Is there a lesson to be learned here?

[TheBoatman]

In the new RYA Instructor mag Wavelength I was interested to read about how the Greeks stopped a runaway rib belonging to the Austrian Olympic sailing coach after he fell out of it?

Apparently, having fallen out the kill cord was only loosly tied to his wrist, so the boat decided to do its own thing, the Greek Marines turned up and decided the best way to stop it was to blow it out of the water.

Their first salvo broke the steering arm but didn't kill the engine with the result that the rib took off zig-zagging all over creation heading for the Mistral starting line, the Mistrals were ordered ashore (safest place to be with a runaway rib being fired upon). After sometime they (the marines) scored a number of hits to the fuel tank and line and the engine quit but didn't blow up!

Now the question is:

Should we, here in the UK, adopt this (Greek) method of approach to stopping wayward Mobo's/PWC.

Discuss?

PS
I know where I can lay my hands on a nearly new Yamaha 80 HP 4 stroke with only a few bullet holes in it.

Peter.

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[Sans Bateau]

Yeh, but can you gert hold af some AK47's?


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[ShipsWoofy]

Sod AK47's

Get a Milan and blast the thing into shreds.

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[Evadne]

You should never use anything smaller than a 20mm on a PWC.

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[KevB]

Ah ha, what you have failed to notice is us mobo's already have our stealth fighter for the raggies who get in the way.../forums/images/icons/wink.gif

Job done!


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[DJE]

No there is only one real solution and it's <A target="_blank" HREF=http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sailor570/pwchelp.htm>here.</A> Would also work on RIBs.

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[Sgeir]

DJE - liked it, but doesn't say how you get them (the hardware, that is).

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[mirabriani]

Hilarious!

Apparently there are a number of AK 47 lookalikes
available on the black market, originally from Croatia.
Should be in dodgy parts of London about now.

Alternately I recall that a device is now in existance
to turn off the ignition of an engine.
I fear the police will have it first, but eventually........
Raggies will rule!

Regards Someone Else


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[kds]

I loved it - particularly impressed by tha fact that they did not wait for the driver to fall overboard.
Ken

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