There was a woman who made a campaign of the "exposed prop" issue. She lost her son when
he was swimming off his rented houseboat on Lake Powell and someone started the engine.
She has tried to get a federal law passed where all rented and chartered boats have prop
guards.

Actually, being struck by a prop is a major cause of death - not mutually exclusive with
falling off the bow. Almost all involve smaller boats under 25 feet.



"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:37:31 -0400, "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
wrote:

I case that I followed a few years ago went something like this: A guy was in his new
boat and left the marina restaurant at night. Wife was sleeping down below. Man
drives
into breakwater at speed; the wife is badly injured hitting her head on a bulkhead..
They
sue the dealer for selling a boat and not warning him that its dangerous. They sue the
manufacturer for not having seatbelts on the bunks. The wife's case was thrown out; I
don't know about the other.

Some guy ran over his wife after she fell off the boat and is suing Mercury
because the propeller didn't have a guard on it.

http://www.rbbi.com/invent/guard/pro...02/supreme.htm

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