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Something on-topic for a change:
"The family of a Hazlet police officer who died 16 months after he was critically burned in a pleasure-boat explosion reached a $2.4 million settlement with the boat owner and manufacturer. Thomas M. Warn, 37, sustained second- and third-degree burns in the Nov. 18, 1997 accident when a spark ignited gasoline fumes from a faulty gas tank on the 28-foot fiberglass Silverton Sport Fisherman, according Raymond A. Gill, attorney for his estate." More... http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,882943,00.html |
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It's always tragic when somebody gets injured, or dies.
Still, one has to wonder how much of the responsibility should be placed on the manufacturer and how much should be assigned to the subsequent owner (s) lack of maintenance when the failed fuel tank is *twenty-five years old* (!). An old fuel tank can be fine- but everything manufactured has a reasonable useful life and once that life has beed exceeded it should become more incumbent on the boat owner to make periodic judgments about its continued use. Probably never occured to the boat owner that the fuel tank might need replacing. How often do we ever replace fuel tanks in the family car, pickup, or other motorized conveyance? If the boat had been recently purchased and surveyed, the owner would have known about the leaky fuel tank and it would have been tougher for the plaintiff to say that Silverton should have installed a fuel tank that couldn't or wouldn't rust out after 25-years. It's another good reason to encourage a buyer to get a survey when you sell a boat. It's easy to assume that the owner must have owned this boat a long time, or had such a survey. If that were not the case, it's likely a recent seller would have been named in the suit with some claim that the seller "knew, or should have known" that the fuel tank was ready to fail. It's important to disclose any known defects at time of sale, but when the buyer hires an independent surveyor it takes a lot of heat off the seller. It can be effectively argued that in the end the buyer made a final purchasing decision based on the recommendations of his own, hired expert rather than on representations made by the seller. The seller is still responsible for things the seller knew about- but the survey helps insulate the seller from stuff that jumps up, (surprising everybody), and bites the buyer on the butt. |
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In this area , with it's reliance on 'road salt' during the winter, you can
count on replacing your gas tank usually within 10 years. Just had to replace the tank on my 1995 Plymouth Voyager this fall. Gould 0738 wrote in message snip Probably never occured to the boat owner that the fuel tank might need replacing. How often do we ever replace fuel tanks in the family car, pickup, or other motorized conveyance? snip |
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:09:02 GMT, "Don White"
wrote: In this area , with it's reliance on 'road salt' during the winter, you can count on replacing your gas tank usually within 10 years. Just had to replace the tank on my 1995 Plymouth Voyager this fall. Interesting - where do you live? Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT ---------- "My rod and my reel - they comfort me." St. Pete, 12 Lb. Test |
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In this area , with it's reliance on 'road salt' during the winter, you can
count on replacing your gas tank usually within 10 years. Just had to replace the tank on my 1995 Plymouth Voyager this fall. Good point. We just had our "annual" snowfall in Seattle. Gone after two days. Likely won't see any more for a good long while. :-) |
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Where else??.... *** http://www.halifaxinfo.com/ ***
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in Interesting - where do you live? Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT ---------- "My rod and my reel - they comfort me." St. Pete, 12 Lb. Test |
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Actually, it's a combination of things. We go through the freeze/thaw cycle
all winter long combined with living on the coast and heavy roadsalt usage. The Big 3 automakers used to consider this as an extreme auto body corrosion area. Even now, with better materials etc, anyone with a lick of sense and who plans to keep their auto for a long period of time applies rustproofing. I get it done yearly at 'Krown Rustproofing' for about $120.00 Cdn. WaIIy wrote in message ... On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:05:04 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:09:02 GMT, "Don White" wrote: In this area , with it's reliance on 'road salt' during the winter, you can count on replacing your gas tank usually within 10 years. Just had to replace the tank on my 1995 Plymouth Voyager this fall. Interesting - where do you live? Later, Tom S. Woodstock, CT That is interesting. I can't imagine a place that salts more than Northern Ohio and I have never heard of a salt-related auto gas tank failure. |
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Natural selection. Another idiot messing about in boats with no knowledge of
same. Butch |
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