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Gary, thank you very much. FB- Doug

Agreed, if you have a prop guard it makes a prop strike fatality much much less likely... problem is, that's a pretty rare circumstance. Of 2 the other youth sailing fatalities reported in the last decade (total of 3) the other two were rigging entanglement in a capsize. I don't know what other...

One of the things I have emphasized with the junior coaches I work with is shift/throttle control. They are all great sailors but learning to drive a motorboat is different and can be difficult; I dunno if it's easier to teach people who are familiar with driving a car. But it's absolutely...

The one time you don't flush the motor and run the gas out of the carb is going to be the one time circumstances get in the way, and the boat sits a week / month or two. You've heard the black box theory of good luck? A lot of flyers believe in it too. You do rote chores that are a PITA but...

Thanks- we ended up doing only a small amount of actual drill, but had a great conversation about priorities and imperatives. One of them came up with the comparison to a stick of dynamite... don't light the fuse until you are one million percent CERTAIN you can toss it away. Don't hit the...

On the contrary, rational discussion and evaluation can help prevent this from happening again. Looking thru this thread again, I don't see any of the things you're ranting about. Certainly nobody is blaming the instructor, or finger-pointing. But hey, this is the interwebs. Have fun, knock...

It is a sad day, this incident is a nightmare. One of the points I have tried to get across to those involved with our youth/junior programs: sailing is very safe, by statistics it is the safest youth sport by far. But the stakes are extremely high, an accident is just as likely to be fatal as...

This is a nightmare. My deepest sympathy goes out to that boy's family Here is the main info from the above-linked article........................ UPDATED at 5 p.m.: A 10-year-old boy was killed after he was struck by a boat propeller during a sailing lesson in the vicinity of Centerport Yacht...