[BITList] Motorboat near disaster

[M.j. Feltham]

This is what happens when you get an inexperienced person using a too highly

powered outboard for the type of craft – I question the use of the word “sailor”.

Dramatic moment sailor is rescued from sea after falling overboard and becoming

encircled by his own powerboat when steering mechanism became jammed

This is the dramatic moment a sailor had to be rescued from the sea after he was thrown from his powerboat which then started to circle him as he floated in the water.

The man was flung from the boat near the coast of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides after the steering mechanism jammed. A member of the Barra lifeboat

took this picture of the boat after the crew had managed to pull the man from the water on Wednesday. The crew rescued the man after edging towards him while managing to stay clear of the motorboat. The team than managed to throw a rope around the boat to bring it under control by snagging the propeller. The man was then taken ashore by the lifeboat to Castlebay. We pulled him out of the water with the help of the A-frame which is a custom built piece of equipment fitted to the lifeboat to retrieve casualties from the water.' The incident led the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to issue a warning for sailors to use a 'kill cord' which clips the driver to the boat’s engine cut- off cord - so they can deactivate the engine even if they fall out of the vessel.

Stornoway Coastguard watch manager Carol Collins said: 'Fortunately the casualty was wearing a wetsuit, otherwise it may have been a different outcome, even after only a short time in the water. 'He was also at risk of serious injury from his own vessel which continued to circle him with the outboard engine running.' Source : DailyMail _____________________________________________________________________________________________

  			 
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