Boaters tend to love their boats and Larry Jodass is no different.
But for perspective, Jodass suffered the fiery loss of Polar Bear, his 89-foot 2011 Aleutian yacht valued at $24 million last summer.
A local sailor out on the water saw the flames at Marine Group Boat Works in Chula Vista, Calif., and sent his camera drone over to capture some spectacular footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F33b-PlICrU
“I’ve been flying RC aircraft for over 27 years. I’m also a sailor and own a boat. This is any boater’s worst nightmare come true,” said Kurt Roll, the sailor who captured the footage. “It doesn’t matter if you have money or not. A boat fire is devastating if you love your boat.”
Christopher Gonzalez, who works at the Marine Group Boat Works machine shop, told San Diego 6 News, “I’ve never seen a fire that big spreading that fast before. One of the hoses blew out; I saw smoke coming out from one of the holes. I looked and it started spreading forward, climbing up to the bow and, before you knew it, the whole thing was going up.”
