I am writing this message so that hopefully no one else dies in such a needless way. A next door neighbor of mine was out in his Boston Whaler center console when a large wake hit the boat and thru him over the side. He was fine when he surfaced, until HIS boat which was still running in a circle, hit and killed him. I know that lifejackets are the most discussed when accidents occur on the water and not enough about KILL switches, myself included. This was a wake up a call to me and I hope that I can pass this on to all of you so that his tragic accident doesn't happen again.

Robbie

Sorry to hear about your neighbor.

topgunrcf,

Good point on the ENGINE KILL SWITCHES! I take them for granted at times. I too am sorry to hear of your neighbor's tragedy.

Thank you, 57 years old with three kids, one was to be married this fall. A real tragedy

so sad what a shame sorry to hear

that plain old sucks

I installed kill switches on two boats I own that didn't have them. If I'm lucky enough to survive the ejection, the last thing I want is the boat coming back at me. Also, with a kill switch, I may be able to swim back to the boat.

Very sorry to hear about your freind, hopefully others will take heed.

Robbie,
Sorry to hear about your friend. I always wear my kill switch. I believe it's called the "circle of death" when a boat comes back around like that unmanned.
Just a terrible shame for something like this to happen.
Dean

This is a very sad story and to think I explained to my wife last night what that switch was and then clipped it back under the dash. Maybe now I will put the clip where it should go and be smart about it.

Again, very sorry to hear about your friends.

Sorry to hear about your neighbor.
Kill switches. Use them.