Antigua Sun A vessel owned by businessman Paul Ryan sank off Antigua’s southern coast yesterday after a fire on board turned a weekend pleasure cruise into a nightmare scenario.
According to an account given by Ryan, he was captaining his boat Paradise, a 44 feet Sea Ray Sundancer, from Jolly Harbour to Pigeon Point and had reached the Cades Bay area when smoke and fumes began to pour from the engine hatch.
Eleven people, including a baby, were on-board the vessel at the time. Ryan said the engine has an automatic extinguisher, but this was insufficient and as the blaze grew, he and his crew used hand held fire extinguishers in an unsuccessful attempt to contain the fire.
According to an account given by Ryan, he was captaining his boat Paradise, a 44 feet Sea Ray Sundancer, from Jolly Harbour to Pigeon Point and had reached the Cades Bay area when smoke and fumes began to pour from the engine hatch.
Eleven people, including a baby, were on-board the vessel at the time. Ryan said the engine has an automatic extinguisher, but this was insufficient and as the blaze grew, he and his crew used hand held fire extinguishers in an unsuccessful attempt to contain the fire.
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