ALWAYS KEEP YOUR KILLSWITCH LANYARD ATTACHED -VIDEO 2025
Bobby Uhrig reply :
I would have at least tried to get close and shut down the throttle. I know the boat was flying . Maybe not jumped on board but try to do something. The only reason I think that these guys did nothing was they thought it was TRITON MIKES BOAT. If it was Dozers boat I would have gotten closer and throttled up. Remember seriously use your kill switch lanyards -they are there for a reason and they could save a life.
skillet reply :
Can never be reminded of these things too often 
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skillet
jeosbo01 reply :
Thanks Bobby!
My question is this though...what is the best way to deal with a situation like this? I use a kill switch anytime the motor is running, but we all know that many people don't. If this had happened at a busy lake on a busy day (could have...I don't know) there is a chance that several people could have been seriously hurt or killed.
Is the best course of action just to notify the authorities and sit back and watch? I fish from a 17' Tracker and would never even try to get close to another boat running all-out, but if I were in a different boat would there be anything else that could be done safely?
JuniorFisherJJ08 reply :
Seat belts saves lives in cars. Why aren't they in boats? lol...
fishfordollars reply :
Sad end to a good looking boat. Now the story I want to see is how they got thrown out to begin with.
Could be they just bailed and let it go. Wonder if the note was current?
Sam reply :
Kool. Thanks for sharing and reminding us to be attached to the kill switch when under power. 
done reply :
QuoteThanks Bobby!My question is this though...what is the best way to deal with a situation like this? I use a kill switch anytime the motor is running, but we all know that many people don't. If this had happened at a busy lake on a busy day (could have...I don't know) there is a chance that several people could have been seriously hurt or killed.
Is the best course of action just to notify the authorities and sit back and watch? I fish from a 17' Tracker and would never even try to get close to another boat running all-out, but if I were in a different boat would there be anything else that could be done safely?
I wonder, if it would do any good to drag a LONG line ahead of a boat in this situation to maybe get it on the prop and disable it. That would be the only thing I would think of. If i saw this going down on Wylie, if i tried anything that would be it. My main concern would be there are a LOT of boats on Wylie, a LOT of them towing kids, and I could not sit there and watch it just go into some.
I know from personal experience when my father accidentally got a tow line caught in our prop on the Niagara, it stalled the boat almost instantly. That is about all I can think of to counter this.
I do usually wear my kill switch, but I can honestly say, I have pulled up the TM, come off the bow, jumped in and gone and forgotten to hook it up sometimes. I put a lanyard on it so it is easy to hook it on and off so I had less of an excuse.
jeosbo01 reply :
QuoteI do usually wear my kill switch, but I can honestly say, I have pulled up the TM, come off the bow, jumped in and gone and forgotten to hook it up sometimes. I put a lanyard on it so it is easy to hook it on and off so I had less of an excuse.
When I first started using one I frequently forgot to put it on, I started taking the lanyard and draping it over the throttle handle so I had to either see or touch it to engage...helped get me used to always clipping it on before I started moving.
bottledgt reply :
thats why i like my hotfoot...
Koop reply :
There is nothing you can or should do to stop that boat. Let it hit the rocks, the owner should have insurance and will get a crash related settlement. No reason to try and do something crazy like board the moving boat and risk lives.
The guys in this video did the right thing, radioed authorities and followed the boat.
Bobby Uhrig reply :
It did look like it was hauln ***. I would probably have tried to get close on several attempts but never ever risk life- The thing to do was probably get in front -blow your horn to warn everyone to stay clear- I actually would have tried to get close and hit the throttle somehow. Ya never know how both people got thrown out and the throttle cable could have snapped and jammed at full speed. Hey as long as no one got hurt-no big deal -you can always buy another boat but lives aren't for sale. &Ya heard of throwin people under the bus- I would have thrown Dozer under the boat. WHERE ARE YOU DOZER-YOU COMING UP FISHING WITH US THIS WEEKEND????
done reply :
QuoteQuoteI do usually wear my kill switch, but I can honestly say, I have pulled up the TM, come off the bow, jumped in and gone and forgotten to hook it up sometimes. I put a lanyard on it so it is easy to hook it on and off so I had less of an excuse.
