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Padstow tragedy

If you have a boat with a hand throttle & it is possible to get thrown out - WEAR YOUR KILL CORD.
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The Coastguard hands these out to kids at Beavers here; nice to know the message is being pushed early.
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Would it be a good idea to get some of these made up with the CMBA logo to show our support?

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Yes - I agree Simon, we will look into it.

See here for the official MAIB report. Could have happened to any one of us.

It is a shame that wireless kill cords are not available at a reasonable price. The Coastkey system, one of only two I found in a 10 min Google search, seems to be the one to have - but at £458.00 + vat it is far from cheap. These devices are much more likely to be used, most of us have had our KC attached then had to take it off to move around the boat for some reason & forgotten to put it back on.

There but for the grace of god etc. etc.
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This is in the Daily Express today.
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More here
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Interesting to read the Coroner talking about a review of boat training and the words compulsory being used, along with how powerful boats are now, vs the past. I think the MAIB report said both drivers had PBL 2 qualifications and read somewhere else they had 200 hours on that RIB and both used the kill cord on all occasions, bar this one. Not sure how further legislation could have helped in these very sad circumstances, but point taken anyway. We've even seen the small outboard motored tenders out of control and pilot-less, so one wonders where you'd start.
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