Just missed this explosion!!!

[KenP]

This happened just after 6pm yesterday. We usually pull out of a nearby marina for our weekly sailing race around 5:30. We'd have been pretty close to this had we gone yesterday, but it was just to damn hawt.

A 42-foot sailboat exploded late Wednesday afternoon at a marina in Ocean View, sending debris 40 feet into the air, demolishing the boat and leaving a man seriously wounded.

The man, whom rescue workers did not name, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital's trauma center, said Battalion Chief Bruce Evans, the Fire Department spokesman.

The splintered remains of the sailboat, a 1974 model made by Irwin, floated around a 100-foot square debris patch at the Bay Point Marina. Witnesses said the blast could be heard across the marina and in nearby condos.

Emergency crews arrived at the 4800 block of Pretty Lake Ave. shortly after 6 p.m., Evans said. They found a badly injured man and the remains of his boat. "There's basically nothing left," Evans said.

http://content.hamptonroads.com/stor...960&ran=162367

[CO Hummer]

Has anyone heard from DRTY lately? Has he been burning methane again?

[KenP]

Originally Posted by CO Hummer

Has anyone heard from DRTY lately? Has he been burning methane again?

Explains why he doesn't return calls anymore.