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Ryan’s Law filed in State of New York

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· Saturday, January 19th, 2019 at 03:44 PM 
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Back in June 2018 Suffolk County, New York voted to require propeller guards on boats used for youth instruction. The law was named for 12 year-old Ryan Weiss, killed by a boat propeller at Long Island’s Centerport Yacht Club in July 2017. Ryan was killed during a training exercise on righting a capsized sailboat. Now, […]

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Propeller Guard law passes: Suffolk County New York

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· Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 at 04:23 PM 
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This is really big news. Likely the first time ever in the United States that people protecting propeller guards have been required by law. On June 19, 2018 Suffolk County, New York voted unanimously to require boat propeller guards on boats used in youth instruction.The law, known as Ryan’s Law comes one year after the […]

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Propeller Guards: ABYC Marine Law Symposium

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· Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 at 05:00 PM 
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ABYC’s Marine Law Symposium 2018 was originally scheduled to be part of ABYC’s annual Standards Week in Charleston, South Carolina in January 2018. However, a major east coast snowstorm postponed the event until 10 April 2018. The theme of the topics selected was, “The Anatomy of an Accident”. The day long event featured sessions titled: […]

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Brunswick follows our lead, files patent for neural network Virtual Propeller Guard

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· Monday, January 29th, 2018 at 09:15 PM 
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Brunswick Corporation filed U.S. Patent Application “Person Detection in a Marine Environment” on 5 May 2016. The patent application (US 2017/0323154 A1) was published by the U.S. Patent Office on 9 November 2017. As of late January 2018, the patent has yet to be granted. The basics of Brunswick’s patent application teaches the use of […]

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Propeller Safety Year in Review 2017

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· Saturday, December 30th, 2017 at 02:18 PM 
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A brief review of the major propeller safety events in 2017 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, regulations, and other related events.

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12 year-old New York boy killed by boat propeller during sailing lesson

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· Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 09:21 PM 
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Three boys in a sailing class at Centerport Yacht Club on the north side of Long Island, New York were out sailing in Northport Harbor Tuesday afternoon 18 July, 2017. Their boat was capsized on purpose as part of a man overboard exercise. Two of the boys stayed with the sailboat. The third boy was […]

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Propeller Safety Year in Review 2016

Posted by Gary 
· Saturday, December 10th, 2016 at 05:20 PM 

A brief review of the major propeller safety events in 2016 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, regulations, and other related events.

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Hawaii boat propeller accident rekindles call for propeller guards

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· Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 at 03:31 PM 
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Faith Kalei-Imaizumi was participating in the Pailolo Challenge canoe race, a 26 mile race downwind from Maui to Molokai on Saturday 17 September 2016. During the race, escort boats bring out fresh crew members in exchange for tired crew members. Faith was in an escort boat. Her hat fell into the water, she dove in […]

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Marion Irving de Cruz passed from this life 18 May 2016: Emilo’s Mom

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· Friday, May 20th, 2016 at 10:12 PM 
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Marion Irving de Cruz lost a long battle with medical issues and passed from this life at her California home on Wednesday afternoon May 18, 2016. Know by many as a long time advocate for boat propeller safety, founder of SPIN (Stop Propeller Injuries Now, and by the boating industry as “one of those crazy […]

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Propeller Safety Year in Review 2015

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· Monday, December 28th, 2015 at 09:42 PM 
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A brief review of the major propeller safety events in 2015 including safety meetings, accidents, legal cases, deaths of those involved in the movement, statistics, patents, articles published, public service announcements, anniversaries, regulations, and other related events.

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