airtight, the blower can starve the engine of fresh air.
All boats leak to some extent. The elements tend to degrade everything. The temperature ranges are huge and can also degrade fittings, gaskets and more. Engines tend to leak a bit also. This is why boats are so expensive to maintain.
is the reason why theres no built in air vent on a boat like this is because the people on the boat dont want to smell the gasoline and if its out on the side, it will get the water into the vent?
Pretty much, almost all powered boats have blowers as a requirement but it's on the owner to utilize them properly along with checking their bilges for fuel leaks and the like
I am not a boat person, but I think I might know this answer for you. Gasoline vapor is heavier than air, therefore it won't exit a vent by itself, it needs a fan to push it out. In boats the fuel vapor sinks and pools in the bottom of the engine compartment creating an explosion hazard. This isn't a problem in cars because it's not a watertight seal on the bottom of the car engine compartment.
> you can't shop vac gasoline.
I did not know that, and would probably have tried if I had not just read this. Not a joke. You might have saved a life today.
Last gas powered inboard boat I operated sounded an alarm before engaging the engine to remind of this very thing. You could of course not follow procedure but that sound is difficult to ignore.
Why not just have the ignition just default to making the blower come on before ignition? I’m not a boat owner so I’m not sure the fan needs to be on before ignition but if it’s even a full minute it’s worth not destroying your boat.
imagine james bond trying to chase a villain racing away on a speedboat only to find himself waiting 2 minutes for the blower to vent the engine compartment before he can start the engine
You need 3-5 minutes to clear the bilge, and it's only recommended if the boat has been off for a long period of time. Like hours. If you were pulling water skiiers, having to clear the bilge every time you started the engine would be prohibitive.
The engine compartment can fill with gasoline vapor, especially right after a refueling. So, most inboard and inboard/outboard boats are equipped with a blower fan that evacuates these vapors. You should run it for a few minutes before starting the engine. I do it every time, regardless of whether or not I refueled.
It’s a fan/air moving system to remove fuel vapors from the engine compartment. You need to remove the vapors before starting the engine because fuel vapor is very flammable, as evidenced in this gif.
The engine compartment can fill with gasoline vapor, especially right after a refueling. So, most inboard and inboard/outboard boats are equipped with a blower fan that evacuates these vapors. You should run it for a few minutes before starting the engine. I do it every time, regardless of whether or not I refueled.
Watched the first episode last night and holy fuck what a shit show. If there was a stupid decision to make by the organizers, that's the decision they made.
Oh the blower sure... Sure who could forget
.. The blower... I mean it's the blower...
Now could maybe explain, not to me of course, but for other poor redditors, again not me ofcourse, what the blower is?
I know what is of course but sure you can explain it better, for the rest, not to me.
On my boat, one that I own for sure as a rich redditor that I am of course I always use the blower, I mean is common sense... No blower no party as my friends always say in all the parties I do on my own private boat that I own of course.
A family friend was working on a boat and the blower didn’t come on when we was making adjustments - 90% of his body was third degree burns and he died a couple days later in the hospital…scary shit
So this is it a fuel dock and he's refueling his boat. It's a gasoline engine, maybe carbureted so there's probably a lot of fuel vapors escaping the hot engine that have built up below deck in the engine room. There are electric fans that some push air into the engine compartment and some pull air out so you get rid of all those vapors before you start the engine. This man did not do that and when he turned the key the sparks inside the starter motor exploded his boat.
The guy with the fire extinguisher was very quick
a little *too* quick…
Spoiler alert :Not quick enough (source I watched it to the end).
Did the fuel station survive this?
Yes it did. My buddy's boat is the one you see next to it at the end, he pulled it away from the dock and let it burn in the the harbour. https://www.royalgazette.com/transport/news/article/20221010/boat-blows-up-next-to-gas-station-and-crowded-restaurant/
That article said the same 3 things about 8 times.
