Re: [OMC-Boats] prop safety

"Manufacturers adopt whatever impractical in the real world shield that would serve to protect them from liability...owners promptly remove said unworkable shield and thus absolve the manufacturer of liability."

That's the truth!  I can see the first such shield would be a fully encased and water tight outdrive or outboard mounting that requires the owner/user to remove the casing if they want propulsion....and for each bolt, snap, or latch they undo, they have to sign a waiver....yada, yada, yada.

You suppose, if it was a previously owned boat, they contemplated suing the previous owner for selling the current owner a used "unsafe at any speed" product?

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

--- On Wed, 4/7/10, Peter Crowl <finboats@...> wrote:

From: Peter Crowl <finboats@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] prop safety
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:05 AM

Having just read the underlying article again  - in the cold light of day  - I think I see where this is  heading. Manufacturers adopt whatever impractical in the real world shield that would serve to protect them from liability...owners promptly remove said unworkable shield and thus absolve the manufacturer of liability. Can we see a show of hands in the room of people who have the blade guards properly installed on their table saws?   Hmmm.....thought so.   Peter neither do I in Denver

  On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:38 AM, BLDFW <bldfw@...> wrote:

Like you said, it's all about MONEY...and man has no bounds when it comes to greed...so there will no stopping the flood if it's not tossed out on appeal.

Personally I believe we would not be such a litigious society if lawmakers back in the 70's had not removed the prohibition on lawyers to advertise on TV.  Prior to that, there was not nearly the quest for free money as you see today.

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer

--- On Wed, 4/7/10, Andy Perakes <aperakes@...> wrote:

From: Andy Perakes <aperakes@...>
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] prop safety
To: "'Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's'" <omc-boats@...timate.com>

 properly which is generally little help.   Ironically I’m currently reading “The Runaway Jury” which is about the importance of winning the first smokers suit against the tobacco companies because that would open the floodgates for all suits.  While its fiction, I couldn’t help but notice “the decision marks the first successful case against the boating industry.”  Let’s hope the floodgates don’t start opening and drive up the cost of boats the way they’ve done to cars and planes (and…).     From: omc-boats-bounces@... [mailto:omc-boats-bounces@...] On Behalf Of BLDFW

To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] prop safety   I'm really sorry for the kid and the injuries he had to endure....BUT.... 

I think it's crazy but as long as attorney's are permitted to shop for a deep pocket, it will continue.  They couldn't hope to get any kind of high settlement from the boat operator so they concoct a theory in order to justify going after the manufacturer.  The individual should not have jumped in the water and put himself in danger around a moving boat, and the operator should have looked to the rear before putting the boat in reverse and, as we all know you must do to stop forward momentum, rev up the engine and thus the prop which in turn creates a reverse water flow.

It's always important to find someone else to blame and to pay for our mistakes so that we don't have to admit we did something stupid and costly.....

-Bill
Dallas, TX
1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive

--- On Tue, 4/6/10, jd <jdood@...> wrote:
From: jd <jdood@...>
Subject: [OMC-Boats] prop safety
To: "Evinrude and 70's & Johnson Boats of the 1960's" <omc-boats@...mate.com>

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/jurors-find-boat-manufacturer-partly-liable-527456.html

I personally don't think the boat mfgr should have been to blame at all,  no more than a car company should be to blame when someone gets run over.    But it has made me start thinking about prop safety.

- anyone know or have any direct experience with any prop guards out there?

- the whole prop lower unit system seems goofy to me.   It's this big house of cards - if you hit something you either ruin your lower unit,  or if your lucky you break a fin off your prop.    All the prop needs to do is spin through water.     So why isn't it designed with a simple cotter pin type of system where the cotter pin breaks the second it encounters any resistance?   Am I missing something here?      Cheaper,  safer,  could fix on the fly just by putting in a new pin.  Eh?

jeff

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