JP Derose boat accident

[jediangler]

Glad everyone involved is OK and the runaway boat didn't cause any bodily harm to other nearby competitors.

I've never heard of this happening at a kayak fishing tournament though .

[mart]

Good to hear JP and Greg weren't injured. Must of been a scary moment when it happened. It can happen to anyone so safe boating everyone...

[irishfield]

Hey JP... there are better ways to try and get your pilots licence!!!

 

Glad everyone is okay.. and the boat survived as well.

[TJQ]

Glad no one got hurt!! I'd be the pot calling the kettle black if I was gonna preach.

[Twocoda]

 

I've never heard of this happening at a kayak fishing tournament though .

 

thats funny.....i suppose it could though ....if you didnt secure your kayak to the roof of your vehicle ....it would probably fly off on the way to the tournament...

[misfish]

thats funny.....i suppose it could though ....if you didnt secure your kayak to the roof of your vehicle ....it would probably fly off on the way to the tournament...

 

[davis]

Just thought I might add for those that run big tillers like me that wearing your kill tether attatched to your life vest does little good when you fall backwards towards the motor. I learned the hard way with what could have been fatal for me, I now strap the kill tether to my left wrist so that if my hand comes off the throttle the motor will (hopefully) cut out.

 

 

My little 25hp outboard doesn't have a kill switch. In light of this event/thread, I'm thinking again that I should seriously look into installing one, if possible. Before I hit up the search engines, does anyone know of a method or means by which I can do this? Are there kill-switch kits that I can purchase and wire in?

[Twocoda]

No Wayne .. don't pinch the throttle

 

no no no ...according to my wife its "dont pinch or your gonna get throttled"

 

im going to start a group called Throttled Hubbies...lol....