markc
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.. you can't start the rib so paddle a mile or so back to the boat at anchor in the pitch dark, tie up the rib, get the wife and kids off, then find the kill cord in your pocket.
Don't you just hate it when...
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Portofino
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You won’t do it again , if there is a upside ?
Mr Googler
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Saved fuel!
ST840
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Don't you just hate it when you do something that the wife and kids won't ever let you forget!
westernman
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My MIL did not appreciate it when I insisted she get into the dinghy we had just launched.
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I had forgotten to put the bungs in and it was sinking.
billskip
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You'll not find a yotti that hasn't done daft things, it goes with the territory...
BruceK
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(Captain Of The Year)
Hooligan
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This of course begs the question……a little too much Red??
Portofino
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Careful underwriters are watching , the internet had ears .This of course begs the question……a little too much Red??
markc
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Totally sober... maybe that makes it worse!This of course begs the question……a little too much Red??
markc
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Fortunately I'm not a big drinker, and anything boaty involving kids etc is a no drinking occasion for me.Careful underwriters are watching , the internet had ears .
oldbloke
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An outboard missing its kill cord is easily hot wired by using a piece of string, shoe lace etc etc.
Davy_S
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True, but even better is to have a couple of cable ties handy, they fit perfectly!
BruceK
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Because we beach and abandon our tender regularly I have a farmer atv / plant killcord on, you cant easily hotwire it unless you remove and connect the wires. (The cap depresses the switch instead of lifting it)
Howeveer to bring this back on track I was under the impression that the OP was unaware at the time that the kill cord was missing and put it down to a recalcitrant engine. Something I have done often enough myself.
Howeveer to bring this back on track I was under the impression that the OP was unaware at the time that the kill cord was missing and put it down to a recalcitrant engine. Something I have done often enough myself.
markc
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Yep, you are 100% correct!
TSB240
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I can totally empathise with the op. Just last Sunday I returned to our dinghy carefully escorting a very well oiled admirable after a night at the yacht club.
I couldn't find the kill cord.
The Admirable was in no state to remember if she had it or had given it to me after landing.
I did however manage to find a piece of farmer's friend floating by.
In the light of my head torch I wrapped this around the kill button and happily we made it against a full flood tide to our moored boat.
I was just able to pour the Admirable on board and down below.
I retrieve our dinghy and outboard ready for an early morning get away.
Later in the process of removing the Admirable boots,who was now fast asleep...............
I found the kill cord around her ankle!
Do you know why it's called a kill cord?
I couldn't find the kill cord.
The Admirable was in no state to remember if she had it or had given it to me after landing.
I did however manage to find a piece of farmer's friend floating by.
In the light of my head torch I wrapped this around the kill button and happily we made it against a full flood tide to our moored boat.
I was just able to pour the Admirable on board and down below.
I retrieve our dinghy and outboard ready for an early morning get away.
Later in the process of removing the Admirable boots,who was now fast asleep...............
I found the kill cord around her ankle!
Do you know why it's called a kill cord?
Farmer Piles
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One small but significant upside: at least it was in your pocket and not lost.