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Archive for June 2011 – Page 2

Propeller Safety Year in Review 2010

A review of the major events in propeller safety in 2010 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, and other related events. This is our first year to put together a history like this and we look forward to it becoming […]

Propeller Guard Paradox Defense Defeated by Uncle Milton’s Ant Farm

From the mid 1990’s up to December 2002, the boating industry relied upon Federal Preemption as their primary defense in propeller accident cases. The industry said that since the U.S. Coast Guard did not require propeller guards on all boats, then individual states could not require them to have been on the boat involved in […]