Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

[Beefer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSxK9bhMNj8

 

[cwhite6]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Some of the comments to that are just stupid! Try to pull along side and jump in to save a boat? Don't think so. The guy said he followed it and stayed on the radio with the Coast Guard the whole time. Good enough. Yeah, try to jump in a boat moving that fast and miss. Now you got a funeral instead of an insurance claim.

 

[Andy'sDelight]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Some of the comments to that are just stupid! Try to pull along side and jump in to save a boat? Don't think so. The guy said he followed it and stayed on the radio with the Coast Guard the whole time. Good enough. Yeah, try to jump in a boat moving that fast and miss. Now you got a funeral instead of an insurance claim.

Even some of the comments that say to use a gaff or a boat pole to pull back the throttle!! Are you friggin kidding me!!?? What the following boat did was perfect-radio CG and try and keep a lookout to warn potential boaters in the path of the boat. Being a hero for an object is plain old stupid. Now if there was a small child or baby in that boat alone, then you try to be a hero.

 

[Doernuth]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Wow! I guess a kill switch is a good idea.

Or not falling off the boat.....

 

[J. Howard]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

How about at the end where those two guys swam right in front of it to climb on and shut off the engine? What if it dislodges from the rocks when they're climbing on or something? Yikes.

 

[Tig]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Yeah, not very smart to approach by swimming from the front when you could have walked safely down the rocks.
I plucked a dum dum (trust me on that label) out of the lake while his borrowed 10 hp boat did death circles beside us. He wanted me to cruise back over so he could jump back in. Personally I did not think the fat guy who can't help but fall out was agile enough to jump back in. I hovered safely near by while he dreamed up ideas like "throw our anchor in the boat". I asked what we would do once our anchor was in a boat spiraling out of control? Eventually two guys on a jet ski tried exactly that. Pretty sure they both peed themselves but they did escape unharmed. The boat ended up in the overhanging trees of a nearby island. When I got back to shore I found the police in my yard. They wanted to know if I had been drinking, on Sunday morning at 10 AM? They were also ticked that they could not get my attention from 1/2 mile away by waving road flares. My wife would not let them drive across the septic field, so they could get to the shore to turn on their lights and pull me over. It was quite an odd scene on the water and shore. The police never did check for an operator's card or safety gear.

 

[kellmike626]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

You guys may think that the boat could have went off the rocks and hit the swimmers head on. If you look closely, the motor was lodged on the rocks, so I'm not saying it's the smartest idea to dive right in front of the boat, but it makes killing the engine less of a risk.

As for the comments on the video itself, I saw people commenting to jump on the boat and stop it too. Too many things can happen when you attempt something that stupid. All them can end up with you being torn to shreds by the prop. The idea of pulling the throttle witha baot pole surprised me as much as you guys
Either way, those guys did the right thing by staying away and keeping in touch with Coast Guard.

Basically, if there wasn't a point to the killswitch, it wouldn't be there. So wear it.

 

[DaNinja]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

You guys may think that the boat could have went off the rocks and hit the swimmers head on. If you look closely, the motor was lodged on the rocks, so I'm not saying it's the smartest idea to dive right in front of the boat, but it makes killing the engine less of a risk.

As for the comments on the video itself, I saw people commenting to jump on the boat and stop it too. Too many things can happen when you attempt something that stupid. All them can end up with you being torn to shreds by the prop. The idea of pulling the throttle witha baot pole surprised me as much as you guys
Either way, those guys did the right thing by staying away and keeping in touch with Coast Guard.

Basically, if there wasn't a point to the killswitch, it wouldn't be there. So wear it.

Their, probaby combined 4-500 lb weight, could have maybe dislodged the bow into the water, but I doubt it. It still would've been safer to board from the side.

And I always wear the kill switch lanyard on my right bicep. I normally tell my guests that, "If you don't see this neon green band on my arm, feel free to bring it to my attention, unless you are prepared to pilot without me."

 

[KC4YIN]

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So what happened in the first place to throw the 3 people out? There has to be a story there also.

 

[Beefer]

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So what happened in the first place to throw the 3 people out? There has to be a story there also.

Dunno. Supposedly were going in or out of an inlet, and they all got thrown...

 

[Tim Frank]

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So what happened in the first place to throw the 3 people out? There has to be a story there also.

I saw this first over a year ago on TV and it has been posted in here several times.
I don't remember any explanation of how the occupant(s) got thrown out.

