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July 4th weekend 2022 boat propeller accidents

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, July 9th, 2022 at 01:16 PM 
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We noticed a significant increase in media reported boat propeller accidents over the weekend of July 4, 2022 compared to previous July 4th weekends. We briefly list the boat propeller accidents for the 6 day period beginning Saturday July 2, 2022 below. The list of of dozen boat propeller strike accidents includes 6 fatalities, two […]

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USCG releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2021

Posted by Gary 
· Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 at 01:59 PM 
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The U.S. Coast Guard released their annual 2021 recreational boating accident statistics report on 16 June 2022. Total number of accidents, injuries, and deaths were down significantly in 2021. 2021 USCG NARD reported accident statistics were 4,439 accidents, 2,641 injuries, and 658 deaths. 2020 USCG BARD reported accident statistics were 5,265 accidents, 3,191 injuries, and […]

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Tangmo killed by boat propeller in Thailand

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, May 28th, 2022 at 12:54 PM 
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A beautiful young actress known as Tangmo (Nida Patcharaweeraphong, age 37) fell from a speedboat into the Chao Phaya River in Bangkok Thailand. Tangmo was on a restaurant trip with friends on Thursday February 24, 2022. Tangmo had been seated at the rear of the boat and fell in about 10:40pm. Early reports said 30 […]

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Yamaha Patent Application: Propeller Status Indicator Lights

Posted by Gary 
· Thursday, May 26th, 2022 at 09:54 PM 
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Back in April 2014, Brunswick was issued U.S. Patent 8,803,711 for what eventually became Mercury’s Moving Propeller Alert device. It uses several LED lights to display a rotating pattern when the propeller is turning and the boat is stationary or barely underway. Mercury has on online brochure. Now, in 2022, Yamaha’s U.S. Patent for a […]

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Ethan’s Story: Importance of engine cut-off switches

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, May 20th, 2022 at 11:05 AM 
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Ethan Issacs’ family created a great video about their wonderful son, Ethan, who is no longer with us. Ethan lost his life because a youth sailing coach failed to attach their boat engine kill switch lanyard. In the video, the local Sarasota Florida police department recounts that day. (See our initial coverage of the accident.) […]

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Prevent Unauthorized Operation of Rental Boats Invention

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 at 06:32 PM 
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Our invention eliminates / stops / prevents unauthorized individuals from operating rental boats during the rental period, sometimes called nonauthorized operation The disclosure below of our invention to Prevent Non-Authorized Operation of Rental Boats was posted on February 8, 2022. We will make no changes to the text below the line following this paragraph except […]

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Malibu moves for new verdict / new trial in Batchelder

Posted by Gary 
· Friday, September 10th, 2021 at 08:42 PM 
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Malibu Boats filed for a Judgement Not Withstanding the Verdict (JNOV) on September 7, 2021 in the Batchelder vs. Malibu case regarding the $200 million verdict with about $140 million being against them. Malibu says, To the extent that the verdict and judgment impose successor liability on Malibu Boats for the actions of Malibu Boats […]

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Boat Accident Trials: Harsh Forum Comments on Verdicts

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 at 01:50 PM 
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Some thoughts for those who tend to offer snap judgements about what happened in boating accidents along with what should have happened in jury trials. When we read about boating cases/trials in online boating forums, we naturally want to weigh in on what we think happened in the accident. In addition, we also want to […]

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Malibu Boats loses 200 million dollar jury trial

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, August 28th, 2021 at 11:52 PM 
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Parties in the Batcheler vs. Malibu Boats Legal Case / Trial in Georgia. Stephan Paul Batchelder & Margaret Mary Batchelder (parents of Ryan Batchelder, deceased). Dennis Ficarra (operator of the boat and Ryan’s great uncle). Malibu Boats West. Malibu Boats LLC. 5 July 2023 UPDATE In late June 2023 Malibu reached a settlement agreement to […]

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USCG releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2020

Posted by Gary 
· Wednesday, June 30th, 2021 at 03:48 PM 
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U.S. Coast Guard released their annual 2019 recreational boating accident statistics report on 30 June 2020. Total number of accidents, injuries, and deaths were up significantly in 2020. 2020 USCG BARD reported accident statistics were 5,265 accidents, 3,191 injuries, and 767 deaths 2019 USCG BARD reported accident statistics were 4,168 accidents 2,559 injuries, and 613 […]

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