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Bass Boat Outboard Motors Struck Submerged Object, Flipped into Boat: a List

Back in February 2012 we developed a list of outboard motors striking submerged objects, breaking off, and flipping into boats. We instantly noted a large percentage of these accidents involve bass boats with high horsepower outboard motors. We have since identified 21 occurring since February 2012, plus several earlier ones. Many of the accidents we […]

Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated 2 June 2014

We updated list of boat accidents on our Outboard Motor Struck Submerged Object and Flipped Into Boat page today (2 June 2014). The updates included one 2002 accident, several 2013 accidents from the recently released USCG 2013 Public Boating Accident Report Database (BARD), and the recent Todd Iwamoto and Rex Chambers accidents. We also added […]

Propeller Injuries Up 65 Percent in USCG 2013 Statistics

16 June 2014 UPDATE – According to corrected USCG statistics propeller injuries were actually slightly down. Below we will explain how the error was identified, corrected, and why we kept this post History of this Post We created and posted this article on 23 May 2014 based on the then recently released U.S. Coast Guard […]

USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2013

U.S. Coast Guard released their annual recreational boating accident statistics report on Wednesday May 14th. The total fatality count for 2013 was 560 deaths, the lowest number of fatalities on record. USCG reported 251 propeller accidents, 309 propeller injuries, and 24 propeller fatalities. We cover the huge spike in recreational boat propeller accidents, injuries, and […]

Bass Boat Operators Ejected Overboard Underway in Open Water: A List

While bass boat operators have been being ejected /thrown out when underway in open water for decades, recent trends are contributing to the growing list of those ejected. Among these trends include: Availability & popularity of higher horsepower outboard motors Growth of the bass tournament industry Professional anglers wanting to get from one spot to […]

Challenges of Identifying Similar Boat Accidents of Types Not Classified by USCG’s BARD

U.S. Coast Guard’s Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) remains the primary source for those trying to identify individual recreational boating accidents of a certain type in the United States. It is compiled from accident reports sent to USCG by the individual states and territories. The Coast Guard’s Annual Boating Statistics report does a nice job […]

Our List of Outboard Motors Flipping Into Boats Was Updated 18 November 2013

We updated the spreadsheet on our Outboard Motor Struck Submerged Object and Flipped Into Boat page today (18 November 2013). The update included eight pre 1994 accidents we encountered since our last update. We put a “NEW” in the BARD column to identify them as recent updates. Our additions included the Elizabeth Ann Gaus (age […]

Updated List of Pontoon Boat Bow Riding / Over the Bow Propeller Accidents

We recently spent quite a bit of time updating our May 2013 list of Pontoon Boat Bowriding propeller accidents. Since creating the list in May 2013, we have become aware of or identified approximately 45 more over the bow pontoon boat propeller accidents. In addition to adding many new accidents, we also cleaned the list […]

Boating Industry Provides Misleading Propeller Accident Statistics

The boating industry has a long history of misleading the public and authorities by providing recreational boat propeller accident counts much lower than the official accident statistics provided by the U.S. Coast Guard. Several of these instances result from the industry falsely using Event 1 only statistics to represent the total number of propeller accidents, […]

2012 Public BARD Released – Our lists updated

U.S. Coast Guard sent us a copy of the Public Release version of their 2012 Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) in late May 2013. We were busy with a few other projects at that time, but recently had some time to look more closely at the database. The big news is more states allowed their […]