Most all these type of incidence have a hydraulic jack plate involved. One solid connection (the piston bolt) and 2 slide tubes. That leash will do nothing when the jack plate separates and the leash is attached to the engine mounting plate.
I remember back in the day my dad used to put a chain attached like that dude did with Rope.. Old schoolers been doing that for years. Surprised it not a common feature on these newer faster boats.
From experience, I have seen it stop 3 with the hyd jack plate remaining attached to the boat and preventing the motor from landing on the back deck/cockpit area. The leash dampens the initial upward momentum plus leverage from strike/kick-up. Without stopping that momentum and leverage, it will be a different story. Newtons Laws. Hope it makes sense. Again, from experience, I have seen it prevent motors from landing in the cockpit. I am sure people will post videos soon how it saved their life. I think about and care who’s riding with me too. At least I know I did everything I could in case it did fail. To each their own. 👊
I would really like to know what causes this.been around fast boats for 40 years and hit everything on the lake.i have cracked a few Transoms and lost lowers.i would think this is a defect 💯%fiberglass should be gone with metal still attached not the other way around
I agree with u , is just like everything else in bass fishing, trying to sell every 2:28 little gadget , that’s where’s this sport went to is about $$$
I run an Xb02 allison with a 300x, I always try to be a safe as I can, but those submarine logs are mean especially on Barkley, I have always been terrified of that same thing happening
I find a lot of people don’t really inspect their boats enough. I go through every year and recheck torque on every jack plate bolt and steering linkage nuts found a few loose a few times. Use to have to do the same thing on the race cars. People don’t realize it but outboards and the accessories that mount them take a beating and are exposed to a great amount of stress. I’ve even found brand new boats with loose bolts/nuts. Indicator lines going from the head of the bolt to the mounting surface are a good way to tell if your nuts and bolts are backing off.
Sending thoughts and prayers for a speedy and full recovery for Cody. Not sure what type injuries he suffered but could possibly be trauma related if prop was still turning. I teach STOP the BLEED classes here in NH to Schools and other agencies. my Huntin/hiking outdoor backpack contains a CAT Tourniquet wound packing gauze Israeli bandage and duct tape. It only takes 4-5 min to bleed out from an arterial bleed. Something to think about folks.
What engine manufacture was it.... Because in side the trim cylinders is a blow off valve that will allow the engine to come up if it hit an object... If the valve doesn't not work the transom or engine bracket will fail.
For the amount of $$$ that is spent on electronics and other equipment on those boats that can easily go over $20,000, I am sure spending $300 or so isn't going to break their bank. They may just have to hold off on that "must have " upgrade to a much bigger fish finder screen or something. This boat, in this one, had power poles that easily cost $5k. Just think what the rest cost. Easily a close to $100,000 rig.
That leash thing wouldn't have helped. It's just mounted to the jack plate. The entire jack plate broke off the other boat. The leash would have gone with it.
Happened in the upperbay chessapeak md the jack plate bolts snapped and the engine came in the boat still running. Make sure your jack plate got high strength bolts !!!!!!!
This same thing happened on my home waters back in Kentucky. Guy hit an underwater, cut in 1/2 dock piling. Hope Cody recovers quickly and gets back out there fishin' tournaments.
Ummm think time to look at the motor design if this happens that much…what is actually failing the jack plates or outboard motor brackets. Guessing it’s the jackplate that is failing
Actually, more common at lower speeds (40-50 mph) Running faster the motor just bounces and breaks off the lower unit. This same thing happened on Pickwick a week or two before this incident. Driver was doing 40 mph and hit a cypress Stump. Luckily there were no injuries, just a destroyed boat.
What speed was he going? When you hit something in the water those motors have a safety feature that kicks them out of the water to prevent damage to the motor. Can be violent depending on speed and the number of motors. I’ve seen it on a boat with trips!!
They used to make the SS shaft with a breakaway point so lower unit would shear off. Not perfect but I've seen a few back at the dock towed with no lower unit, owners bummed but not harmed.
Maybe they should enforce the speed limits on the water ways and people should learn to not drive like idiots. From what I remember there's different speed limit with in so many feet of the shoreline also How fast would you have to going to flip a motor weighing that much back into the vessel. I love the idea is to strap motar to back of boat and hold on. Dumbest idea ever when has this ever been a problem. I've seen. Transoms ripped off and lower unites destroyed but what the F. Should add a roll bar, 5 point harness and wear a helmet and fudge who or what ever you hit who cares right I need to get somewhere now. I'm late I'm late for a very important date Alice
You can knock a motor off running 30 if your boat isn’t maintained and rate of speed is not what put that motor in the boat. Think about it motor gets knocked off the hull stops or slows rapidly, if the driver didn’t put the boat in neutral the motor keeps going the lower unit hits the hull and the motor flips into the boat. The leash is only effective if the motor plate stays attached to hull or jackplate. If the motor plate gets ripped off as well your going to have an outboard flip into your boat with a leash on it. A more effective device would be a kill switch tether with a little extra slack running to the motor. Similar to a life jacket kill switch in case the drive flys out of the boat. If your motor gets knocked off at least it will get shut off before you get chopped up.
