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[ratdude747]

Use a kill switch.
My nephew and I were in Minnesota many years back. From the kitchen in their family cabin, we saw a boat doing circles across the lake. Thought it was kids fooling around. When we came back in later in the evening, we learned that a lady had been tossed from the boat and was run over by it as it went in circles.

My boat is grandfathered (1976 Starcraft Montego). The helm is somewhat crowded-in at least.

Wouldn't be hard to retrofit (ground the tach signal the same way the shift interlock kills the engine) but I've always heard not to since legally it'd be a one-way change.