I have a friend that was very educated. Once we pulled into a dock to fuel up the sailboat before returning it to the charter company. She was on the fuel dock, lite cigarette in hand, peering down the open fuel port on the boat. I asked her to extinguish it. Her comment "diesel is not easily flammable". She is 100% correct. But why take chances plus there were gasoline pumps nearby. I did not persist in my concerns since she was captain at the time plus the fuel dock man saw her shortly after and insisted she put out the cigarette. She tried to use her non flammable excuse but he wasn't buying it. THAT is addiction!

