I got a paper cut once, there should be warnings on those things.

Maybe a guard, too.

Scotty

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
...
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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