Cabin Cruiser

A 40-foot cabin cruiser was completely destroyed Wednesday, when it caught fire, while berthed at the Anchorage Marina in Canton. Multiple fire units responded at 3:40 p.m. to the pier in the 2500 block of Boston Street, city fire officials said. Crews isolated the boat in the water to prevent the fire from jumping to other nearby boats and brought the blaze under control by 4:05 p.m., said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire spokesman. No firefighter was injured. No one was on the boat at the time and no other boats at the marina were damaged, officials said.

A 40-foot cabin cruiser was completely destroyed Wednesday, when it caught fire, while berthed at the Anchorage Marina in Canton. Multiple fire units responded at 3:40 p.m. to the pier in the 2500 block of Boston Street, city fire officials said. Crews isolated the boat in the water to prevent the fire from jumping to other nearby boats and brought the blaze under control by 4:05 p.m., said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire spokesman. No firefighter was injured. No one was on the boat at the time and no other boats at the marina were damaged, officials said.

A 64-year-old man was listed in critical condition today following a fire that destroyed a cabin cruiser docked at the Anchorage Marina in Canton.The man was taken to the Francis Scott Key Burn Center where he was being treated for second- and third-degree burns over various parts of his body.Hospital officials were not releasing the man's name pending notification of next of kin.The man apparently had been sleeping on the 34-foot cabin cruiser when a fire of unknown origin broke out about 6:25 a.m.BTC

A 40-foot cabin cruiser caught fire in the Anchorage Marina in Canton Wednesday afternoon, bringing multiple fire units to the pier where it was docked, city fire officials said. Units responded to the marina in the 2500 block of Boston Street, which has slips for purchase and rent, about 3:40 p.m. and isolated the boat in the water to prevent the fire from jumping to other boats nearby, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire spokesman. The fire was brought under control about 4:05 p.m., Cartwright said.

Thirteen people were rescued from a 50-foot cabin cruiser that caught fire yesterday near the Naval Academy in Annapolis.None of the boaters was injured, but the vessel, Break Away, was destroyed, said Sgt. Bob Chandler of the Maryland Natural Resources Police.Most of the people on the boat were rescued by other boaters after the blaze was discovered in the engine compartment about noon, Sergeant Chandler said.The Break Away was in College Creek near the Route 450 bridge, a popular boating spot, at the time of the fire.

A cabin cruiser owned by a Baltimore police officer was stolen last night from an Inner Harbor marina and apparently set ablaze near the opposite shore, authorities reported.The owner -- tactical Officer Michael Stefanowitz -- had been at work when the 28-foot Bayliner, valued at about $58,000, was stolen from the Harborview Marina off Key Highway.Two men on board acted like they were having trouble with the boat, according to police, and enlisted another boater to tow them near the harbor's north shore by the Ferry Bar Marina about 8:40 p.m. Then they jumped out and fled as the boat burst into flames.

David Thames was staring at his half-sunken boat yesterday at Baltimore's Inner Harbor East marina and shaking his head. A woman walked by and asked, "How'd it sink?""A Jeep hit it," Mr. Thames said matter-of-factly.That's right. A Jeep.In a bizarre accident at 1:45 a.m. yesterday, the Jeep carrying two women vaulted up a curb in the 800 block of Lancaster St., flew about 30 feet and smacked onto the stern of Mr. Thames' 26-foot Regal cabin cruiser.Mr. Thames could not place a value on the 1986 boat, but he said it sells for $45,000 new.The accident caused no serious injuries, police said.

From 300 yards out, Capt. Bill Fish "saw trouble" bearing down on a boat of fishermen anchored nearby. A speeding cabin cruiser with no one at the helm seemed locked on the fishermen's position. "I called to Jimmy ... and then I yelled on the radio," said the veteran Tilghman Island charter captain, recalling yesterday's accident at the mouth of the Choptank River. "There was no hope." Capt. Jim Brincefield leaned on the horn in a futile effort to alert the 46-foot boat coming at him. On board, his nine customers, friends from the Washington area, pumped their arms in the air and hollered.

Three people were found dead on a boat docked at a marina in Middle River yesterday, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, county fire officials said. The victims were identified as Laura Jean Gladden, 34, of Middle River; John Elijah Marsh, 39, of Dundalk, and Patty Mae Vento, 42, of Plantation, Fla., said Elise Armacost, a county Fire Department spokeswoman. Foul play was not suspected. About 1 p.m. yesterday, county fire officials received a call about three unconscious people found on a cabin cruiser docked at the Parkside Marina near the 3300 block of Edwards Lane.

A cabin cruiser returning Saturday night from a fishing trip on the Chesapeake Bay slammed into a stone jetty, tossing the boat's five occupants into Herring Bay and leaving one of them in critical condition.Erin M. Hitt, 32, of Bowie, who broke his jaw during the accident, was in critical condition yesterday at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, where he underwent surgery, a hospital spokeswoman said. The four others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.Maryland Department of Natural Resources investigators were not sure why the boat hit the jetty and will continue to investigate, said DNR spokesman Richard McIntyre.

