Wanaflatsfish Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Horrible boating accident Thoughts and prayers for the family. Troy posted something similar at his dock a while back.... Throttles are always something to pay attention to when on the water..... DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINCHASER Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Thats as horrible as it gets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyB Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 very sad. Thank you for sharing. as awful as this is, the hope one person could be saved from seeing the story is worth sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfish Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Scary stuff. My 2 y/o son is obsessed with all the switches, lights - and throttle - on the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coto Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 How horrible! I can't even begin to imagine what that father is going through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulligan Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Coto said: How horrible! I can't even begin to imagine what that father is going through X2 Sure it is nice to just to slap it into gear but why not put a neutral lock on the binnacle? I'm pretty sure my old Evinrude had one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, mulligan said: X2 Sure it is nice to just to slap it into gear but why not put a neutral lock on the binnacle? I'm pretty sure my old Evinrude had one. But can you imagine the fun trying to dock in a raging current with some kind of neutral lock? It was a horrible, terrible accident! But it was an accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce J Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 A nearly identical accident happened to one of my friends and work partners this summer in Greece. He was on a rental boat with his two teenage sons and step-son. His 15 year old son fell off the front of the boat when they hit a wave. My friend was at the helm, but immediately hit his son. He dove into the water to bring his son back on board, but I believe he died almost immediately. It’s impossible to imagine how horrific that would be for him and the other two boys. Since then, every time I’ve seen a boat go by, maybe a little too fast, and with family or friends up in the bow, I think about how quickly things can turn very badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beak Boater Posted September 6, 2018 Report Share Posted September 6, 2018 Prayers to the family.....Yep see folks with their kids riding over the bow rail with the feet hanging over the side and cringe. FWC does a pretty good job of policing it because we have so much idle zone around us here. Story has been in the news a week here in Ft. Meyers, hopefully his loss will not be in vain and others can learn a very hard lesson from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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