V1 OWNER/OPERATOR ADVISED OFFICER THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A SEA TRIAL FOR HIS PASSENGER. HE STATED THAT HE PUMPED OUT HIS BIlGE AND RAN HIS BILGE BLOWER FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO STARTING THE ENGINE. V1 OPERATOR THEN STARTED THE ENGINE AND STARTED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE DOCK, AND APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO MINUTES AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, FUEL VAPORS IGNITED CAUSING THE TWO BACK HATCH COVERS TO BLOW OFF. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT ARM FROM THE HATCH COVERS.
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