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    Cali Dive Boat tragedy

    seeing this play out on news...sounds bad
    vibes+++++++++++
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    Sad heavy irony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SkiBall View Post
    Sad heavy irony.
    What?

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    Crew was above deck and on watch. This is a top notch operation. I've got a dive buddy out on the sister boat Vision right now.

    Absolutely heartbreaking.

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    34 people below deck one exit. this boat was a death trap. Very sad.
    off your knees Louie

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bromontane View Post
    captain & crew abandoned ship while 30 ppl slept below deck, seriously?

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain View Post
    Crew was above deck and on watch. This is a top notch operation. I've got a dive buddy out on the sister boat Vision right now.

    Absolutely heartbreaking.
    from the looks of this diagram...it goes out to sea, and stays out a while?
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    Unhappy

    They seemed to be reporting that the DOOR WAS LOCKED! ABC Nightly News was playing some of the radio conversation where the coast guard was asking the crew member to go back and unlock the door so they could get out..

    Pretty sure we have a new "saddest headline". How horrific!
    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    Um, dude, doubtful any doors were locked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiCol View Post
    from the looks of this diagram...it goes out to sea, and stays out a while?
    It looks like a live aboard dive boat. Never been on one, but you basically live on the boat and dive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MiCol View Post
    from the looks of this diagram...it goes out to sea, and stays out a while?
    Yes, these are multi-day charters. This is a top notch outfit. I can't imagine what happened, but you're not locked up below deck, there's no oxygen tanks, and fire suppression systems are present in the machinery spaces.

    You can see the friggin smoke detector in the pic above. The CG is all over your ass inspecting these boats. My friend sent out a FB post this morning that he was okay on the sister boat, and they were coming in early from a trip out to Cortez Bank. He and a lot of other people on the boat had friends on the Conception this weekend. This is absolutely horrifying.

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    Cali Dive Boat tragedy

    Quote Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain View Post
    Cortez Bank.
    That place is cool, been there a bunch of times.

    So has the USS Enterprise. Once.


    Edit: vibes to the dive boat victims.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Um, dude, doubtful any doors were locked.

    California diving boat crew reveals passengers may have been 'locked inside' burning vessel




    The captain confirms he is from the craft and says, “There’s 33 people on board the vessel on fire. They can’t get off.”

    The Coast Guard worker responds, “Roger. Are they locked inside the boat? Roger. Can you get back on board and unlock the doors so they can get off? Roger. You don’t have any firefighter gear at all, no fire extinguishers or anything?”

    The captain’s reply is unclear.

    The Coast Guard operator says, “Is this the captain of the Conception?”

    “Roger,” the man says.

    The Coast Guard worker asks, “Was that all the crew that jumped off?”

    The unidentified captain replies, “Roger.”

    The operator asks, “Is the vessel fully engulfed now?”
    see also
    Santa Cruz Island boat in deadly fire was on 3-day diving excursion

    The captain replies, “Roger. And there’s no escape hatch for any of the people on board.”
    https://nypost.com/2019/09/02/chilli...fire-revealed/
    Kinda sounds like the hatch was locked/latched from the outside
    Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!

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    here's the call https://chirb.it/4sHyGs

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    Quote Originally Posted by SumJongGuy View Post

    California diving boat crew reveals passengers may have been 'locked inside' burning vessel






    Kinda sounds like the hatch was locked/latched from the outside
    Sigh. Please, just stop and wait for a full report.

    You haven't been around boats much, right?

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    My brother has been diving on that boat since his UCSB days in the 80’s, probably 25 times between their sister ships. He was online this weekend looking to book his first overnight with his 14 yr old daughter. I’ve dived with one of its employees before with him in Maui.

    Top notch outfit. Apparently there is an escape hatch in the rear before the engine compartment. So he thinks it must have been a quick and catastrophic event like a gas line leaking and exploding. Blocking the escape hatch and kitchen which is between the main access and bunks.

    He said this is not Mexico, Coast guard keeps an eye on them.

    I sank a boat in the channel once going out to the channel islands and floated around in my wetsuit for an hr in December waiting for the Cg. Lucky we had a loran and radio back then. Dumbest day of my life and lucky to be alive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SumJongGuy View Post
    They seemed to be reporting that the DOOR WAS LOCKED! ABC Nightly News was playing some of the radio conversation where the coast guard was asking the crew member to go back and unlock the door so they could get out..

    Pretty sure we have a new "saddest headline". How horrific!
    wtf is with you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain View Post
    This is a top notch outfit.
    No fire watch
    No alarms
    No emergency hatch

    Bunkroom like enlisted naval sailors with a steep ladder

    34 bodies

    Top notch, eh? How's that again?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Summit View Post
    No fire watch
    No alarms
    No emergency hatch

    Bunkroom like enlisted naval sailors with a steep ladder

    34 bodies

    Top notch, eh? How's that again?
    There is an escape hatch, or was. In the rear of the sleeping quarters, before the engine compartment. That was the first question I had for my brother. He also said there is always a crew member awake and on anchor watch.

    There was no time is my guess.smoke inhalation etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Summit View Post
    No fire watch
    No alarms
    No emergency hatch

    Bunkroom like enlisted naval sailors with a steep ladder

    34 bodies

    Top notch, eh? How's that again?
    Uhh dude. There is a fire alarm in the pic. Also according to Cono there was a escape hatch...

    Edit- Cono beat me like the dirty whore that I am...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bromontane View Post
    captain & crew abandoned ship while 30 ppl slept below deck, seriously?

    Generally speaking, captain and crew have much higher survivability rates than passengers.

    The idea of women and children first in maritime disasters is mostly a myth that perhaps came about from the Titanic sinking.

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    I'd guess propane explosion

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4matic View Post
    I'd guess propane explosion
    That’s what I guessed. Plus smoke, fiberglass = toxic. Lights out fast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SumJongGuy View Post

    California diving boat crew reveals passengers may have been 'locked inside' burning vessel






    Kinda sounds like the hatch was locked/latched from the outside
    You’re jumping to conclusions. Seems more likely that he was referring to the condition of the boat post explosion / fire. They couldn’t get out because of where the fire was burning.

    I can’t imagine a scenario where the hatches to the cabin would be locked. That’s boating 101.

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    shows the layout of the boat. I would think this boat would be electric cooking and there would not be propane.
    off your knees Louie

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