Yeh " " was out on mates boat,[ sea loch] i had me biker gear on , as we rode over to west coast, as he tried to fill the petrol tank [ 500 yards out from coast, he spilt lots of fuel. a few minutes later, starts boat, "Kaboom" inboard motor explodes, cover hit me in back, flames licking out , PANIC" Mate throws fuel tank overboad, THEN" lifts engine cover , Whoomff " engulfs half the boat, by this time am on the bow[ like titanic] one of others shouts i can"t swim. . well fk it , it was every man for themself, i dived in starts swimming for shore, still 200 yards to go , I hears Kabboom " [ gerry can]looks round to see boat full ablaze" and i see two orange lifejackets bobbing, so they made it,
I took 10 mins to reach rocks, thers a lady standing there , she says
" is it a traiining exercize " We all made it ashore, looks out to sea and it was like a scene from bluff cove" black paul of smoke, had to ride back to hotel soaked,