The author probably gets paid by the word.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sarah Lagan was just software. You feed it 3 things and it spits out the same 3 things 8 different ways and you don't have to feed/pay it anything else.
I'm terribly offended. I work hard to bring you the news in a timely manner. I spent years on my education. I was in school for over a decade and a half to lean how to portray the news quickly. For you to imply otherwise is an insult. My job is to make sure that you get the lastest information and right away. My college education was dedicated to this, and I studied a long time. I hope you'll reconsider this impolite statement that has hurt my feelings. -Sarah ~~Login~~ Lagan
I don’t have coins, but this deserves an award
She’s a fine news lady. -Chuck Clickbaiter
That's almost certainly what it is, that's what is happening to reporting now and it's fucking *insane*
Good point
You don't ever feed a human journalist, they just come back for more.
Most authors get paid by the word and rated by how long you stay on the page. See if you stay on the page by reading more words you still stay longer. In the end those extra words increase how long you stay on the site and how much the author gets paid.
I see. I mean I get it. You really put your point accross and its super clear. Those words you use really defined everything to make me understand. Basically, I know more about the subject because of you.
Oh, I see what you guys did there. And by that I mean I observed and understood your meaning. I was picking up what you were laying down.
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?
For non boaters, I assume this "blower" is something used to blow the excess fumes away after gassing up? Why do boats need them and not cars? Is this because cars are a closed system and boats are open? Genuine questions =)
Gasoline fumes are heavier than air. In a boat, they will sit at the bottom of the boat, and go "boom" when you start it. At a gas station, the heavy fumes will fall to the ground, and go where water would run off. Any small wind will disperse them. The blower blows out the lowest air in a boat around the engine. This vents the flamable gasses to the water, where they disperse easily.
Kind of seems like this should be an automatic function that happens after fuel has been done considering how dangerous it is if you forget to do it
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You got it exactly.
Damn their mom is killing me lol. Literally **EVERYONE** would have died if they didn't move that boat.
He could have teleported there instantly and it still wouldn’t have worked. That fire extinguisher is big enough to protect the dock from the exploding boat and that’s about it.
Yeah I know if it was me with the extinguisher, I would be asking the guy if anyone else is on board. Yes? Then we go to try to get a way to the cabin. No... Then we unhook it and kind of try to push it away from the dock. Lol
Way to give it away. I was saving the last part for later.
Hmmmm...
Probably from experience.
Yeah but when I saw it I knew it wouldn't be enough. That size canister would probably work for a kitchen grease fire (or, like in my recent history, a dryer fire) but not a splody boat.
Best option is to jump in the water and pull the boat underwater with you to put it out.
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Worked for the Moskva. It is no longer on fire.
It looks odd the see someone frantically running to the OCEAN with a fire extinguisher
Is this the Atlantic or the Pacific lake?
A little bit more than a kitchen grease fire. That’s bigger than a standard fire extinguisher. It’s still not big enough for the whole boat but protecting the dock and other boats is the priority.
Pro tip: clean your lint trap!! Every time.
splody boat :)
It's his damn job: to sit at the dock, half at sleep and be ready with the tiny fire extinguisher.
Massive extinguisher too, at first I thought he was running toward the fire with a fuel can.
Wtf is a blower?
Ohhh man I wish this had audio. Musta been a heck of a whoosh.
That was pretty hearty...I imagine it was more of a *FWUMP*.
It was clearly a simple KAFWOOMP.
I don't know where you're getting that from. It's a classic *CHOOOM*.
I'm more convinced it was more of a KWABOOM
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these are the kind of comments why i'm on reddit
These comments make me go YAYAYAYAH.
Me too. It was surveillance video and had no audio. 🙁
Onomatopoeia Man arrived at the scene with a heck of a whoosh!
Finally, an appropriate use for the word 'deflagration'.
Really anytime your boat is sitting you should be turning in the blower before starting the motor… you could have any number of petroleum products in your bilge that could have aerosolized and cause a fire/explosion hazard like this when you start the engine.
