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Guest 
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Another bad news storey http://hollandregatta.org/2006/news/article.asp?Id={E733518B -D5E7-4EF4-8894-777F4834BA49} I hope this guy turns up ... |
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MikeBz
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 12:25am |
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Not sure what killcords have got to do with this? a) If he/she had been wearing a killcord then he/she would have survived (climbed back in? Not easy on your own unless you're pretty fit). b) If he/she had been wearing a killcord then the boat wouldn't have been spotted "taking an unusual course" so soon and hence the alarm would not have been raised so quickly (I'm not suggesting this is a valid argument for not wearing a killcord!). Mike |
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 6:52am |
Mike, Lets assume this guy has fallen overboard ... if he had been wearing a kill cord then the RIB stops and he get back in ... which is easy to do if you step up on the ventilation plates. With no kill cord either the boat circles and runs you down or just motors of without you. Despite what you say it does look like you are presenting and argument against kill cords ... rick Edited by Guest#260 |
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BBSCFaithfull
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 8:53am |
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Hmm personallay i usually where on but not always. I am a competent enough driver to not most of the time except on the sea when i never move the boat without one on. But condonences to the lost man and family
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 8:59am |
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Kill cords are like boyancy aids.
Never set foot on a (power)boat without one, and it just feels wrong not to wear them |
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scottish_tornad
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 12:11pm |
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Having been in the situation of having to rescue a rib driver from the water while the runaway rib was trying its best to run us down I would always wear a kill cord even on a flat pond. its always the unexpected event that causes an accident in my opinion there is no excuse for not wearing one if it is fitted. |
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29er397
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 12:15pm |
i personally don't think wearing a kill cord is to do with competence in driving the boat. I am a competant sailor (i hope  ) but that doesn't stop me capsizing on the odd occasion. A guy at my club had to do an emergancy stop and he wasn't on the throttle quick enough, he was straight out the side of the boat with it going in full throttle and right lock right beside him! at one point he was only a couple of feet from the prop! This guy was quite an experianced driver, but everyone makes mistakes. lucky a towing line fowled the prop before the boat was on the rocks! (the kill cord fell off his leg - his own fault for not securing it properly  ) |
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laser47
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 1:21pm |
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we have floats fitted to them all at hawley now in case they get dropped so there's always enough for all the boats - no excuse to go out without one
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29er397
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 2:19pm |
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ours stay on the boats permanantly, unless something goes wrong they should never come out the keys, and if they do they go str8 back in!
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Calum_Reid
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Posted: 27 May 06 at 4:21pm |
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No excuse what so ever for not wearing one.
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