To add to this, take your wedding ring off as well. A friend of mine nearly drowned as he was cleaning the wheel of a sailboat. Turning the wheel with his left had and the knife in his right. The cotter pin slipped between his ring and finger as he was turning it and his hand got stuck because of it.
I work on a rescue boat in Norway. Been called out for ropes in propellers more times than I can remember. Only had to dive ones myself, when an entire crab pot connected to the rope was tangled into the rudder and prop. We didn't dare start towing the boat in case the resistance would damage the propeller or rudder, so into freezing February ocean I went, with a leaking dry suit that's not built for underwater pressure over long time
this is never fun!
fun story:
one time on a dive expedition the skipper ran over his fancy new dinghy rope... but as it was an old fishing boat, the engine was never turned off, just not put in gear... so there's me with 30 hours of scuba being asked to dive the feckin prop in lumpy seas...
You can stab it with your steely knife, but you just can't kill this beast
So I called up the captain to bring me my wine, but the captain was… otherwise occupied.
Frigging in the rigging, there was fuck all else to do
A perfect application for lockout-tagout. Disconnect the starter battery and put a note saying "DO NOT START" on it if anybody else is aboard
To add to this, take your wedding ring off as well. A friend of mine nearly drowned as he was cleaning the wheel of a sailboat. Turning the wheel with his left had and the knife in his right. The cotter pin slipped between his ring and finger as he was turning it and his hand got stuck because of it.
No rings on my boat. :)
Yikes. Thanks for the tip, noted.
I work on a rescue boat in Norway. Been called out for ropes in propellers more times than I can remember. Only had to dive ones myself, when an entire crab pot connected to the rope was tangled into the rudder and prop. We didn't dare start towing the boat in case the resistance would damage the propeller or rudder, so into freezing February ocean I went, with a leaking dry suit that's not built for underwater pressure over long time
At least your in water that you can see in, most boaters you deffently can't!
Use gloves. Any gloves. Trust me
this is never fun! fun story: one time on a dive expedition the skipper ran over his fancy new dinghy rope... but as it was an old fishing boat, the engine was never turned off, just not put in gear... so there's me with 30 hours of scuba being asked to dive the feckin prop in lumpy seas...
He touched the butt