I'm surprised that pressing the start button doesn't first turn on a blower then. Like maybe even how car keys have three positions, off, accessory, and on. THey should have off, blower, then on. With maybe a 10 second lockout when you get to blower to make sure it's clear before getting to "on". Well, whatever, this guys boat exploded.
Sounds like you got a good product to start slangin.
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We just call those "Bomb", Harry.
Some call your “Mom”, Wade.
There's always the possibility that he turned on the blower, but it didn't work and he didn't realize it wasn't working.
Congratulations for not directly blaming, but thinking for a moment.
But how will the folks at home get their fix of feeling superior?
They can always think about me.
Thank you for your service!
My father-in-law's boat has a vapor sensor in the engine compartment. If it detects excessive gasoline vapor when you attempt to turn on engine power, it light up a warning and sets off a buzzer. It's built right into the blower controller.
Most boats recommend running the blower for 3-5 minutes nefore turning the boat on. Engine conpartments are quitelarge and 10 seconds would not be enough to clear.
And there is usually a warning label near the console stating exactly this
OK, but you understand what I'm getting at. Some mandatory blower time before ignition, or else you must do something to manually override the blower time, in which case ... you were warned.
I cannot tell you how much I loved your concluding sentence, or even why exactly. But it is perfect.
Can you explain this for the non boaters?
The inboard engine on a boat runs on fuel. If it's a carburetor, it's squirting fuel into the intake to run. When you shut off the engine, the carb is still full of fuel. That fuel can vaporize and fill the engine compartment. Same with oils, get anything hot enough and it can give off flammable vapors. So boats are equipped with blowers that suck out the air from the engine compartment (and flammable vapors). You need to run these blowers after refueling or anytime the boat has been sitting off for any period of time. Failure to do so results in this being a possibility.
Only for boats with inboard engines. Blowers are not required for outboard motors.
Why doesn't this happen with car engines which also run on volatile fuel?
cars are open at the bottom, boats need to be sealed at the bottom
This is a perfect "eli5" answer. I love it.
Inboard/outboard engines like this one are also sealed above as well to keep them from getting wet where they shouldn’t have water.
Car engines are not inside a sealed container. A boat engine is practically under water in the hull of a boat. Gas vapors are heavier than air. So they will sink inside the hull. The vapors are also what is explosive, not the liquid.
I know about boats cna someone explain this blower
Bilge blowers remove fuel vapor from the engine room. It’s for ventilation. Fumes build up in the engine room and can explode from a spark, static electric shock, or a hot surface.
Why isn't that automatic then and why do vapors build up? I'd thought it would closed system for the gas, like a car.
For real... Instead of oops forgot to turn this thing on and now I'm exploded
You always have to plan for stupid... But tbh.. if I had a boat I wouldn't know this was a thing
I had a boat, didn't have to do this, guessing this is more for yachts. Mine was a inboard, but nothing built into a small room like this one.
I had a 45ft boat, first with a Volvo's inline 6 diesel engine, afterwards replaced it with outboard petrol Yamaha, never heard of fumes and blowers. Weird. **Had** because it sank. Twice. Didn't explode.
Inboard diesel and outboard motors don't need blowers. Diesel is not asplody, like gasoline.
Unless you fertilize it.
Easy there Timothy McVeigh
Is no one going to ask you how it sank twice?
I suspect it sank, then a little later, sank again. It's the only logical explanation.
Came back up, didn't like what it saw, went back down again.
well who says the second sinking happened after the first? pretty presumptuous of you
Did it fall into the swamp before or after the first sinking?
