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Old 20 September 2021, 11:49   #1
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Outboard safety bond - saving lives at sea

I noticed when watching S6E2 this beach-launch ILB has a safety bond clipped onto the transom and wrapped around the leg of the outboard, a bit like I do to secure a loudspeaker when rigging at work. Never seen this before, wonder why more people don’t do it? Is it common?

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Old 20 September 2021, 11:59   #2
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I noticed when watching S6E2 this beach-launch ILB has a safety bond clipped onto the transom and wrapped around the leg of the outboard, a bit like I do to secure a loudspeaker when rigging at work. Never seen this before, wonder why more people don’t do it? Is it common?

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I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of that is. If just a standard restraint then most folks would use the eye near the transom clamps that's been on every OB I've owned... to an attachment inside the transom.

Not quite sure why the noose to leg would be any benefit??

Anyway with 10hp and upwards I'm a bolter these days.
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As the surf rescue guys operate in the shallows, would imagine it’s a strop to limit kick back.
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It's weird as the outboard is already in the highest tilt posn and the cable still isn't tight.

Interestingly in all the images I could find of the RNLI operating Arancias they use the same tether.
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I wonder if it's a procedural thing? In that the rescue services specifically use their outboards with them not locked in position as they are more likely to be in awkward areas where they may be obstacles under water? The line is then there, with slack that allows the leg to move if it hits something but limits how far it can come up?
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More likely a bridle for winching it back onto the trailer as they usually put them on backwards
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If you enlarge the photo.. I can see the nut and bolt holding the OB to the transom..so doubt it is a lanyard to hold the OB on. I suspect it has nothing to do with the outboard. It looks like wire rope permanently fixed to the towing eye and the other end is suspiciously like one of those metal hooks that come on the end of trailer winch tapes. Im therefore thinking its for towing. This lot have stowed by wrapping it round the OB and clipping onto itself to keep it out the prop. Other photos of the Arancia show itgoing from tow eye to tow eye



Note from this site on Arancia’s Arancia Surf Rescue & Flood Rescue Boats (ribandhsc.com)

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Arancia Flood Rescue Boats are built to the same high specification. Standard fittings alow for a rescue tube to be added with optional extras of SOLAS reflective tape, extra rubbing strakes, additional stowage bags and a towing bridle


Edit..Tim beat me to it
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I love RIBnet, every day’s a school day!

Makes sense that it’s just a way of them securing it to the trailer that they’d just launched it from.
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Why would you wrap it round the engine marking the paint every time you steer
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Because it is too short to keep the towing bridal looped between the transom tow eyes when the OB is in full tilt position ..so it keep it safe out the way..it looks like they just clip it round the leg when OB is on full tilt.



Now..if you ask me ..”Why don’t they make the bridal longer ? “ ..I will just shrug my shoulders and say “ I aint got a clue Jeff... next guess please”
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Also, the steel wire rope is covered in a plastic sheath so that it doesn’t mark the leg, I guess.
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Outboard safety bond - saving lives at sea

Also also, I recon it’s just a point-to-point tether to the trailer, rather than a bridle… doesn’t seem to be a kink in the wire where it would have been repeatedly winched from?

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Although in this shot it’s not even being used…

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Dinema rope would have been better IMO looped inboard no risk of fouling then. I carry a 1 ton cloth strop to help me pull the boat off if required
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My Gemini GRX 420 has the same.

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