Avast there mate!
"There are divers over the side, do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea or operate any underwater equipment without first contacting the Chief Engineer and the diving supervisor."
Posted on 06/06/2010 11:28:13 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A man sustained “severe” chest damage and an “amputated digit” after he jumped from his boat and got tangled up in the propeller Saturday, according to Okaloosa Island Fire Capt. Mike Howard.
The man’s boat started sinking and he jumped, suffering severe injuries to his chest, left arm and left side, Howard said. A Coast Guard boat picked him up at an unknown point in the water and brought him to the Coast Guard station on Okaloosa Island.
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Why would anyone jump on a prop??
Jump! Jump! Oh crap.......
When I was a senior in high school...my cousin did something like this. He was drinking and fell off the boat...then got tangled up with the propeller. Another guy from a second boat ended up saving him. He had a huge gash across his head and it a good seven inch type cut.
Note to self: Check that engine is off before abandoning ship.
If the prop was turning the boat was moving even if it was sinking. Ever try to out swim even a slow moving sail boat? You'll be surprised how fast they move when you're in the water. My guess is the boat ran over him.
If he had any training in water craft safety he would have shut down the engine before abandoning ship, in fact, almost ALWAYS the best course of action is to stay with the vessel. Small vessels are designed not to sink.
Maybe he should have started the bilge pump first. Or maybe shut off the motor. Or maybe check the boatplug before he launched. I’m having a hard time working up some sympathy on this one.
Sometimes it’s just not your day.
Avast there mate!
"There are divers over the side, do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea or operate any underwater equipment without first contacting the Chief Engineer and the diving supervisor."
If the prop was turning the boat was moving even if it was sinking. Ever try to out swim even a slow moving sail boat? You'll be surprised how fast they move when you're in the water. My guess is the boat ran over him.
If he had any training in water craft safety he would have shut down the engine before abandoning ship, in fact, almost ALWAYS the best course of action is to stay with the vessel. Small vessels are designed not to sink.”
100% correct you always try to keep the boat afloat even stuffing your clothing in the leaks that beats being in the water every time and why the engines were not shut down is Curious ,I have been on sinking boats and the worlds best bilge pump is a scared man with a bucket.
“When I was a senior in high school...my cousin did something like this. He was drinking and fell off the boat...then got tangled up with the propeller. Another guy from a second boat ended up saving him. He had a huge gash across his head and it a good seven inch type cut.”
We learned a healthy respect for the props early from some people who had horrific injuries limbs missing and so forth.
Well at least he didn’t puncture a lung (I hope). Now his problem is going to be infection, beside pain.
“Why would anyone jump on a prop??”
An equally good question, and one unanswered, is “why was the boat sinking”?
“Damn. Chummy sort of fellow.
Avast there mate!
“There are divers over the side, do not rotate screws, cycle rudders, take suction from or discharge to the sea or operate any underwater equipment without first contacting the Chief Engineer and the diving supervisor.”
Exactly even skiing we circle wide so the fallen person can grab the line now going in re boarding Engine off.
You are so right, politicianslie - this stuff should be on a license test for boaters. I knew a women who lost an arm this way... dreadful.
Or some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug.
Even true for vessels that don't have built in flotation.
There's been many cases where a ship was abandoned at sea during a storm, only to be found still afloat after the storm had passed, surviving the storm on its own.
As for the fellow who jumped, unless there's something the story omitted (e.g. boat might have been capsizing while under weigh, as when turning too sharply for the speed, and he tried to jump clear), he probably just panicked.
Okaloosa is Ft. Walton Beach Florida area.
” Even true for vessels that don’t have built in flotation.
There’s been many cases where a ship was abandoned at sea during a storm, only to be found still afloat after the storm had passed, surviving the storm on its own.
As for the fellow who jumped, unless there’s something the story omitted (e.g. boat might have been capsizing while under weigh, as when turning too sharply for the speed, and he tried to jump clear), he probably just panicked.”
That could be the reason he jumped and the boat was moving under him.
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