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30 Seconds. That's What a Lithium Fire Gives You.
10 de abril de 2026 · 19 min · 118K visitas
Tiny dinghy floats alone on vast dark sea
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On June 10, 2024, the sailing vessel Theros left Halifax bound for the Azores with two crew aboard; three days later, 34 nautical miles southwest of Sable Island, its AIS signal went dark.1:52 Four weeks later, Parks Canada found both crew dead on Sable Island's south shore, having washed ashore in their inflatable dinghy.2:22 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada concluded the evidence is consistent with an onboard fire.2:32 James Evenson argues the boat's electric propulsion system — built around a salvaged car battery — entered thermal runaway, engulfing the cabin in seconds.3:18 The EPIRB and life raft, stored near the companionway, burned with the boat.5:56 The crew escaped only in the dinghy, with no communications, no water, and no float plan on file.6:12 A Garmin inReach was not aboard.7:41 Evenson draws five specific lessons: mount the EPIRB externally with a hydrostatic release; file a float plan with a hard overdue time and a designated shoreside commander; store 10 gallons of fresh water in the aft lazarette; keep a ditch bag with a satellite communicator accessible from outside the cabin; and have any lithium battery system — especially one built from car batteries — designed or reviewed by a licensed marine electrician with proper BMS temperature monitoring.8:49 Nigel Calder is cited recommending against DIY lithium systems entirely.14:03 Any single one of these measures, Evenson argues, would have changed the outcome.7:56
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