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Get Connected NSBC kill switch campaign image of a hand

Posted by Gary 
· Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 at 01:45 PM 
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The National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) “Get Connected” campaign, funded by a U.S. Coast Guard grant, encourages boat operators to connect the kill switch / engine stop switch. The purpose of connecting the kill switch lanyard / engine stop switch or using a virtual lanyard is to cause the boat to stop if the operator […]

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Kill Switch Public Service Announcement : Hunter Bland of U.F. bass fishing team

Posted by Gary 
· Monday, July 10th, 2017 at 11:16 AM 
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Hunter Bland and Conner Young of the University of Florida Bass Fishing team were ejected from their bass boat at speed during a Collegiate tournament in January 2017. A steering system failure caused the boat to abruptly turn to the right. Hunter was operating the boat and had the kill switch lanyard attached. Both young […]

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Patrick Oliver dies from propeller wounds from trying to rescue his daughter Katlyn

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, July 7th, 2017 at 08:07 PM 
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Earlier, we covered the accident in which Patrick and his daughter Katlyn Oliver were swimming behind a houseboat on their way back to shore. Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas. They were returning to shore after Katyln’s first boat ride. The house boat engines were started and reversed, Katyln […]

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Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, June 24th, 2017 at 06:49 PM 
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Katlyn Oliver, 4, was swimming behind a houseboat at Temple Lake Park, on Belton Lake near Fort Hood Army base in Texas. On Monday 26 June KWTX reports Katlyn and her father were swimming back to shore after taking a ride in another boat. Katlyn was excited and anxious to tell others about her first […]

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Yu Chen, Wakesurfer, killed by Univ Wisconsin Rescue boat propeller 21 May 2017

Posted by Gary 
· Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 01:21 PM 
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Yu Chen, 43, an accomplished wakesurfer (Sail Surfer) was teaching lessons on Lake Mendota in Wisconsin about 6 pm Wednesday 31 May 2017. The University of Wisconsin maintains a Lifesaving Station on the lake. Their boat was returning from a rescue to Governors Island when Yu Chen was struck between the UW LifeSaving Station and […]

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Master Deputy Devin Hodges Funeral is Today (6 June 2017) entrapped on propeller

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 at 09:39 AM 
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Deputy Devin Hodges of Anderson South Carolina Sheriff’s Office drowned while entrapped on a boat propeller on Lake Hartwell, 1 June 2017. We previously covered the accident at Deputy killed by boat propeller. As a well liked young man, serving in law enforcement, leaving behind a wife and four young children, there has been a […]

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Deputy Devin Hodges killed by boat propeller during training exercises on Lake Hartwell in SC

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, June 2nd, 2017 at 11:12 AM 
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Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) in South Carolina was conducting on water training exercises in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Lake Hartwell in the Singing Pines Recreational area near Starr South Carolina on Thursday 1 June 2017. ACSO Deputy Devin Hodges and another ACSO person were on a USACE boat […]

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USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2016

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, June 1st, 2017 at 06:46 PM 
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U.S. Coast Guard recently released their annual 2016 recreational boating accident statistics report. Total counts for 2016 Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) reported accidents were considerably higher than in 2016. 2016 USCG BARD reported accident statistics were 4,463 accidents, 2903 injuries, and 701 fatalities. 2015 USCG stats were 4,158 accidents, 2,613 injuries, and […]

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Log Strike Test System designed by student in Sweden: Fredrik Helgesson

Posted by Gary 
· Monday, May 29th, 2017 at 04:48 PM 
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A college student in Sweden, Fredrik Helgesson, designed a test stand to log strike test outboard motors (outboard motors impact floating logs). The report is titled, Konstruktion av “log strike”-testrigg for utomboardsmotorer. Back in early 2016 Mr. Helgesson, a mechanical engineering student at Halmstad University in Sweden, contacted us a few times for technical specifications […]

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U.S. Coast Guard NBSAC97 meeting part 1

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 at 05:08 PM 
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U.S. Coast Guard’s National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) held their 97th meeting in Arlington Virginia Thursday 23 March – Saturday 25 March 2017. The meeting was held in the ballroom of the Holiday Inn in Ballston in Arlington. The meeting room was setup with tables forming a horseshoe at the front of the room, […]

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