safety tip

Saltwater Inshore Discussion
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Here’s a safety tip brought to my attn recently (I feel rather dense for not thinking of it sooner). Here’s the scenario. You and a buddy in the flats boat are going around a corner and hit a sandbar. You are thrown from the boat and knocked unconscious. You’re wearing, dutifully, the kill switch thereby rendering the motor dead. Your buddy is still in the boat drifting away from you. He has no way of cranking the motor to come get you cause the kill switch is on you…

So I now have an extra kill switch shim attached to the keyring of the boat keys so anyone left in the boat will be able to snap it in place and crank back up and come get me.

Obvious, I know, but surely someone else out there only has one shim on the boat.

Alex V

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slow down… just kidding, good suggestion. I only have the 1

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
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That’s why when I hit a sandbar at speed I throw my passenger over the bow into 1’ of water-yup did that to my neighbor last month. Of course the boat went nowhere since the prop was locked into the sand.

It is something to think about.

Thanks

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good tip there!..and while youre at ti…make a extra set of keys to your truck and keep in your tackle box( for ones dropped overboard or locked in your car)…and a boat key too…

miss’n fish’n

212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16

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I have the extra key on the boat, had not thought about a kill switch lanyard.

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The Honda’s have another kill switch wedge built into the controller above the switch. I think that a spare key is a great idea too, need to get one.

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Thanks, I haven’t thought of that.

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I will not divulge the stupidity of my action that sent the lone kill switch overboard; but, was able to pull/hold the switch on my F150 open
with my fingers long enough to get back in. Luckily, it was a short run

TALLYHO
19ft Seahunt Navigator
150 Yammy 4s

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I held the kill switch up with pliers and a piece of string when the plastic clip on mine broke. I always keep one on my whistle lanyard now.

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I left my boat key with the kill switch shim at home one time. Didn’t realize it until it was time to launch the boat at the ramp! Fortunately, I had an extra boat ignition key on the car key ring. But no extra kill switch shim!@!! then i looked at the divot repair/golf shoe key sitting in my console of the jeep and thought HEY, that forked divot repair tool is about the same size as the shim…perfect fit under the kill switch. Saved a trip back to the house!!! Now I always carry that divot tool in the car with me!!

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Many kill switches are designed so the the engine can be cranked without lanyard. OMC and Mercury come to mind.

Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160
Native Manta Ray 14

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Virtual Lifeline. I use it. Well worth the investment!