RipTide Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 You should "NEVER-EVER" leave a motor running while people are in the water behind your boat or during loading via a swim ladder. If this doesn't drive the point home then I don't know what else ever will. Scroll down to the 5th reply. Enjoy. http://www.thehulltruth.com/scuba-snorkel-spearfishing-forum/721747-motor-off-when-divers-ladder.html#post8516459 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Only time i get in the water is when scalloping or tubing, but motor is always off. Even when boarding by climbing over the side. All of my buddies say the same, they wont get close until motor is off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Those pics certainly cause one to think that wear and tear to a starter is well worth the price to avoid a murphy's law kind of mistake. wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnook35 Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 The on,y time we have people in the water is in the keys lobstering. We only turn the motor off if we are anchoring. We do take a lot of caution and have more than one set of eyes always watching the people on the water. It is with all things. With lots of experience and knowledge you still have to diligent with your safety precautions. It is always verbally acknowledged that the boat is in neutral before going over or coming in. And if we have inexperienced people in the water there is someone else with them and we adjust accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCFD rtrd. Posted December 15, 2015 Report Share Posted December 15, 2015 If I remember correctly, back in the day, most throttle controls had a button on the handle that had to be depressed before you could shift from neutral to forward or reverse. Maybe this safety feature kept most of us old-timers from experiencing such a tragedy. I can't count the number of times I entered a boat with the motor running. I saw quite a few prop injuries when I worked for the fire dept. in central Fl. Most all were related to water skiing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quest4reds Posted November 3, 2020 Report Share Posted November 3, 2020 Yikes! Well although I haven't pulled anything with my boat yet, I can guarantee the motor will be OFF whenever someone is loading or unloading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted November 4, 2020 Report Share Posted November 4, 2020 I have been a motor off guy for many years. A few years ago three teenagers were killed locally. Enjoying a day on the Savannah river towing tubes or kneeboard the rope became tangled in the prop. The three boys were all trying to get the rope out of the prop with the old two stroke running. All thee passed out from the exhaust and drowned. I couldn’t believe the story but it honestly happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Not worth the loss.....Motor off!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennF Posted November 5, 2020 Report Share Posted November 5, 2020 Wow, that was tough to look at. When I was a small boy my father and uncle ran into the water and came out with a teenage girl in their arms and ran to a car. She was in bad shape. Afterwards my Dad said think about that, her life will never be the same. Unfortunately that was only the first skiing or boating accident I’ve witnessed. I’m 100% motor off anytime someone is in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beehaw Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 I tend to default to safety first. I am sure both of the people in those photos would rather have paddled back from eight miles out as opposed to what they had happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DavidG Posted December 6, 2020 Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 In 31 years in the medical field, 18 of the last with the FD before a career ending injury , I have seen tragedies of all type on the water and the worst was that all of them could have been prevented. Jet skiers are #1, alcohol mixed with boating are a close 2nd, and 1 incident of a airboat running through the marsh not seeing a kayak fishing. Doing 30-40 mph at night and not seeing that dock are probably the most we go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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