I was fishing a tournament on lake Granberry in Texas in 2002 and the boat in front of us at full speed had the bolts brake that held the engine to the boat and the engine came in the boat and left prop cuts on the back deck right behind the driver and passenger before throwing both fisherman out of the boat into the lake. They were very luck the prop never hit them but I can see the leash would not have helped in that case with the place the leash is attached.
Its a gimmick. The leash wouldn't have helped this guy, iv seen the picture of the wrecked boat. The leash is connected to the jack plate not the boat, his jack plat was clean broke off .....that motor ends up where it did regardless of the leash.
Sadly there is no bass boat with a 700 pound motor, love how the media even lies about this to fluff this tragic story. What a shame they just can’t be forthcoming. I guess 700 makes a better story than 3 or 400.
I find it odd that with all of the leashes out there, we do not see any "saves" stories or pictures. The leash may or may not work, but I've yet to see any evidence that it works. It would help answer the questions being posed - is this a gimmick or legit tool higher HP bass boats should be equipped with.
I run a shallow water flats boat and am always thinking about that sort of thing. When your running in 15 inches of water even a small rock can be devastating.
I hope he makes it without suffering the rest of his life….It’s a river channel, just like in Clarksville, Tn.. There are trees and large logs floating just beneath the surface everywhere..he would have been better off researching the lake, asking questions to others about the lake before assuming he could just blast full throttle and not have any worry’s…it doesn’t take much to bust a boat hull or throw a motor at higher speeds..
IKNOWGUYS THAT HIT STUFF AND THE HOOK OF THE BOAT GOES LEFT, THEY BROKE ARMS, RIBS, SOME JUST PUSHED INTO WILLOWS, HOPE THIS GUY HEALS UP OK AND GETS BACK ON THE WATER.
Went to nationals there in the fall. Still lots of floating debris. A lake like that though it's more common being a river run type lake. Helps to go slow if you can
This just happened to a friend of mine last week. The issue was the jack plate. We realized once we looked at it that there really wasn't anything that substantial holding the motor on. It just blew the jack plate to pieces. He was only going 40mph when it happened.
This is just another reason why I’ll never buy a bass boat. They’re dangerous. If you run at 40 or 50 miles per hour, instead of 90 like these things do, that’s not enough to flip the motor into the boat.
Once the motor is knocked off the hull slows if the driver can’t pop it into neutral fast enough this is what happens because the motor keeps going. You can knock a motor off running 30 depending on the size and weight of the boat, bigger boat= more inertia.
@@maroownr861 Yeah, you can knock off a motor going 30 miles per hour. I never said you couldn’t. It just won’t flip into your boat and kill you. That’s not enough force to throw 500 pounds into the boat. What’s your point?
Going to show the Boat? No? Cuz this probably isn't true or remotely 100% correct. Ill believe it when I see the Boat. you would think trying to teach something to people here that you would show the outcome of what could happen but all I saw was a commercial for this Leash thing. which if the motor was Torn off the back of the boat then what is the leash doing? Holding the mount and the Engine together so they can fly as one? I could see this happening... COULD.... 38 yo never once heard of this. And I see it Breaking off and taking some of the transom with it which what is the Motor mount bolted to again? and what's this leash thing bolted to again?
Perhaps we should also talk about how over powered, meaning the excessive size and horse power which continues to be installed on lake boats. This happens on saltwater boats as well, just because you can put hundreds of horse power on a little boat doesn't mean you should. Been watching this for over 40 years. Hopefully this fellow recovers.
Prayers to Cody and his family, I hope you make a full and speedy recovery brother. God Speed...
They're running these boats at the speed of sound in these tournaments way too fast
I love how they turned this guys accident into a fucking infomercial
Free plug
Most all these type of incidence have a hydraulic jack plate involved. One solid connection (the piston bolt) and 2 slide tubes. That leash will do nothing when the jack plate separates and the leash is attached to the engine mounting plate.
Its a gimmick. The only way it works is if the leash is tethered to the boat.
@@chrispeterson1247 if Cody had it on his boat, It would've more than likely worked as intended.
@@titansfan2104 You're correct because his motor mount broke and his jack plate and power poles are still intact.
I remember back in the day my dad used to put a chain attached like that dude did with Rope.. Old schoolers been doing that for years. Surprised it not a common feature on these newer faster boats.
