Mike you spend way too much time on the journal.

A 14 year old was killed q few weeks ago by a propeller. A wave knocked him over board. Read the dads story on sky news, never want to read a story like it again.

He might be unlucky and they ll give him a spoon.

Spoon sounds alright. He’ll have the last laugh when he’s gobbling up his cornflakes and you’re rooting around in the dishwasher for clean cutlery.

You have very little sympathy for a man who lost an arm? You’re not very nice, are you?

@ Marina,I see people taking risks almost every day on water and also see the results of the carnage left behind.
A few years ago a RIB went out of control when the cox was ejected after hitting a wave,the boat (twin outboards) went on until it beached on a part of a shoreline that is normally full of swimmers.
Or if you go to my facebook page for clinton marine services and just have a look at the picture of a man after being struck by an outboard.
I do feel sorry for the man and the thoughts of being injured is horrific.
If my post came across as uncaring or unsympathetic I apologise as it was not intended to come across like that.
I remember speaking to a chap that lost his son due to a boating accident where the lad severed an artery and bled out in front of his Mother & Father and his story shook me to my very core.

I understand the reasons behind your comment Mike, I just found it very callous to say you had ‘very little sympathy’. I’m sure he’ll regret his decision every day for the rest of his life, but hopefully it will be a lesson to other boat users.

I think your missing Mikes point. Although my sympathy is with this man on his loss of limb, he should be aware of the safety measures whilst I. Charge of a vessel. The kill cord is designed to cut off (kill) the engine in the event do the operator falling overboard and so preventing injury or possible death by rotating propellers. If it was not functioning properly then he should not have taken the boat out or at the very least he should have been accompanied by someone who could control the boat in a man overboard situation. I agree fully with Mike when he says other water users were put at risk as a result of this negligence

The boat didn’t do anything wrong….
The driver didn’t follow safety guidelines and now unfortunately has to live forever with the consequences.

I’m a person who enjoys myself on and in the water and know the importance of a safety cord. He’s lucky he just lost an arm. There are far worse boating incidents out there and it’s generally down to the persons themselves not paying proper attention to health and safety.

A bath? What Century did you spring out of? Lie in a soup consisting of decaying skin, residue of your own urine and fecal matter, I think not