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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Oh dear...... sure it wasn’t in Mic..... :0)
Boat may have been in reverse.
bttt
:-)
Coulda been Arizona too........
A tight turn at too high a speed can be pilot error.
But it could also be from steering malfunction.
Years ago, large outboard motors that were controlled with a steering wheel instead of a tiller, worked by a system of cables on pulleys between the wheel and the motor.
When a cable snapped, the engine was free and there was nothing to prevent the propeller from walking the outboard sideways, immediately putting the boat into a vicious turn if at high speed.
If the boat were going over that fast, you’re probably better off jumping than having the boat land on top of you and knocking you out.
Trapped underneath the boat and unconscious, would seriously reduce your chance of survival.
There might still be some old boats with steering like I’ve described.
I assume modern steering systems have safeguards against this happening—but I guess can always happen (as when the bolt securing the steering gear to the motor fails).
“A tight turn at too high a speed can be pilot error.
But it could also be from steering malfunction.
Years ago, large outboard motors that were controlled with a steering wheel instead of a tiller, worked by a system of cables on pulleys between the wheel and the motor.
When a cable snapped, the engine was free and there was nothing to prevent the propeller from walking the outboard sideways, immediately putting the boat into a vicious turn if at high speed.
If the boat were going over that fast, you’re probably better off jumping than having the boat land on top of you and knocking you out.
Trapped underneath the boat and unconscious, would seriously reduce your chance of survival.
There might still be some old boats with steering like I’ve described.
I assume modern steering systems have safeguards against this happening—but I guess can always happen (as when the bolt securing the steering gear to the motor fails).”
Good point and a “surprise” like that will over come about anyone.
Ah, lol.
Yeah, in one of our man-made lakes where the drinkers and partiers and McC voters hang out.... :0)
Michigan?
Means he was trying to flee the sounds of the Jaws movie theme.
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