 

[iop]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

There could have been what... like 100 gallons of gas on that thing!!!
You aint getting me with in a hundred yards of that thing until the next day!!

 

[ziggy]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

another good reason for a kill switch + a pfd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI

last summer 2 fellas got ejected from their bass boat on my local lake. no kill lanyard attached to the captain. no pfds... after the ejection the boat circled them at wot. 3 times. the third time around it knocked one fella out, he drowned. the other fella got chopped up. he obviously died too.

if ya got a kill switch. i'd wear it...

 

[Home Cookin']

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I read somewhere that the passengers were on the gunwale when they hit a swell sideways, throwing them and the driver out.

A tiller motor will almost always flop to one side, and circle; the point of the accident or whatever caused the driver to fall out is on that circle. Steering wheels may flop over, or like this one, hold the course. My boat is similar to the one in the video and it holds a straight course (tight steering) so that video is particularly telling for me. PS if you have the option, tighten your steering for this reason.

Climbing on rocks in most areas is a bad idea--sharp barnacles and oysters; slippery uneven surfaces, crevaces to twist ankles, etc. It was not a bad move to go up the bow; the motor certainly wasn't going to push the boat forward!

 

[Philster]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

another good reason for a kill switch + a pfd...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI

l..

Even if you're as dumb as a door nail and can't drive a boat (like the dope in the video above), and you have opposable thumbs, you can wear a safety lanyard and life jacket. Even lacking said thumbs, you could manage to get both on.

No brains required. Just repeat: Duh, my mamma done told me, to wear life jacket and lanyard. Duyah. Duh. Duh.

For some reason, that video of the guy zooming along in his bass boat just gets me completely annoyed. Before he crashes, I have this urge to punch him in his face. He's just a useless passenger. The friggin' boat might as well have been set to full throttle and the steering held straight by a crash test dummy. Well, I guess that's exactly what happened.

I've watched it before, and even though I know he is gonna get knocked upside his head, I really want to punch him and the camera operator. Seriously.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Phil, the bass boat guy was testing a boat/motor and was not just a random yahoo buzzing the lake. He had his PFD and kill switch on.
But I have seen plenty of non-professionals put themselves in similar spots, typically showing off

 

[QC]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

This thread reminded me of this story from Jan, 2006 LA Times Article

It's 3 pages long, but an odd set of circumstances and coincidences that you might enjoy. For reference, Catalina Island is 26 miles off of the Southern California Shoreline.

 

[45Auto]

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The above article tells me that I don't need a lifejacket, I can count on a blue ballon and a piece of driftwood to come along and save me if I fall off my boat - right?

 

[Beefer]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

The above article tells me that I don't need a lifejacket, I can count on a blue ballon and a piece of driftwood to come along and save me if I fall off my boat - right?

Correct. BUT, it has to be a BLUE balloon

 

[ziggy]

Re: Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

Philster


i don't get your post.

we've all been told that it's a good idea to wear our pfd's and lanyards. generally by someone else. people that are concerned with boating safety, leo's, usps, uscg aux, uscg, the list goes on. but folks continue to disregard this advise and don't wear these items. so we keep hearing it over and over. trying to get us to understand the possible ramifications of not wearing these items.

i don't know if this fella can drive a boat or not. he took the wave off the back of a cruiser wrong and at too high of speed while on the pad of a bass boat. perhaps he didn't understand the ramifications. now he does. but is alive to talk about it because of what.... pfd and kill lanyard. i thought he did right even. looked like speed run tests to me. i'd put these items on too under the circumstance. especially since i've never piloted a bass boat at any speed much less up on the pad...

note i spoke of 2 fellas that died last year at my lake. i was on the other side of a peninsula, only a few hundred feet from the incident but my view blocked by land. these two guys were billed on the local news as avid boaters and fishermen.. and they didn't listen to someone who said wear a pfd and kill lanyard. there boat was at wot when it finally was recovered. they got ejected and died. had the skipper worn his lanyard, one wouldn't have been knocked out, the other not chopped up. pfds would have been icing of the cake for them. but no. neither item, both dead.

two different stories and two totally different outcomes. one i was moments away from and watched as they recovered the bodies hours later, the other, a guy in a video that was listening to others and wearing the proper gear. whether he could drive a bass boat is irrelevant + i think the video demonstrates a

Good argument for the kill switch lanyard

................ and a pfd....

edit.... imho..