Planning first voyage

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Originally Posted by Just Sold

Blowers should always be on when starting and be sure to run them right after refueling for 30 sec or a minute before starting. Make sure they are running becuse.....
My ex-sisiter-in-law was on a large cabin cruiser that had just refueled and it exploded when the owner went to start it. It was determined that the blowers failed to run when he turned them on before starting. The owner was severely burned and one other person received less severe burns but was blown into the water. S-I-L and another woman were on the bow and were not burned. Jumped to the pier before the boat was cut free. Made the all the Boston papers - 1980's.

Very likely at my marina at the time (Marina Bay, Quincy). We had a few blow up at the gas dock. I held 400 gallons and ran my blowers 5 minutes after refueling and sniffing the bilge. Gas dock doesn't like it but T/S, it's my butt. Also had a small boat (18') use the old wet/dry vac to vac up some fuel. Burned to the water line.