Boat Propeller Guard Product Liability Defense Intro Vol1
In the mid to late 1980’s Mercury Marine, a Brunswick Corporation, and Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) were facing a large number of boat propeller guard product liability / product defect lawsuits....
View ArticleMalibu Boats agrees to pay $100 million in Batchelder case
A 2014 propeller strike in Georgia claimed the life of 7 year old Ryan Batchelder. In August 2021 Malibu Boats was found guilty in Superior Court of Rabun County Georgia. The Product Liability Case...
View ArticleWalter Greer, 3, killed by boat propeller in Utah
Walter Greer, age 3 from Salt Lake City, was on a wakeboard boat with his family. They were on Echo Reservoir northwest of Coalville (Utah) Sunday, August 13, 2023. About 4:45pm Walter Greer fell from...
View ArticleComments on Malibu Boats Safety Alert : Bow Seating
Malibu Boats released a Safety Alert in July 2023 regarding bow seating and swamping in certain older Malibu boats. This post will discuss the history behind Malibu’s bow swamping Safety Alert,...
View ArticleMalibu Boats Safety Alert: Bow Seating Hazard
Malibu Boats released a Safety Alert regarding a Bow Seating Hazard on July 18, 2023. Malibu reports the safety alert is due to a tragic incident that occurred with a Malibu Response LX boat. A...
View ArticleHonda Air Bag Propeller Guard Patent Application
Honda Motor Co of Japan filed a U.S. patent application for a propeller guard partially consisting of an air bag The patent application, US 2023/0278686 A1 “Outboard Motor Control Apparatus and Control...
View ArticleThe Leash Saves Bass Angler From Outboard Motor
A bass angler was fishing on Santee Cooper Lake in South Carolina. His Mercury Pro XS outboard motor struck a floating log at about 55 miles per hour. The outboard motor broke off at the swivel bracket...
View ArticleMonitoring outboard log strikes: Yamaha Patent Application
Yamaha’s U.S. patent application, “Collision Information Providing System, Collision Judging System, and Marine Vessel” was published October 12, 2023. Yamaha’s system classifies and monitors three...
View ArticleMercury Pro XS Fatal Flaw video: flipping into boat
“MERCURY PRO XS FATAL FLAW! ARE YOU AT RISK?” video was released on YouTube October 28, 2023. The video was produced by Team Marine Service, a La Crosse, Wisconsin based marine service & repair...
View ArticleExpose on boat propeller accident propels Arizona to action
Every weekend on Lake Pleasant led to a major boating accident for several weeks this summer (2023). Some of these Maracopa County, Arizona accident were boat propeller strikes. A local media outlet,...
View ArticleUpdated our list of boats striking dredge pipes 2024
We updated our extensive List of Boats Striking Dredge Pipes on January 24, 2024. Our list is now four pages long and includes about 175 individual dredge pipe strikes and mentions several more. Dredge...
View ArticleBoating Safety Messages, Images, & Videos
We pulled a few basic boating safety materials together. We hope these images and videos will assist recreational boaters in becoming more prepared and to make safer choices. Very basic boating safety...
View ArticleJustin Hamner Wins 2024 Bassmaster Classic
We attended the 2024 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma with the weigh-in and exhibition held in Tulsa. The opening day blast off was a bit cool and damp on Friday March 22nd, but the...
View ArticleThe Leash at the 2024 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake
We saw The Leash on several boats at the 2024 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Grove Oklahoma in March 2024. The photos below show The Leash in action at the Bassmaster Classic. Jamie Hartman Jamie...
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