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24 September 2012, 13:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: CORNWALL
Length: no boat
Join Date: May 2006
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6 mtr rib, 150 outboard, NO Kill Cord
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24 September 2012, 13:23
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Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,872
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Originally Posted by sticky
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North Coast tossers! 
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24 September 2012, 13:23
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Country: France
Town: Côte d'Azur
Boat name: Beaver Patrol
Make: Avon Searider SR4
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,934
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I find it so contradictory that they harp on about everyone wearing a kill cord (which is a good idea!), but they don't use them them selves! I wonder what the logic is. And no, I'm afraid I don't agree that because they've been trained at the holy grail that is Poole that they are better helms than anyone else afloat.
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24 September 2012, 14:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bristol/Devon
Boat name: Nella
Make: Ballistic
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha 130
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 364
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Not sure you've read the article properly Tim!
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24 September 2012, 16:35
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Member
Country: USA
Town: New York City
Boat name: T/T Something Bigger
Make: Bollinger 6MAvon 5.4
Length: 10m +
Engine: TJohnson75hp/Y90
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Interesting tid bit is there are kill cords on ex US Coast Guard Boats but not on ex US Navy boats. I had to add one to mine, but not everyone does.
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24 September 2012, 18:38
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: macclessfield
Boat name: Reach Out
Make: Quicksilver
Length: 4m +
Engine: 30hp Tohatsu EFI
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 301
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The laws of physics say that a boat at any fixed steering angle will do a circle of what ever size and then run you over, if you are in the water.
Now boat may not come back and run you over due to other effects, but could kill a swimmer or other boater... All pleasure boats should use a kill cord, all the time.....
He must of being turning hard (having fun) when they got thrown out, so should of concidered all safety before carrying out such manuvers.
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24 September 2012, 18:41
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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You don't have to be turning hard to get turfed out of a RIB - it's surprisingly easy and can happen in quite benign circumstances...
...always wear a Killcord! 
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24 September 2012, 19:20
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hamble
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Dec 2002
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"speedboat" 
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24 September 2012, 19:27
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon. uk
Boat name: bananashark
Make: me
Length: 7m +
Engine: opti 225
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 325
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Originally Posted by Tim M
I find it so contradictory that they harp on about everyone wearing a kill cord (which is a good idea!), but they don't use them them selves! I wonder what the logic is. And no, I'm afraid I don't agree that because they've been trained at the holy grail that is Poole that they are better helms than anyone else afloat.
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Totally agree!
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24 September 2012, 19:30
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
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Are there not Speedboats?
I thought those were what the lads on Boatmad have? You know, for water-skiing with... 
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24 September 2012, 20:00
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: N. Devon
Boat name: (Not Another) Nutkin
Make: Highfield
Length: 6m +
Engine: Outboard, Honda 135
MMSI: 232036183
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,046
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Ouch ..........
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24 September 2012, 20:05
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: London/Oxford
Make: Ribcrafts
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150hp/2x115hp
MMSI: 235090215
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 2,250
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim M
I find it so contradictory that they harp on about everyone wearing a kill cord (which is a good idea!), but they don't use them them selves! I wonder what the logic is. And no, I'm afraid I don't agree that because they've been trained at the holy grail that is Poole that they are better helms than anyone else afloat.
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24 September 2012, 20:27
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: cornwall
Boat name: nothing
Make: rib eye 430
Length: 4m +
Engine: tatsu 50
MMSI: 666
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,915
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agree on that too . I have been maintaining a mariner 30 for our local slsc its ex rnli and its simply fitted with a throttle return spring . The idea is if one the lifeguards are thrown out of the boat in surf the other can simply take over without having a dead engine in the surf break and losing the boat .
It bloody lethal , after a few days use on the beach the throttle sticks anyway . They use the boat for IRB racing practice where a casualty is collected then they return to beach and the driver sprints up the beach to a finish line . The boat is contantly driven up the beach flat out and left throwing sand everywhere with the motor going flat out . they had a brand new mariner 30 this year and had stuffer the rubber engine mounts in 3 weeks
I no longer volunteer to fix it for them
Dunno about other bigger lifeboats , but as far as iam concerned the biggest danger on any surf beach is the lifeguards in their IRB
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