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Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« on: April 17, 2010, 01:42:59 PM »
Late last year, the 161 ft. Lady Michelle had a bad engine room fire during sea-trials off Ft. Laud. Than to make matters worse, the fire control system failed and cost precious time before being manually activated. Than they opened the sealed engine room watertight door too soon, re-igniting the engine room, that the Coast Guard & Fire Teams put out with several thousand gallons of salt-water. :P

The company I work for landed the job and I have been on her since Feb. 1.

The original owner walked away with an insurance check for $24 MILLION DOLLARS....The Insurance co. sold it to the new Russian owner for peanuts, and now the refit begins.



1/2 of the burnt wires we removed.

All the sub-panels and motor controls were pretty much in this state.







Well, now the engine room has been gutted, and engines rebuilt, and the re-wire has begun.

Some of my handiwork,... ;)


Here she is during her hey day, and soon to be given a second chance.


Owner just authorized overtime, to the tune of 45-50 hours a week. :-\

But I need the extra $$$ for the trip to Charlotte. I gotta buy m25 some beer, and I lost the bet for $1. ::)
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2010, 01:50:36 PM »
Wow, that looks like some work to get all that fixed.  Is there work on the interior structure that needs to be done from the fire?

-Bidah
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2010, 01:56:35 PM »
The aluminum framed ceiling in the engine room got so hot on the starboard side, it warped a support cracking the marble floor in the main salon. Everything else is fine. We have isolated the crew quarters and pilothouse with temp power as she's still in the water.

Insurance requires the crew remain on board.

The new owner is more interested in the sushi bar and owners gym,  new art work,and "frills" than those silly wires, and controls.

Our company bid 4400 hours for the estimated work, and should be (keyword should), be ready to commission in Sept, Oct.

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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2010, 02:07:05 PM »
Who built her?  That's not a Bertram is it?
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2010, 02:09:50 PM »
How many peanuts?
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2010, 02:36:32 PM »
Quote from: Hazcat on April 17, 2010, 02:07:05 PM
Who built her?  That's not a Bertram is it?

It is a Trinity Yacht, built in 06, out of Louisiana. It was the first Post-Katrina yacht commissioned out of the yard. It is not quite up to ABS standards.

Quote from: Solus on April 17, 2010, 02:09:50 PM
How many peanuts?

The new owner purchased it from the insurance co for around $4.5 Million, and is putting another $6-7 Million into it.

They painted her brown, for almost $1 Million,  ??? and the interior refit around $2-$3 Mil. The rest is us, the mechanics, and parts,labor.

The Hydraulic Pack that runs the bow thruster, and stabilizers alone was $80,000. These guys throw money around like we throw .22 brass at the range...

The only problem I have is the FRENCH CAPT.  >:(

Le Idiot'

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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2010, 04:50:36 PM »
WOW!
That scene of the electrical panels and MCC is not totally unfamiliar (albeit, mine wasn't on a boat). We had a huge Motor Control Center (controlled 16 different motors) go up in flames when a 6000vac Georgia Power Load Center overload failed and went BANG, causing a fire in our paint department. Nothing like the smell of burnt electronics in the morning.

A little job security..... ;)   ;D

Good luck on the repair job!....and post some after pics.
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2010, 05:22:32 PM »
Russian Mafiya, New rich, or Putin Crony ?  ;D
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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2010, 06:40:11 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on April 17, 2010, 05:22:32 PM
Russian Mafiya, New rich, or Putin Crony ?  ;D

Absolute Putin Crony. they are like the Arab Shieks, ,...it is insulting to discuss dollar amounts with the owner, (he has subordinates for that),...I don't pay,... I have people for that type arrangement...

If he is shown something he likes, literally cost is NOT an option, it is simply an irrelevant cost to get what he wants. The gym is more important than the engines,...etc,....

Just fix it, and let me know when I can go on a boat ride,...

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Re: Luxury Yacht Engine Room Fire, and my Second Home For A While
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2010, 07:21:32 PM »
How many peanuts does it take to buy a $24 million boat?
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