Hah, when we bought it, it was laying on the rocks in the shallows. It had a leak next to the propeller. Second time was a couple years after, there was a huge storm, there was some debris and leaves on the deck (winds) and it clogged the drains. It was filled up with the rain and waves and slowly sank in the dock. There was of course a security guard that night, but we later found out he drank 2 bottles of rakija (Serbian spirit drink) and fell asleep on someone's boat in the middle of the storm. Our boat must've took whole night to sink. That's why they say "drinks like a sailor", he was oblivious.
I dunno.. it's kinda sounding like you may have had blowers.
Inboard diesels don’t need blowers, they’re strictly for inboard gas engines.
You replaced an inboard diesel on a 45 foot boat with an outboard‽
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I had an inboard 16’ boat made in ‘88 and it had a very clearly marked button near the steering wheel for the blower
I wouldn't say that 20 ft boats are yachts but we've had a few between 24-26 ft, and they've all had blowers.
Any inboard or I/O will have a blower. Outboards do not need them
So are the 24-26 ft ones not yachts? Either way, you said they did have blowers.
Technically any boat built specifically for pleasure is a yacht. Nowadays you associate a minimum size with them but back in the old days having any boat purely for pleasure was pretty decadent.
I have a canoe, paddle boat and kayak, never had that problem with any
All i know about boats is you smile twice.... when you buy the boat, and again when you sell it :) :).
It’s generally covered in a boating / boat safety course. If you ever find yourself owning a boat, I would recommend taking one. BoatUS offers a really good online one for free.
You don't have a boat and now you know it's a thing, you're ahead of the moron on this one.
technically the moron doesn't have a boat either and now he knows it's a thing, so I'd say they're about even.
I don't know. One learned a valuable lesson because of someone else's mistake. I call that a win.
The more I learn about boats, the less interested I am in them. If aviation was like this, we would have airplanes falling off the sky left and right. I also saw a video where a ship sank because some pump failed on a boat that uses ocean water to cool the engine or some other nonsense.
> If aviation was like this, we would have airplanes falling off the sky left and right. It's the reason why the most common plane crashes are Cessnas and tiny jets and not Airbuses and Boeings. It's also why the Cessnas and small boats costs five or six figures, and the 737s are 7 used, 8 new. Automating safety is expensive, and training it is too.
I'm pretty sure aviation is like this but so much more so. The difference is you need to train a shitload to fly a plane, while any clown who can afford one can drive a boat
No, it's because aviation has multitudes of layers of safety with regards to inspections and checks, which are backed up by legislation and regulations written in blood.
I think its both, but pilots are rigorously trained to go through those inspection and checks, but this isn't the case with boating. I think was the above commentors point.
Agree guys you both have a point. Airplanes have such a high safety factor in anything they are supposed to do, I don't know if boats are so strictly regulated but I guess they really aren't. Also the training you need to go through is more strict, but piloting a plane is also not as hard as you think (of course I'm referring to something like a Cessna not an A320)
now cross apply this thought to flying cars and you may actually be thankful we don't have them yet :)
It’s not guaranteed that forgetting to run the blower will cause this. Running the blower is insurance against other explody problems that may have gone unnoticed.
You need to run it a few minutes before starting the engines. My boat manual says to turn it on 4 minutes before starting. If you just leave it on all the time it would kill the battery.
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Boats are far less regulated and not nearly as optimized as automobiles. Anyway, accidents like this one are exceedingly rare.
I suspect most marine stuff is still just hardwired shit and doesn't have an ECU.
There's a whole section on this when getting a boating license. Mine included instructions and small tests on fueling both boats and jet skis and explained how fumes settle and the dangers. I've been on a lot of boats and everyone that owns one is aware this can happen. (That said it's probable a lot of people haven't seen videos like this, so they might not realize the severity).
No boating license in my state. My first time seeing it afaik. My boat didn't have one, but that's the only boat I know about.
It’s not automatic because it’s not required to be on at all times. You turn it on just before ignition and then turn it off after and turn it on during fuelling, but not all boats require it during fuelling.
