Kill Cord Reminder

[Bern Hanreck]

Just putting the boat to bed for the night , went to remove the spare kill cord from the grab rail ( you know the one we keep handy in case we are in the briny and our crew want to restart the engine and pick up the mob ) , and the b****y thing snapped with no great strain on it whatsoever !

It's been covered before , but kill cords can vary in quality , or may get damaged or may simply age . Perhaps give 'em a check over now and again , and if in any doubt , replace . Safe ribbing All ! Bern

[willk]

They tend to become degraded in sunlight.

[jambo]

Originally Posted by willk

They tend to become degraded in sunlight.

Ok give up what the hell
Is the significance of the new colourful avatar?!
B

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[thomas]

The real old sea dogs only use the coiled rope ones and not the plastics one supplied with most engines - and dont put round your wrist.

[Nick Hearne]

I managed to get ejected from my SR4 last week
Thank god for kill cords
I was towing a 6' diameter ringo lost someone so cut in to a sharp turn to pick them up, ringo dug in as it dose some times (nose dives!) and as I was towing frame the top of the Aframe it just pulled the boat over I can remember thinking s**t it's going to turn turtle but no it went back from the 90 degrees! Claimed back in started up & pumped out the boat.
Just a reminder I have to be much more carefull in the SR as I had been using the 6m rib up to this & it rulls over the ringo!

Nick

[boristhebold]

Some plastic kill cords are just plastic, some plastic kill cords look like they are just plastic but do have metal wire running through them. So I would recommend the later one. The first type should be banned as they do snap.

[Ribochet]

Many thanks for the reminder - we can all get complacent and take them for granted

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