Terrible Accident

Gilbert Pun · Mar 21, 2015

A fellow model boater had an accident a few days ago, when trying to pick up a dead FE catamaran with twin motors from shallow water, one of the propellers suddenly revolved again and cut his toes, hosipitalised and got 30 stitches.

Beware of dead boats in the water !

Jim Caldwell · Mar 21, 2015

Was anyone holding the transmitter at the time?

Gilbert Pun · Mar 21, 2015

a neck strap was holding the transmitter round his neck

Ray Sametz · Mar 21, 2015

Was he barefoot?

Gilbert Pun · Mar 21, 2015

Yes, he was

Richard Hartley · Mar 21, 2015

Ray Sametz said:
Was he barefoot?

Gilbert Pun said:
Yes, he was

I guess that says it all

ken stang · Mar 21, 2015

I bet he will where shoes next time. Thats why IMPBA says no open shoes when boating.

James montgomery · Mar 21, 2015

ouch that hurt my foot looking at it....always where shoes or steel toes....lol....no more barefoot or open toes as too impba rules as well...get well.

brad nichols · Mar 21, 2015

Even when you where shoes or boots you can still get cut. I was cut by the turn fin while I was retrieving my son's A mono when he was coming in and it went over my foot. Yes I was standing in the water and I had steal toe rubber boots on, it came over the top of my foot and sliced the top of the boot like razor blade and nicked that big vein on top. Picked up the boat and did not even realize I was cut until I sat down and felt my footy was wet. It 's amazing how much it can bleed in that short amount of time!!

Brad

HOTWATER · Mar 21, 2015

Gilbert Pun said:
A fellow model boater had an accident a few days ago, when trying to pick up a dead FE catamaran with twin motors from shallow water, one of the propellers suddenly revolved again and cut his toes, hosipitalised and got 30 stitches.

Beware of dead boats in the water !

OUCH!! Did you call the toetruck for him?...lol...j/k

Andy Greene · Mar 21, 2015

Not trying to be rude, but a text book post on what NOT to do- ESP- with an F/E Boat....

Lesson learned the hard way and a poor reflection of those being safe IMHO .

The title of the post should have read- Stupid Mistake.

Gilbert Pun · Mar 21, 2015

We re playing on a beautiful beach,on a warm day one cannot help to wear swimsuit and trying to be barefoot on the nice sand and nice water whenever possible.

Certainly it is a very good reason learned.

JimStephens · Mar 22, 2015

Thanks for the reminder to be careful out there! Even though the boat is "dead" treat it like a loaded gun until you get the batteries disconnected. Nice graphic picture...LOL I can see it now, Dude, get a picture of this... Glad he is ok.

TimothyJones · Mar 22, 2015

Respect the prop, trust me i know.

Last year my hand slip while putting on the cowl of a heat of sport 40 in Charleston.

I ran the heat but went to hospital after.

Thank god my Jj was there.

Thank You Jenny ,aka jj apparel

Tim

brad nichols · Mar 22, 2015

Prop gaurds should be built into the boat stand so your hand can't get near the prop when running. Anything in the water is sharp!! We discussed this at our last meeting that when retrieving electric boats that there should be 2 people in the boat and props should be left sticking out over the water not the interior of the retrieve boat.

Brad

Kevin Krogness · Mar 22, 2015

Ouch!!

Jim Caldwell · Mar 23, 2015

The driver of the r/c electic boat should be REQUIRED to put the trans down. I have seen drivers holding the trans while talking bump the thottle!

SayMikey · Mar 23, 2015

Dont go in the water,use a pole. And never try to catch a running boat,your begging for an accident.

Tom Kelly · Mar 23, 2015

SayMikey said:
Dont go in the water,use a pole. And never try to catch a running boat,your begging for an accident.

And....an external battery disconnect should be a serious consideration.

Andy Greene · Mar 23, 2015

Tom Kelly said:
SayMikey said:

Dont go in the water,use a pole. And never try to catch a running boat,your begging for an accident.

Click to expand...

And....an external battery disconnect should be a serious consideration.

I have often wondered why the are required in other countries yet not by Namba or Impba .

Terrible Accident

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