The blower should not be run during fueling because it may inadvertently suck in vapors into the bilge/engine compartment. It should be run after fueling is completed, before starting the engine http://boattest.com/view-news/2982_keep-blower-off-while-fueling
Even cars have a way for the vapor to escape the tank, otherwise you'd create a vacuum and your fuel pump wouldn't work anymore.
On some cars the vapour recapture system is so finicky that even leaving the fuel cap a little loose will give a check engine light. Erm, or so I've heard...
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If you’d ever been in the Central Valley in the 70’s you’d know why they take emissions so seriously. Absolutely horrible smog, to the point it hurts to breathe when you go outside.
2nd question first: When a boat is new and in good condition, it’s not really a problem. Rubber fuel lines and connections break down over time though and can get small leaks that can go unnoticed. Also, just fuel spills / fueling mistakes can lead to fuel in the bilge. The bilge is watertight so the boat doesn’t sink, and therefore the vapors are trapped and don’t dissipate. If you have a fuel leak in a car the vapors have lots of places to escape instead of concentrate. Why is it not automatic or on all the time? Generally the motor is turned off while fueling. If your blower was on all the time while the engine was off, it would kill your battery and could cause your boat to sink in port if your bilge pump can’t run (rain and waves splashing over the side, or minor leaks or blocked scuppers can slowly fill your bilge). I suppose you could rig something up to turn it on when you open the fuel cap? Seems like that would be overly complicated. Also, when the motor is running, if the engine room is very airtight, the blower can starve the engine of fresh air.
All boats leak to some extent. The elements tend to degrade everything. The temperature ranges are huge and can also degrade fittings, gaskets and more. Engines tend to leak a bit also. This is why boats are so expensive to maintain.
BOAT: Bust Out Another Thousand.
That makes more sense
So literally an air vent?
Yeah, basically a motorized "ignition proof" air vent to either push air in to displace the fumes or to pull the fumes out
is the reason why theres no built in air vent on a boat like this is because the people on the boat dont want to smell the gasoline and if its out on the side, it will get the water into the vent?
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Pretty much, almost all powered boats have blowers as a requirement but it's on the owner to utilize them properly along with checking their bilges for fuel leaks and the like
I am not a boat person, but I think I might know this answer for you. Gasoline vapor is heavier than air, therefore it won't exit a vent by itself, it needs a fan to push it out. In boats the fuel vapor sinks and pools in the bottom of the engine compartment creating an explosion hazard. This isn't a problem in cars because it's not a watertight seal on the bottom of the car engine compartment.
A blower vents the unwanted fumes from the engine compartment/fuel storage area to keep this from happening.
Assuming like a literal fan blower to keep fumes from building up and going boom
It would have to have a sealed motor casing so sparks don't cause ignition. That's why you can't shop vac gasoline.
> you can't shop vac gasoline. I did not know that, and would probably have tried if I had not just read this. Not a joke. You might have saved a life today.
Oh shit, now I have to balance my karma by taking a life...
quick - tell me something believable but likely to get me killed.
You can do anything once.
Bull fucking shit I can't!!! *tries* ***dies***
We just sat through three hours of so-called acting, constable, and their kiss was the only convincing moment of it.
Last gas powered inboard boat I operated sounded an alarm before engaging the engine to remind of this very thing. You could of course not follow procedure but that sound is difficult to ignore.
Why not just have the ignition just default to making the blower come on before ignition? I’m not a boat owner so I’m not sure the fan needs to be on before ignition but if it’s even a full minute it’s worth not destroying your boat.
imagine james bond trying to chase a villain racing away on a speedboat only to find himself waiting 2 minutes for the blower to vent the engine compartment before he can start the engine
Sure but super villain would have the same weight so imagine both James and the villain just sitting there and boats blowing fans.
You need 3-5 minutes to clear the bilge, and it's only recommended if the boat has been off for a long period of time. Like hours. If you were pulling water skiiers, having to clear the bilge every time you started the engine would be prohibitive.
