Back in April 2014, Brunswick was issued U.S. Patent 8,803,711 for what eventually became Mercury’s Moving Propeller Alert device. It uses several LED lights to display a rotating pattern when the propeller is turning and the boat is stationary or barely underway. Mercury has on online brochure. Now, in 2022, Yamaha’s U.S. Patent for a […]
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Yamaha Patent Application: Propeller Status Indicator Lights
Posted by Gary
· Thursday, May 26th, 2022 at 09:54 PM
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Categories : Preventing Propeller Accidents
Michael Broussard was bass fishing on Toledo Bend Reservoir with his father in 2018. Michael was operating the boat and failed to connect his kill switch lanyard. In April 2019 he posted an on vessel video of the event in multiple resolutions on YouTube.
Categories : Preventing Propeller Accidents
Why outboards break off bass boats paper
Posted by Gary
· Wednesday, February 27th, 2019 at 07:52 PM
In our continuing coverage of large outboard motors breaking off and flipping into boats it is obvious that most incidents in recent years involve bass boats. Some reasons are obvious: bass boats run fast, bass anglers are in a hurry in bass tournaments, and bass hang out in shallow water. However this paper digs much […]
Categories : Outboard Flipped Into Boat
BRP, Bass Pro, Yamaha, Land’N’Sea, Mercury & Brunswick donate to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
Posted by Gary
· Thursday, August 31st, 2017 at 03:48 PM
Thanks to the many marine firms contributing to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Evinrude Announces Assistance for Victims of Hurricane Harvey STURTEVANT, Wis., August 30, 2017 – BRP, a world leader in powersports, announced today the company will be assisting those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Evinrude has deployed equipment and resource support to the affected areas. […]
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12 year-old New York boy killed by boat propeller during sailing lesson
Posted by Gary
· Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 09:21 PM
Three boys in a sailing class at Centerport Yacht Club on the north side of Long Island, New York were out sailing in Northport Harbor Tuesday afternoon 18 July, 2017. Their boat was capsized on purpose as part of a man overboard exercise. Two of the boys stayed with the sailboat. The third boy was […]
Categories : Propeller Accident Report
Clippard vs. Yamaha outboard flipped in propeller case settled
Posted by Gary
· Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 at 02:43 PM
In May 2013 Timothy Clippard of Missouri was killed in a boating accident on Kentucky Lake during a bass fishing tournament. His fishing partner piloted the Ranger bass boat as they passed under a large bridge on the way back to weigh in. The 225 horsepower Yamaha outboard motor struck a barely submerged bridge support […]
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Ernesto Hernandez Struck by Boat Propeller Ernesto Hernandez, 23 of Hialeah, was among several who came to help push a large boat off a sandbar near Key Biscayne Florida on Sunday afternoon 4 May 2014. During the process, somehow he ended up behind the stern of the boat powered by four 350 horsepower Yamaha outboard […]
Categories : Propeller Accident Report
Unsafe Practices Portrayed in Yamaha Outboard / Boating Ads & Websites
Posted by Gary
· Thursday, February 20th, 2014 at 01:38 PM
Our review of unsafe boating ads, commercials, and websites found a startling number of Yamaha and Yamaha Outboard Distributor websites and publications portraying unsafe boating practices and behaviors, especially outside the United States. While some think we should not intervene outside our borders, in today’s society there are no borders. The same ads and materials […]
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Nicholas Milligan Boat Propeller Accident at Padstow UK: Two Dead 5 May 2013
Posted by Gary
· Monday, May 6th, 2013 at 12:31 PM
Nicholas Milligan’s family was on holiday in Padstow in North Cornwall UK on Sunday May 5, 2013. About 3:40 pm all the family members were ejected from Nicholas’ speedboat. The out of control boat / RIB began spinning in the Circle of Death. ******************** UPDATES – Victoria Milligan is raising funds for RNLI in the […]
Categories : Propeller Accident Report
Padstow UK Speedboat / Boat Double Fatality Propeller Accident ? 5 May 2013
Posted by Gary
· Sunday, May 5th, 2013 at 10:10 PM
A family of six on holiday in Padstow UK was boating about half a mile from Padstow Harbor about 3:40 pm Sunday May 5, 2013. All six people on board were ejected and the out of control speedboat began spinning in the Circle of Death. Two family members were killed outright (the 51 year old […]
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