Life jacket & kill switch

Bubba_Bruiser · 05-11-09, 10:51 AM

Unless I go to the gym 12 hours a day for the next 10 years and build my arm strength, I don't think I will be going this fast in my boat. But it is another good wake up call for wearing a PFD and a kill switch. I know some of you guys have the balls to the wall bass boats. And I know some of us fish as co-anglers so you might want to speak up when the owner doesn't hand you a PFD or attach his kill switch.

http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI

It will just take a couple of minutes of your time.

MississippiBoy · 05-11-09, 11:13 AM

Holy crap, he came close to that motor. Lucky he's alive.

It starts happening at about 1:20 in that video. Everything before that is him running the boat by the camera 4-5 times.

bcklash · 05-11-09, 12:17 PM

WOW -- Everybody that drives or rides in a boat needs to see this.

66KingFisher · 05-11-09, 02:03 PM

Thats exactly the kinda thing I was referring to in the other post about "training" boaters how to safely cross wakes and rough waves.....prime example of what can happen and just how easy it can happen.....glad the dude survived.

bamabassman · 05-11-09, 05:36 PM

stupid people doing STUPID things. NEVER will i try to jump another boats wake. tha tis why i say he is STUPID. should not do this gang. EVER!

woody · 05-11-09, 08:11 PM

Bubba you may have just saved someones life.

~Mark

MrPhotographer06 · 05-11-09, 09:10 PM

even in wakeboarding, you dont try and jump a wake, just the rider jumps the wake

carolina-rig-01 · 05-11-09, 10:37 PM

yeah that was spooky.

BassinID · 05-11-09, 11:46 PM

Its amazing he wasn't blended by the prop!

Bubba_Bruiser · 05-11-09, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by woody

Bubba you may have just saved someones life.

~Mark

You know after watching this myself you always think about how safe you are in a boat because they say it won't flip over and how safe they are. They show the commercials with 75% of the boat cut out and how it won't sink. But they don't mention that when you are travelling at high speeds, if the momentum of the boat suddenly changes, I don't care how strong you are, you are not going to hold on. It's sort of like a seat belt in a car. People gripe about them, but they will hold the driver under the steering wheel to perhaps help the driver regain control. You don't have that luxury in a boat unless you install them.

MississippiBoy · 05-12-09, 12:59 PM

Bubba, I just realized that's on Ross Barnett, about 5 minutes from my house. Wow, that makes it even more real...

Bubba_Bruiser · 05-12-09, 08:45 PM

I meant to mention that I got it off a post on the mdwfp.com forum. I wasn't trying to plagarize or nothing, just trying to hook a brother up. hahahahaha

Rebbasser · 05-13-09, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassinID

Its amazing he wasn't blended by the prop!

That's where the kill switch comes in. When he was ejected the kill switch pulled out and did what it was supposed to do-instantly killed the engine. If he had not been using it he probably would have been blended by the prop.

everettvet · 05-20-09, 04:34 PM

That is one of the worst things that I have ever seen. Life jacket and kill switches for me.

05-11-09, 10:51 AM	#1
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Life jacket & kill switch Unless I go to the gym 12 hours a day for the next 10 years and build my arm strength, I don't think I will be going this fast in my boat. But it is another good wake up call for wearing a PFD and a kill switch. I know some of you guys have the balls to the wall bass boats. And I know some of us fish as co-anglers so you might want to speak up when the owner doesn't hand you a PFD or attach his kill switch. http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEETjztLqI It will just take a couple of minutes of your time. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

05-11-09, 11:13 AM	#2
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	Holy crap, he came close to that motor. Lucky he's alive. It starts happening at about 1:20 in that video. Everything before that is him running the boat by the camera 4-5 times. __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

05-11-09, 12:17 PM	#3
bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	WOW -- Everybody that drives or rides in a boat needs to see this. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

05-11-09, 05:36 PM	#5
bamabassman BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cedar bluff, alabama Posts: 15,292	stupid people doing STUPID things. NEVER will i try to jump another boats wake. tha tis why i say he is STUPID. should not do this gang. EVER! __________________ so many lures, so little time.

05-11-09, 09:10 PM	#7
MrPhotographer06 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 2,096	even in wakeboarding, you dont try and jump a wake, just the rider jumps the wake __________________ For Those I Love, I will Sacrifice: US Army since 2012

05-11-09, 02:03 PM	#4
66KingFisher BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mena,Arkansas Posts: 1,327	Thats exactly the kinda thing I was referring to in the other post about "training" boaters how to safely cross wakes and rough waves.....prime example of what can happen and just how easy it can happen.....glad the dude survived.

05-11-09, 08:11 PM	#6
woody BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Jonesville, Indiana Posts: 3,597	Bubba you may have just saved someones life. ~Mark

05-11-09, 10:37 PM	#8
carolina-rig-01 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Webb City, MO Posts: 6,387	yeah that was spooky. __________________ You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough.

05-11-09, 11:46 PM	#9
BassinID BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Too far from largemouth, Idaho Posts: 672	Its amazing he wasn't blended by the prop!

05-12-09, 12:59 PM	#11
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	Bubba, I just realized that's on Ross Barnett, about 5 minutes from my house. Wow, that makes it even more real... __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

05-12-09, 08:45 PM	#12
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	I meant to mention that I got it off a post on the mdwfp.com forum. I wasn't trying to plagarize or nothing, just trying to hook a brother up. hahahahaha __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

05-20-09, 04:34 PM	#14
everettvet BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Paducah, KY Posts: 730	That is one of the worst things that I have ever seen. Life jacket and kill switches for me.

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