Motorboat spinning out of control near swimmers - GIF

**Altair** · May 13, 2023, 08:27 PM

Motorboat spinning out of control near swimmers.

Previously:

Boat operator goes overboard - GIF
Boat capsized by wave - GIF
Boat goes airborne on rapids, lands on bank - GIF
Loaded boat struggling on choppy waters - GIF
Loaded party boat in rough sea - GIF

**WorkerB** · May 15, 2023, 06:23 PM

And that’s why they have the lanyard attached to the kill switch- which nobody seems to use!

**Frank S** · May 15, 2023, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by WorkerB

And that’s why they have the lanyard attached to the kill switch- which nobody seems to use!

I was thinking the same thing.

**desbromilow** · May 15, 2023, 07:05 PM

so faced with this scenario, what is the methods to safely stop the boat?
obviously get people out of the way, but then what?
is putting a rope under the boat and tangling the propeller an option?
using another boat to crowd it against the shoreline an option?
what?

**Frank S** · May 15, 2023, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by desbromilow

so faced with this scenario, what is the methods to safely stop the boat?
obviously get people out of the way, but then what?
is putting a rope under the boat and tangling the propeller an option?
using another boat to crowd it against the shoreline an option?
what?

Maybe play like you are Will Rodgers and lasso the thing

**Hoosiersmoker** · May 16, 2023, 08:24 AM

I hear people laughing from the bank. I had a friend that was swimming in a lake and got run over by a moron that had no business in a boat. It was a small john boat with about a 5 hp motor. He took about 150 stitches in his back because the idiot ran through a swimming spot. Nothing funny about people swimming around an out of control boat.

On a separate note, I wonder if someone grabbed the hero's jet ski before it got too far down the river?