Re: BAYLINER kill switch
Let me explain what happen to Dennis (my bro), and maybee try to explain my thoughts on the kill switch.<br />Dennis,his wife and were truckin up the ICW at WOT (roughly 30MPH) in the Capri. We were trying to outrun a squall line,and would've made it, except....<br />Even tho this part of the river was about a mile wide, we were fighting 2ft jumpers.We were holding our own,and the way this hull is designed,it was actually a smoother ride at WOT. This isn't saying much,as there was no way to take a bite outta a sandwich without getting salami in yer hair.<br />My bro was at the helm,with a pfd lanyard on.<br />I was beside him. We hit a good crest,and at the same instant,a gust from the bow, lifted two of the three ugly sticks up,and over our heads. My brother made a lunge for then at the same time I did. We colided midships,and I knocked him off-ballance. He fell backward.When he fell far enough,the peg pulled on the kill switch. All three of us,the poles,and anything that was not tied down, flew forward. I hit the windshield,his wife hit me, and he hit the bow cleat, then the water. He literally got run-over by the dead-propped boat,and did not come up for what seamed like a hour. When he did, I dove in after him with a throwable. He coughed-up water for a while,and we got him aboard.<br />He said when he went over,the boat was still moving. He did not know which was was up for a second,then he headed up.There was a hull there. He bumped his head good enough for a laceration. He also had a gash in his arm from the cleat or windshield.<br />We can laugh about it now, but the "3rd Mortgage" still has no lanyard and a disconnected kill switch.<br />I guess I'll hook it up when Florida FWC or Marine Patrol insists on us wearing it.But not until...And we all know that day is comming.
