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WEAR YOUR KILL SWITCH AND LIFE JACKET!! (Yes, Again!)
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:32 pm
Can't believe I'm writing this, as I was just reading through the thread yesterday about the guy in Big Lake.
Was riding a 16' flat with a 50 today out of Forked Island for work. We ran a canal to the job site and were heading back to the dock down the same canal when WHAM!
Before I knew it the boat turned 90° and I was flying across the boat, smashed my face into something then just went underwater head first. We were running about 25-28. I thought the boat was going to flip. It happened so fast you wouldn't believe it. Faster than getting thrown off an intertube or faceplanting on a knee board. I only realized what happened once I was in the water.
We were extremely lucky as neither of us hit the prop and we came away with only bruises and a few cuts.
Life jacket and kill switch probably saved me and my co-worker's lives today.
ETA: We hit something just under the surface. Log I guess. The water was deep, I couldn't feel the bottom when getting back to the boat.
Was riding a 16' flat with a 50 today out of Forked Island for work. We ran a canal to the job site and were heading back to the dock down the same canal when WHAM!
Before I knew it the boat turned 90° and I was flying across the boat, smashed my face into something then just went underwater head first. We were running about 25-28. I thought the boat was going to flip. It happened so fast you wouldn't believe it. Faster than getting thrown off an intertube or faceplanting on a knee board. I only realized what happened once I was in the water.
We were extremely lucky as neither of us hit the prop and we came away with only bruises and a few cuts.
Life jacket and kill switch probably saved me and my co-worker's lives today.
ETA: We hit something just under the surface. Log I guess. The water was deep, I couldn't feel the bottom when getting back to the boat.
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 5:52 pm
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Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:36 pm to ultralite
all these reports making me nervous taking my 6mth old and wife to the camp this weekend
ETA: Glad to hear no one was hurt!!
ETA: Glad to hear no one was hurt!!
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 5:39 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:37 pm to ultralite
What happened? Steering shite the bed or hit something?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:40 pm to Boats n Hose
See edit. (hit something just under the surface)
And it was a tiller handle 50.
And it was a tiller handle 50.
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:43 pm to ultralite
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JAKET
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:49 pm to KingRanch
damn KR... already? dude almost died 
Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:51 pm to ultralite
Hit a tree underwater once while I was facing the transom in a tiller handle boat. We were going about 30mph and the engine cover smashed me in the nose at about 29.9mph
Posted on 6/17/14 at 6:17 pm to ultralite
Same thing happened to me in te Miss River in a 14' skiff except I was able to grab the side of the boat and keep from being thrown out. No life jacket or kill switch and 17 years old.
Decided then God must have a plan for me
Decided then God must have a plan for me
Posted on 6/17/14 at 6:22 pm to ultralite
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And it was a tiller handle 50.
The law states 20hp and higher, PFD's and kill switch must be on with a tiller motor.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:06 pm to fishfighter
Unless the boat is longer than 16'
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:16 pm to fishfighter
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The law states 20hp and higher, PFD's and kill switch must be on with a tiller motor.
Last I checked it was 10hp or greater, basically allowing the 9.9hp and 9.8hp motors to avoid being covered.
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