I've seen videos of boats catching a wake on the chine and throwing out the driver. Also, I've seen videos of unmanned boats circling endlessly. But what I haven't seen before is one like this where the driver is floating without a PFD as the boat circles
Guys, please be sure to use your kill switch lanyard when operating your boats. This guy was very careless and tried to reach for his phone while the boat was going on plane....AND he wasn't wearing a PFD......AND he didn't use the lanyard. It's nothing short of a miracle that he's alive.
https://youtu.be/_o-aJCSxdE4
If your old Johnson/Evinrude doesn't have a lanyard, retrofit one. My old '79 9.9 just had a basic push button kill switch. I removed that and retrofitted a generic $15 kill switch that incorporates a lanyard. I haven't needed the lanyard since doing that, but I feel safer knowing it's there.
Happy boating!
Kevin
Guys, please be sure to use your kill switch lanyard when operating your boats. This guy was very careless and tried to reach for his phone while the boat was going on plane....AND he wasn't wearing a PFD......AND he didn't use the lanyard. It's nothing short of a miracle that he's alive.
https://youtu.be/_o-aJCSxdE4
If your old Johnson/Evinrude doesn't have a lanyard, retrofit one. My old '79 9.9 just had a basic push button kill switch. I removed that and retrofitted a generic $15 kill switch that incorporates a lanyard. I haven't needed the lanyard since doing that, but I feel safer knowing it's there.
Happy boating!
Kevin