poorly leg

[ccscott49]

A word of warning! Last week, I had a problem with the throttle and gear control on my dinghy, it went out of sync, when I started it, the throttle was open in nuetral, when it started, I put it back into the central position, only to find it dropped into gear, at full throttle. (30 hp) The dinghy was tied to the boat, but then tried to take off, it tipped up, almost completely over, threw me out of the boat and bashed my leg and ankle on the rubbing strake, causing a fair amount of deep cuts and abrasions, plus a very bruised and battered ankle. Luckily or by design, I had the kill switch around my wrist, I always have, the engine stopped, I dread to think what my big yamaha would have done to my body! The cause of all this, one loose screw inside the box, which holds the handle mechanism on! Moral of the story, use the kill switch cord, always and check your controls occasionally for correct operation, they had been playing up for a few days, but we thought it was just salt! Thankfully my ankle is healing and the cuts are also healing, please be careful! I will from now on.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Could have been much worse Colin, as you already realise!

An incident like this certainly brings home the importance of the kill switch. Hope your injuries aren't too painful.

 

[Col]

There's easier ways to shave your legs!
;-)

http://www.arweb.co.uk/argallery/boaters?&page=2

 

[ToMo]

Perhaps this is an arguement for taking less water with it!!......glad you ok mate, just imagine if it had been the third one! - ouch.
TôMö

 

[hlb]

Hope yer ok Colin.

No one can force me to come here-----------
----- I'm a Volunteer!!!

Haydn

 

[suzanne]

Thank goodness your alive, only just by the sound of it! When I heard about that helicopter and riggers I thought iof you!

Be careful!

Suzanne xXx

 

[claymore]

I always have the killcord strapped to my willie.
Hope that helps.
Glad you are ok

regards
Claymore

 

[Chris771]

Re: Risk Assessments

Sounds like all those Task Risk Assessments they have us doing offshore are working Colin.

Glad you are ok.

You may have seen my post last week....had to let my anchor go off the Ribble last Thursday. Could not get it up on my own.. unable to do the transition from rope on the capstan to chain on the gypsy without someone to drive boat ahead into swell.

A quick mental Risk Assessment meant that I let it go, just lost about £250 worth of anchor & chain. The bonus is that I still have all 10 fingers which seems like a bargain.

So we will all do well to take note. Before leaping blindly into a risk situation, just take half a minute to think through all the risks and what simple things you can do to mitigate those risks.

Thought through properly you may occasionally lose or damage equipment, but will walk away unharmed. You can always earn the lost money later, but fingers, arms, eyes and legs do not grow again.

Colin's moral is: if there is a safe way or safety device .... USE IT

Colin may have a few cuts and bruises, but is essentially undamaged I am glad to say. We all need to enjoy our boating, most accidents can be avoided with just a little forethought.

So, always try and take a few seconds to think it through rather than just "Doing"


Chris

www.impact-computers.net/boat/cruiser.htm

 

[ccscott49]

Suzanne! Thankyou, I feel for the families of thodse guys, I don't yet know if I knew any of them, but theres a good chance I will have known somebody who does. Thanks again for your thoughts. I will also be a little bit more careful in future with the inflatable!

 

[ccscott49]

Thanks for all your support, the leg is healing nicely!