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    Default But It Was A New Wrench

    It wasn't like I was using an OLD wrench, this sucker was NEW!
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    Default We Will See...

    Some people get mad, some people get even. If they wouldn't pass my kill switch, I figured I'd fix them...I sold the boat....


    Now John Lane owns this Sport Boat and his wife owns a Baja Cat.....Both boat are Division V boat or Fat C's...

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    Must be legal

    coz everyone's got one



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    Phil, take a look at the first pic. Ron is using a wrench to jam the kill switch, ingenuity I would say.

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    kill switch and fix toggle all in one.

    A true masterpiece of bodgeneering




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    Default This Kill Switch Is Kind of Like The Light

    This kill switch s kind of like the night my dad got a ticket for running a RED BLINKING light. The Old Man told the COP, "Yes, it was blinking, but it was off when I went through." The old man still got a ticket...

    Bottom Line, this "KILL SWITCH" works....pass inspection, maybe not. But, ar Marlee said, "Hang on to the wrench"......
    Last edited by Ron Hill; 02-11-2018 at 06:21 PM.

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    I started racing in '76 with a boat my dad made from Popular Mechanics magazine plans, and an old Martin fishing engine. My Dad on his limited budget, fashioned a kill switch for me with a standard set of breaker points screwed into the cockpit side. He ran the ignition wires to either side, tied a landyard string to a piece of plastic and stuck it between the contacts. It was deemed legal in our little local club. (I actually don't think anybody even looked at it) But it sucked 'cause the plastic landyard kept falling out during the race!
    Ron, I think you'd have the same sort of problem there. The wrench will fall out too easily.
    Jeff Yungen

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    My guess as to why it didn't pass inspection would be that it was not designed or sold by someone in "high position" with APBA. That's very important when safety is an issue.

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    Default When "Kill Switches" Were Made Manditory

    Our family argued that more drivers of kneel down boats would be put into "Harms Way" because of the "Kill Switch". Our logic was, then and now, that more people will pull their "Kill Switches" at in opportune times and therefore be more apt to get run over, than the one "Stuck" throttle a year saved.

    The only outboard I ever ran with a "Kill Switch" was Reed Riddle Super C. I won the Super C Runabout Nationals at Dayton, 1975, but the way I "HOOK UP" the kill switch was so you could not unplug it if you tried...I tied the tether around the clamp brackets...I figures, I want this mother to stop, I'll let go of the throttle.

    Personally, I feel this kill switch didn't pass inspection because the inspector didn't like me, he had no empathy for old guys. He should have been more like a Supreme Court Judge and have feelings.
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    Default Anyone Needing Help With Their Mini Boat

    We are moving ahead with the Mini Boat Enduro, 2018, and if you need any help with throttle and or kill switches, contact me and I'll help you find what is needed.

    I will also offer our shop, on Saturdays, to work on your Mini Boat.
    Last edited by Ron Hill; 02-11-2018 at 06:58 PM.

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