When I first started using one I frequently forgot to put it on, I started taking the lanyard and draping it over the throttle handle so I had to either see or touch it to engage...helped get me used to always clipping it on before I started moving.
not a bad idea right there.
Lund Explorer reply :
This just seems like a really stupid question, but where were the two guys that got thrown out of that boat?
While it makes a rather intense video for you tube, I have to wonder if anyone bothered to try to find them. I'm afraid I would have been more concerned about the victims.
done reply :
The comments on the video say another boat went and picked up the 3 people who fell out while these guys went after the boat.
frogtog reply :
Take you a crimping ring and crimp the lanyard to your life vest ring and you will always have it hooked up and vest on. After watching that boat run straight that far I would have just pulled beside it and swan dived right on in and shut her down. They do it all the time in Hollywood 
Triton_Mike reply :
Smartazz. All the guys from Jersey act like this Megastrike nut. Pay no mind to him. Right Dozer .
Bobby Uhrig reply :
He's playing with the New Mutt-Hes not answering- Actually the smatest thing Ihave heard was to spread the rope out. I thought about it and it would probibly work. It would probibly get in the prop is right.
Glenn reply :
I see some rather bizarre comments here - at least to me. I have the killswitch lanyard attached to a D-ring on my life vest. Since I ALWAYS wear my vest, the lanyard is always attached. Seems odd to do it any other way, IMHO.
Also, I learned a good safety tip from an Elite Pro this year at the Classic: Attach a killswitch lanyard to your passengers' vest too. That way, he can easily operate the boat, should you get thrown for some reason. Otherwise, he'll need to lean over and manually hold the switch down while trying to operate the boat. Make sense?
looking4structure reply :
Wow that was wild stuff.Kill switch lanyards are so important.
Bassn Blvd reply :
QuoteThere is nothing you can or should do to stop that boat. Let it hit the rocks, the owner should have insurance and will get a crash related settlement. No reason to try and do something crazy like board the moving boat and risk lives.The guys in this video did the right thing, radioed authorities and followed the boat.
Unless you've had training. Once you have had PROPER training then it is quite easy to pull up next to the boat and board. I've done it from a 32 foot center console onto a 40 foot "go fast" in 2-3 foot seas going about 40.
Long Mike reply :
Glenn, that took a while to percolate through my brain, but I finally realized that it's not the lanyard that's important. The important thing is that each person has his own key for the kill switch. That's a little detail I, and probably many others, have overlooked. Thanks for the heads-up.
Fishbone reply :
Quotethats why i like my hotfoot...
What's a hot foot? Sounds like something I could use.
Bassn Blvd reply :
QuoteQuotethats why i like my hotfoot...What's a hot foot? Sounds like something I could use.
A gas pedal for a boat.
Glenn reply :
Yes Mike, that's what I meant.
A hotfoot won't work the same way. It won't shut the engine off, thus the boat will still move forward at idle speed, making it very difficult to "catch" while swimming, and downright dangerous to board from the aft.
I have a hotfoot and would never rely on that instead of my killswitch.
TruflShufl reply :
QuoteI see some rather bizarre comments here - at least to me. I have the killswitch lanyard attached to a D-ring on my life vest. Since I ALWAYS wear my vest, the lanyard is always attached. Seems odd to do it any other way, IMHO.Also, I learned a good safety tip from an Elite Pro this year at the Classic: Attach a killswitch lanyard to your passengers' vest too. That way, he can easily operate the boat, should you get thrown for some reason. Otherwise, he'll need to lean over and manually hold the switch down while trying to operate the boat. Make sense?
I do the same thing, leave mine attached to my life jacket and leave my life jacket in my seat, make sure to put it on before I take off and I'm always secured.
My kill switch is a toggle, I'm guessing the newer ones aren't?
done reply :
I have my life vest rigged with a leatherman and a long nose set of pliers. I never take it off. Especially when I am up front.
My only issue is remembering to hook the lanyard to my vest when I sit down. On a windy day, I am much more likely to forget as I will be moving quicker after having pull the TM out.
flechero reply :
QuoteMy kill switch is a toggle, I'm guessing the newer ones aren't?
Same here
Glenn reply :
Correct. The newer ones are like a button. A clip holds the button out, so when it's jerked out, it goes down and activates.
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