Kill Switch Lanyard on Wrist – Image courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard
WSF did a great job in using emotion to bring the point home to boat operators. It is nice to see the use of a silent message that really drives the point home and it does it quickly.
Congratulations and thanks to WSF for creating this safety video. We encourage others to share it as well.
Don’t forget to attach your lanyard!
Propeller Safety BARD help
These materials are not professional advice. They are educational materials to stimulate discussion. They encourage boat builders to develop their own processes to best use BARD for their specific situation.
We hope boat builders / boat manufacturers will use them to Post Sale Monitor the Safety of their boats and take action when needed.
Propeller Safety BARD help logo
This is not professional advice. All materials provided here are for educational purposes only.
Our worksheets can specifically assist boat builders in applying our Boat Builder BARD Episode videos. They aid boat builders in applying the process we teach in the videos. Read More →
BARD
We produced a series of videos in an attempt to expose members of the boating industry to the BARD database. We particularly encourage boat builders to use BARD as a tool to monitor post sale accidents involving their boats and use that knowledge to improve the safety of their vessels. Some call this post market or post sale surveillance.
This paper describes methods used in the videos to identifying accidents involving a specific boat builder’s vessels in BARD. It also discusses how certain search methods compare with one another in terms of how much effort and skills they require and how successful those search methods might be. Read More →
Propeller Safety BARD help logo
Post Sale Monitoring is sometimes called Post Sale Surveillance or Post Market Surveillance.
The BARD database has some quirks and shortcomings, but it is the best tool available to identify boat accidents by manufacturer this side of insurance records which are not publicly available.
We now provide a number of BARD training videos and support materials to assist boat builders using BARD as part of their post sale safety monitoring program. This page features a large chart showing how BARD can fit into a broader program to post sale monitor accidents involving vessels built by a specific boat builder. Read More →
Propeller Safety BARD help
PropellerSafey.com announces the release of a series of nine training videos on use of the U.S. Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database, BARD.
It is our hope boat builders will take this opportunity to identify boat accidents involving their vessels, learn from them, and take action to prevent or mitigate these accidents.
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While 500 posts is a real marker, we note our site also boasts an additional 91 Pages, each one another separate post by itself. The Pages can primarily be reached by the upper top menu bar. They are generally topics that remain current, while at least some of the posts may be more fleeting in interest level.
500 posts is a significant milestone. If you add this post, plus the 500 posts, plus the 91 Pages, that makes a total of 592 articles on this site. We hope our viewers find at least some of our propeller safety coverage helpful.
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We look forward to continue publishing articles related to boat propeller safety.
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Mercury Marine launched the 1st mate, the marine industry’s first engine integrated man overboard and proximity based theft deterrent system in Dusseldorf in late 2019. They announced that launch in the U.S. on January 20, 2020.
Wearable wristband fobs (think Fell Marine, Mercury’s wireless technology partner), are worn by the operator (operator always gets the red one) and up to 7 passengers (other colors).
Mercury Marine 1st Mate wireless lanyard system
Quotes below come from Mercury Marine’s 20 January 2020 press release: Read More →
A hat blew off woman on the upper deck of a rental houseboat on Shasta Lake in California back on May 30, 2015. Olga Cioban walked down to the first deck, heard an engine running she thought was the generator, jumped from the stern to retrieve the hat, and was struck by the houseboat propeller.
Later she married the boat operator and became Olga Cioban-Liontiy.
She sued Yamaha (drive manufacturer), Twin Anchor (houseboat builder) later determined to be Waterway Houseboat Builders, and Silverthorn (houseboat rental marina).
Olga Cioban-Leontiy
v.
Silverthorn Resort Associates LP, Waterway Houseboat Builders, Volvo Penta of the Americas LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Sacramento Division
Case # 2:17-CV-01626-MCE-CMK
Silverthorn houseboat in Cioban case.
photo from Defense Expert Captain Timmel’s Rebuttal report