An idea to reduce boating deaths

skolbe said:
Sorry - no interest in that death trap. That's why we got rid of the 260 and bought the 320. But a 360 would be that much safer. That is the only reason I upgraded.
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You're not helping.....Wait 'til Gary updates the chart with Deisel v Gas and then you'll see your deathtrap in a hole new light.
I think I better verify that 360DA I'm eyeing has oil burners.
 
I was just concerned about your families safety. But - Oil Burner is probably the SAFE choice, along with the latest safety items, radar, new chartplotter, satellite weather radio...
 
Probably more important than air bags is a zodiac with a fast motor.
 
No wonder the hair stands up on the back of my neck when I go boating, I must be having a near death experience. :wow:
 
This chart is extremely misleading because it is not indexed. Obviously there are a lot less larger vessels so there are less passengers and therefore less deaths just by lower odds.
If this is to mean anything, it would need to be indexed (e.g. deaths per 1000 boats in the respective class) such as traffic deaths are.
 
IMO it comes down to education and knowledge improvement.

When we’re talking about smaller boats, lots of people still treat them as water toys. They don’t realize all importance of the boating education. Even better example is majority of jetskiers, excluding boat owners with great deal of knowledge that pull jetskies behind or on their boats.

The fact that some states starting to enforce mandatory boating certification is a big plus. But I think it should be just like a driving license with driving test involved. Lets be realistic, the fact that a person just spent 3-4 hours in the classroom has nothing to do with actually operating a vessel or pwc.

I have never heard any salesman talking about boating education, at least when it comes to small boats. Their main focus is just to make the sale. So, if every boat sale had included at least some basic education it would only help. In a way, throwing free safety course in to the deal sounds like another selling point and might attract few extra customers and turning them in to more knowledgeable boat owners too, IMO.

Another quick idea is for dealers to run more courses, but include them as part of some fun activities (demo rides or dock parties). MM holds number of different seminars (women on water, kids on water, navigation, etc.), so I think if they include something fun and educational it would help a lot. For example “refresh your skills” for seasonal boating regions.

I’ve noticed in the past that dealers keep their list of events to limited number of “preferred” customers. Only lately I began to notice that MM is starting to reach out and expand their list to other customers. But, I think they still have tons of improvements to do in this area.
 
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Nehalennia said:
My boat's currently for sale because I don't want to die. The First $225,000 takes her home, or I'll deliver. This way I can buy that '05 360DA in my neighborhood.
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The first $225,000.00, man where do you live, inflation is really amuck

If you can get that much I will pay to have mine hauled there and sell it for, I will make it easy and settle fro a measly low-ball offer of $750,000.00

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I bought a Sea Ray to curb my craving for cigarettes. I will never go back to a go-fast. Maybe that should be listed as a benefit of buying a Sea Ray?:huh:
 
everthing's irie said:
How about all cigarette boats. On our lake these guys run WOT on crowded weekends never slowing down.
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YEah, they can be bad .. too much testosterone combined with too little brain and alcoholic beverages ... you can often see it on our lake.
Two years agos a local marina owner going 60mph+ drove his go-fast Donzi up a cruiser's back end at 10PM and killed the couple and their dog. He was under the influence of alcohol and pain killers. Then before his trial he got caught again in FL driving under the influence. He's away now in sing-sing for a loger period of time now
 
Honestly, I really think there needs to be some sort of licensing (outboard, jet, I/O, inboard, single and dual) to drive a boat as well as proof of insurance. There is no accountability for some, "Hey Joe Bob I only paid 1000.00 bucks for this boat/pwc and lets run the crap out of it, and oh by the way hide your cans". is what I am talking about. I have had people pass a stern close enough to hand them a sandwich or play chicken to where you have to do evasive maneuvers to miss them because they just don't know or care.

Maybe it is just a Texas (I haven't boated anywhere else) thing but man it really throws me on a soap box, some people just don't care.:smt013 What is it about water and an IQ.
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I will bow out now with my .02 worth:smt024:smt014
 
Recreational boats, or does this include our Deadliest Catch oil burners??? Then it would look underreported to me... but then again 90% of statistics are made up 70% of the time... yep, that's it...
 
Do you need a boat licence to rent the deck boats etc on the lakes in the U.S ?

In most states here in Australia you cant hire a boat that can go over 10 knots unless you have a licence.
 
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