From experience, I have seen it stop 3 with the hyd jack plate remaining attached to the boat and preventing the motor from landing on the back deck/cockpit area. The leash dampens the initial upward momentum plus leverage from strike/kick-up. Without stopping that momentum and leverage, it will be a different story. Newtons Laws. Hope it makes sense. Again, from experience, I have seen it prevent motors from landing in the cockpit. I am sure people will post videos soon how it saved their life. I think about and care who’s riding with me too. At least I know I did everything I could in case it did fail. To each their own. 👊
Prayers for Cody and his family at this time.
When that plate breaks the leash goes with it
That’s what I was thinking
I would really like to know what causes this.been around fast boats for 40 years and hit everything on the lake.i have cracked a few Transoms and lost lowers.i would think this is a defect 💯%fiberglass should be gone with metal still attached not the other way around
100%
Its a $300 gimmick.
I agree with u , is just like everything else in bass fishing, trying to sell every 2:28 little gadget , that’s where’s this sport went to is about $$$
Sending out Prayers to Cody… Godspeed.. Tight Lines
I run an Xb02 allison with a 300x, I always try to be a safe as I can, but those submarine logs are mean especially on Barkley, I have always been terrified of that same thing happening
I find a lot of people don’t really inspect their boats enough. I go through every year and recheck torque on every jack plate bolt and steering linkage nuts found a few loose a few times. Use to have to do the same thing on the race cars. People don’t realize it but outboards and the accessories that mount them take a beating and are exposed to a great amount of stress. I’ve even found brand new boats with loose bolts/nuts. Indicator lines going from the head of the bolt to the mounting surface are a good way to tell if your nuts and bolts are backing off.
Thank you for the heads up….. my home lake is Lake Fork and we have a few stump to say the least I’ll be checking my Cat for lose bolts.
😂tournament fishing, guy was probably goin full throttle on that bass boat, sad a guy had to get hurt but tournament blindness is a real thing
Tournament blindness...lol...your one of those guys. Those mean ol bass fisherman. Get over yourself
@@sylvrbullets if the shoe fits.
That leash should be direct mounted to only the transom
The exact same thing happened years ago on a tournament I was in on Kentucky Lake. Be careful boys and girls.
Prayers for Cody and his family
They should redesign the leash to also mount to the Stearns eye lets.being mounted to the motor plate I have seen transom bolts break.
Sending thoughts and prayers for a speedy and full recovery for Cody. Not sure what type injuries he suffered but could possibly be trauma related if prop was still turning. I teach STOP the BLEED classes here in NH to Schools and other agencies. my Huntin/hiking outdoor backpack contains a CAT Tourniquet wound packing gauze Israeli bandage and duct tape. It only takes 4-5 min to bleed out from an arterial bleed. Something to think about folks.
What engine manufacture was it.... Because in side the trim cylinders is a blow off valve that will allow the engine to come up if it hit an object... If the valve doesn't not work the transom or engine bracket will fail.
For the amount of $$$ that is spent on electronics and other equipment on those boats that can easily go over $20,000, I am sure spending $300 or so isn't going to break their bank. They may just have to hold off on that "must have " upgrade to a much bigger fish finder screen or something. This boat, in this one, had power poles that easily cost $5k. Just think what the rest cost. Easily a close to $100,000 rig.
That leash thing wouldn't have helped. It's just mounted to the jack plate. The entire jack plate broke off the other boat. The leash would have gone with it.
Happened in the upperbay chessapeak md the jack plate bolts snapped and the engine came in the boat still running. Make sure your jack plate got high strength bolts !!!!!!!
They had my at first…I didn’t know I was watching a commercial until the very end. Got me, the leash gimmick is BS, but still.
Going 70+ mph on a lake you don’t know this type of thing is going to happen. Luckily he wasn’t killed, hoping he recovers quickly.
This same thing happened on my home waters back in Kentucky. Guy hit an underwater, cut in 1/2 dock piling. Hope Cody recovers quickly and gets back out there fishin' tournaments.
Ummm think time to look at the motor design if this happens that much…what is actually failing the jack plates or outboard motor brackets. Guessing it’s the jackplate that is failing
How fast do you have to be going for this to happen?
Was thinking the same thing
Actually, more common at lower speeds (40-50 mph)
Running faster the motor just bounces and breaks off the lower unit. This same thing happened on Pickwick a week or two before this incident. Driver was doing 40 mph and hit a cypress Stump. Luckily there were no injuries, just a destroyed boat.
Another Unnecessary gadget to take your money
What speed was he going? When you hit something in the water those motors have a safety feature that kicks them out of the water to prevent damage to the motor. Can be violent depending on speed and the number of motors. I’ve seen it on a boat with trips!!