Three men swimming in the Chesapeake Bay had to be rescued by the Coast Guard on Monday afternoon after being pulled about a mile from their boat by a strong current. According to the Coast Guard, five men were on the boat Speak Easy, a cabin cruiser, near Kent Island in the bay when three decided to go swimming and jumped off the boat. About 2:45 p.m., one of the men on the boat called the Coast Guard in Baltimore for help, after realizing his friends could not make it back to the boat because of the current and he nor the other man on board did not know how to drive the boat to them, said Petty Officer Jonathan Lindberg, of the Coast Guard.

Three people were found dead on a boat docked at a marina in Middle River yesterday, the apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, county fire officials said. The victims were identified as Laura Jean Gladden, 34, of Middle River; John Elijah Marsh, 39, of Dundalk, and Patty Mae Vento, 42, of Plantation, Fla., said Elise Armacost, a county Fire Department spokeswoman. Foul play was not suspected. About 1 p.m. yesterday, county fire officials received a call about three unconscious people found on a cabin cruiser docked at the Parkside Marina near the 3300 block of Edwards Lane.

"I feel lucky, oh oh oh, I feel lucky, yeah No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away Mmmmm, I feel lucky today" THE LYRICS TO that Mary Chapin Carpenter song danced in my head Thursday as the Jil Carrie parted from the dock at Happy Harbor, bow pointed toward the Chesapeake Bay. Overhead was a thoroughfare of gray clouds running south to north with tiny potholes of blue sky poking through. Ophelia was doing her drunken dance about 300 miles down the coast, lurching to shore, then veering away, but pretty much in the same spot.

The operator of a cabin cruiser that struck a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of the Choptank River in July has been charged with six violations of Maryland maritime laws and regulations. Keith David Price, 42, of Landenburg, Pa., is accused of negligence and unsafe boat handling in charging documents filed by Natural Resources Police in Easton District Court. Several people fishing aboard the Jil Carrie were injured, and one was thrown overboard, when Price's 53-foot cabin cruiser, Price Pirate, rammed the stern of the charter boat at noon July 7. Price has been charged with operating a boat in a reckless or dangerous manner, negligence, speeding, failure to maintain a proper lookout, failure to take all risk-assessment measures and failure to take appropriate action in a narrow channel.

In Baltimore Boy, 14, charged in attack on teen at juvenile facility A 14-year-old boy has been charged with assault in connection with a fight this week at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center that left another youth hospitalized, a state police spokesman said yesterday. Sgt. Rob Moroney said troopers presented information to the Baltimore state's attorney's office identifying the suspect in the attack, who was charged as a juvenile. The suspect allegedly struck a 16-year-old boy in the head with a chair.

IT'S A SUMMER DAY on the Chesapeake Bay. A fishing boat is anchored at a well-known spot. The owner of a bigger boat, moving at a good clip, approaches from behind, believing he is overtaking a moving vessel. The operator of the larger boat should: a) slow down and figure out what's going on; b) slow down and give the smaller boat a wide berth; c) slow down and try to raise the other boat by radio or horn; d) party on, Garth. If eyewitnesses, including Coast Guard-licensed skippers, are to be believed, the operator of the large boat chose a variation on "d" on July 7. Natural Resources Police officers are still investigating the ramming of the charter boat Jil Carrie by the cabin cruiser Price Pirate.

A 49-year-old Edgewood boater was charged with negligence yesterday after his 22-foot cabin cruiser demolished a 20-foot motorboat and injured two women near Pond Point on the Bush River Sunday, authorities said.Maryland Natural Resources Police said that Coy Edward Barker was operating the cabin cruiser at about 30 knots, or 34 1/2 mph, when the collision occurred. The smaller boat had stopped in the river as its four occupants prepared to swim and water ski.Alcohol was not a factor, said police, who cited Mr. Barker with operating in a negligent manner and for failing to maintain a forward lookout.

In Baltimore Boy, 14, charged in attack on teen at juvenile facility A 14-year-old boy has been charged with assault in connection with a fight this week at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center that left another youth hospitalized, a state police spokesman said yesterday. Sgt. Rob Moroney said troopers presented information to the Baltimore state's attorney's office identifying the suspect in the attack, who was charged as a juvenile. The suspect allegedly struck a 16-year-old boy in the head with a chair.

The man steering the cabin cruiser that hit a fishing boat full of people on the mouth of the Choptank River on Thursday - sending two of them to the hospital - says he feels badly about the accident but alleged that the fishing boat was improperly anchored in a channel. Keith Price, 42, of Pennsylvania said yesterday that he was at the lower console helm of his 53-foot cabin cruiser when he struck a fishing boat. Witnesses at the scene had said they didn't see anyone driving the boat.

From 300 yards out, Capt. Bill Fish "saw trouble" bearing down on a boat of fishermen anchored nearby. A speeding cabin cruiser with no one at the helm seemed locked on the fishermen's position. "I called to Jimmy ... and then I yelled on the radio," said the veteran Tilghman Island charter captain, recalling yesterday's accident at the mouth of the Choptank River. "There was no hope." Capt. Jim Brincefield leaned on the horn in a futile effort to alert the 46-foot boat coming at him. On board, his nine customers, friends from the Washington area, pumped their arms in the air and hollered.