Do you wear your kill switch lanyard??
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Do you wear your kill switch lanyard??
Bodysnatchers thread got me thinking...
Do you guys actually wear it, or does it just hang there. I wear mine every time my boat is under power, unless I am moving to get back on my drift. I learned my lesson one time. I let go of the wheel for just a second to turn around and check something and just about got bounced out of the boat. I had a bunch of folks on board that were inexperienced boaters, so I would have been SOL. After that I always clip mine on. I actually would have no problem if they made it a law that the Captain had to wear it. Especially as fast as these boats are now.
I came across the Gandy bridge a couple years back and there was a boat doing circles out there with no one on board. Luckily I saw FWC on its way to it
Do you guys actually wear it, or does it just hang there. I wear mine every time my boat is under power, unless I am moving to get back on my drift. I learned my lesson one time. I let go of the wheel for just a second to turn around and check something and just about got bounced out of the boat. I had a bunch of folks on board that were inexperienced boaters, so I would have been SOL. After that I always clip mine on. I actually would have no problem if they made it a law that the Captain had to wear it. Especially as fast as these boats are now.
I came across the Gandy bridge a couple years back and there was a boat doing circles out there with no one on board. Luckily I saw FWC on its way to it
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if you have a good gps nav chartplotter you will not run aground and you will stay in open water. I never wear mine. Then again.. I have never been in my boat solo either.. I think if i was bymyeslf i would tho.
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I did a lot of solo night fishing and working on sport boats and I heard way to many horror stories yeah maybe just stories.But I dont want to be one of them and I hope to god than none here become one either.
Its just a little to get used to them "saftey devices"! Sorry but I have been there done that and I never want to go back!
Its just a little to get used to them "saftey devices"! Sorry but I have been there done that and I never want to go back!
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john l wrote:No because it makes it a pain in the azz to grab beer out of the cooler. Damn boat shuts off every time I reach for a cold one. Just playin my buddies grab beer for me. And no i don't ware one.
thats why i dont wear mine either
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Re: Do you wear your kill switch lanyard??
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I try to though.
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Re: Do you wear your kill switch lanyard??
if i had a motor for my boat, i would wear it. mostly cause i would probably be by myself most of the time.
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