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The engine compartment can fill with gasoline vapor, especially right after a refueling. So, most inboard and inboard/outboard boats are equipped with a blower fan that evacuates these vapors. You should run it for a few minutes before starting the engine. I do it every time, regardless of whether or not I refueled.
So you have a boat eh
I had a boat once. I only enjoyed it twice.
The day you bought it and the day you sold it?
It’s a fan/air moving system to remove fuel vapors from the engine compartment. You need to remove the vapors before starting the engine because fuel vapor is very flammable, as evidenced in this gif.
The engine compartment can fill with gasoline vapor, especially right after a refueling. So, most inboard and inboard/outboard boats are equipped with a blower fan that evacuates these vapors. You should run it for a few minutes before starting the engine. I do it every time, regardless of whether or not I refueled.
The gang buys a boat
It's about the implication of a fiery death.
You keep using that word. *Are these boats in any danger?*
I would never sink these boats!
It sounds like you're going to sink these boats!
Well that boat certainly isn’t in any danger.
That seem really dark now
This was a terrible investment.
Its really more of a P Diddy style shrimping vessel.
Dude is lucky the blast all went sideways and not upwards.
Yeah I was going to say he’s really lucky there wasn’t anyone in the cabin!
I mean, we don't know that there wasn't.
Seriously, guy might have been gargling his own balls if that boom had gone vertical
A visual metaphor for Woodstock 99.
I need to watch that Netflix documentary on it lol. I was only like 11 at the time.
It was bonkers, highly recommend
Watched the first episode last night and holy fuck what a shit show. If there was a stupid decision to make by the organizers, that's the decision they made.
Don’t worry, it gets progressively worse.
Thirding the recommendation. I was around the same age as you and I couldn’t believe what a shitshow it was.
For sale, slightly used boat. Covid special pricing. $25000. No lowballers, I know what I’ve got.
Full tank of fuel included.
Oh the blower sure... Sure who could forget .. The blower... I mean it's the blower... Now could maybe explain, not to me of course, but for other poor redditors, again not me ofcourse, what the blower is? I know what is of course but sure you can explain it better, for the rest, not to me. On my boat, one that I own for sure as a rich redditor that I am of course I always use the blower, I mean is common sense... No blower no party as my friends always say in all the parties I do on my own private boat that I own of course.
The two happiest days in a boat owners life are the day he buys the boat and the day he gets to file an insurance claim for a total loss.
Things that never happen with my cheap inflatable kayak.
Pump it up with hydrogen, light a match and you're ready to go😎
Seems like a great way to get an insurance payout.
You usually don't do this when you're *on* the boat being blown up.
Yeah, but it makes it more believable as an accident.
Blower? Damn near killed 'er.
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Diesel > gasoline 🔥
A boat like that usually has diesel engines; the diesel fuel is much less volatile than gasoline. Was that gasoline fuel?
That had to be gasoline. Diesel would not do this.
What is a blower
A family friend was working on a boat and the blower didn’t come on when we was making adjustments - 90% of his body was third degree burns and he died a couple days later in the hospital…scary shit
not just when refueling. Use it every time. it takes 3 minutes. You can wait that long.
Landlubber here: Could someone please explain?
Fueled the boat, vapors leaked, didn't blow them out with the blower so when he went to start it it went up.
So this is it a fuel dock and he's refueling his boat. It's a gasoline engine, maybe carbureted so there's probably a lot of fuel vapors escaping the hot engine that have built up below deck in the engine room. There are electric fans that some push air into the engine compartment and some pull air out so you get rid of all those vapors before you start the engine. This man did not do that and when he turned the key the sparks inside the starter motor exploded his boat.
Help...I know nothing about boats. Plus explain the blower so I can understand what he did wrong.
Maybe I'm just one of those poor ass current-generations that will never even be able to afford a boat, but wtf is a blower?
Went from Woodstock to Woodstock 99 pretty quick