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Old 06-15-2014, 09:29 PM
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Man that sucks for sure. I have a question though. It has always baffled me how someone falls out of their boat and the prop hits them. I would think the boat would wizz by before you got to prop. Do most of the prop injuries happen when the boater falls out of the back? Just curious
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:41 PM
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Man that sucks for sure. I have a question though. It has always baffled me how someone falls out of their boat and the prop hits them. I would think the boat would wizz by before you got to prop. Do most of the prop injuries happen when the boater falls out of the back? Just curious

If the boat makes a circle while you are bobbing around... Usually something a little violent sends you out and the wheel or tiller is your only grip, so it gets yanked and the boat just does doughnuts.

Not saying this is what happened though...
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:41 PM
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Man that sucks for sure. I have a question though. It has always baffled me how someone falls out of their boat and the prop hits them. I would think the boat would wizz by before you got to prop. Do most of the prop injuries happen when the boater falls out of the back? Just curious

I would imagine that most of the time it's trying to hang on and keep yourself in the boat leaves you hanging over the edge for a little while which would then get them sucked under the boat. I don't know of it would even happen that way but that's how I'd imagine it happening in my head.


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Old 06-15-2014, 09:58 PM
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I would imagine that most of the time it's trying to hang on and keep yourself in the boat leaves you hanging over the edge for a little while which would then get them sucked under the boat. I don't know of it would even happen that way but that's how I'd imagine it happening in my head.


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This is exactly what can happen. I hit something one time in the intracoastal and it knocked my tiller out of my hand and boat started bouncing in circles wide open. I was hanging off the side trying to reach my tiller about to go over. If I would've went over the prop was coming right over me. I finally got hold of the tiller and shut the motor off just in time. Half my body was soaked from hanging over the side.
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Old 06-15-2014, 09:42 PM
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Man that sucks for sure. I have a question though. It has always baffled me how someone falls out of their boat and the prop hits them. I would think the boat would wizz by before you got to prop. Do most of the prop injuries happen when the boater falls out of the back? Just curious
A lot of times the boat turns and starts going in a circle.... That's when it gets bad.

I rescued a guy about 20 years ago on Toledo Bend. Tiller handle 25 Merc.... The guy was moving his gas line around while running and I assume hit a stump or log.

It threw him overboard.... When I finally got to him he told me he was getting ready to go under.... He was totally exhausted from treading water and dodging the boat.

He was too exhausted to get in the boat. I have him a life jacket to put on and another one to hang on too and slowly pulled him to land. Took me and 2 other guys to get him out of the water. He was totally exhausted, rubber legs....etc....
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