They used to make the SS shaft with a breakaway point so lower unit would shear off. Not perfect but I've seen a few back at the dock towed with no lower unit, owners bummed but not harmed.
Maybe they should enforce the speed limits on the water ways and people should learn to not drive like idiots. From what I remember there's different speed limit with in so many feet of the shoreline also How fast would you have to going to flip a motor weighing that much back into the vessel. I love the idea is to strap motar to back of boat and hold on. Dumbest idea ever when has this ever been a problem. I've seen. Transoms ripped off and lower unites destroyed but what the F. Should add a roll bar, 5 point harness and wear a helmet and fudge who or what ever you hit who cares right I need to get somewhere now. I'm late I'm late for a very important date Alice
1:15 ish.
Engine speed can reach 10,000rpm when unloaded(out of water and in air) and the poor turns as fast, or faster....
The Leash about to go up to $500
All the commercial guys just use a heavy rope attached to each side of the transom
not for me it isnt 😆😆😆
Praying for you Cody!
This same thing happened at my home lake here in Kentucky last summer
I just came in from being out and there was a ton of debris in the water.
You can knock a motor off running 30 if your boat isn’t maintained and rate of speed is not what put that motor in the boat. Think about it motor gets knocked off the hull stops or slows rapidly, if the driver didn’t put the boat in neutral the motor keeps going the lower unit hits the hull and the motor flips into the boat. The leash is only effective if the motor plate stays attached to hull or jackplate. If the motor plate gets ripped off as well your going to have an outboard flip into your boat with a leash on it. A more effective device would be a kill switch tether with a little extra slack running to the motor. Similar to a life jacket kill switch in case the drive flys out of the boat. If your motor gets knocked off at least it will get shut off before you get chopped up.
I think ill just keep my "slow boat" i notice the faster these boats get, the more accidents i see.
Prayed for him
I'm glad my boat goes way slower than that. Crazy weird accident.
I was fishing a tournament on lake Granberry in Texas in 2002 and the boat in front of us at full speed had the bolts brake that held the engine to the boat and the engine came in the boat and left prop cuts on the back deck right behind the driver and passenger before throwing both fisherman out of the boat into the lake. They were very luck the prop never hit them but I can see the leash would not have helped in that case with the place the leash is attached.
Going fast in boats is fun, but this is why I rather my little red over an outboard set up anyday
DAMN, hoping the best for this person.
we’ve had the leash on our boats and highly recommend it. Prayers for all involved.
Its a gimmick. The leash wouldn't have helped this guy, iv seen the picture of the wrecked boat. The leash is connected to the jack plate not the boat, his jack plat was clean broke off .....that motor ends up where it did regardless of the leash.
@@chrispeterson1247 if we are looking at the same picture of a blue phoenix, looks like the silver jack plate is still there to me.
Maybe the plate still there or not but I seen Jack plates go with the motor when u hit something
How do you calibrate a Kevlar rope?
We have encountered shipping containers floating in the ocean semi submerged, they are a bad things. Good fishing around but not to run into at night.
Sadly there is no bass boat with a 700 pound motor, love how the media even lies about this to fluff this tragic story. What a shame they just can’t be forthcoming. I guess 700 makes a better story than 3 or 400.
Best wishes to this man.
I find it odd that with all of the leashes out there, we do not see any "saves" stories or pictures.
The leash may or may not work, but I've yet to see any evidence that it works. It would help answer the questions being posed - is this a gimmick or legit tool higher HP bass boats should be equipped with.
I run a shallow water flats boat and am always thinking about that sort of thing. When your running in 15 inches of water even a small rock can be devastating.
A lot of bass boat central members in this comment section
I hope he makes it without suffering the rest of his life….It’s a river channel, just like in Clarksville, Tn.. There are trees and large logs floating just beneath the surface everywhere..he would have been better off researching the lake, asking questions to others about the lake before assuming he could just blast full throttle and not have any worry’s…it doesn’t take much to bust a boat hull or throw a motor at higher speeds..
Bass boats with 300 h.p. motors, what could go wrong?
I would be concerned with you at 5hp.
probably running 80 to get to that fishing spot not paying attention
IKNOWGUYS THAT HIT STUFF AND THE HOOK OF THE BOAT GOES LEFT, THEY BROKE ARMS, RIBS, SOME JUST PUSHED INTO WILLOWS, HOPE THIS GUY HEALS UP OK AND GETS BACK ON THE WATER.
What ever he hit ( stump ) it was permanent not floating.
Went to nationals there in the fall. Still lots of floating debris. A lake like that though it's more common being a river run type lake. Helps to go slow if you can
if u can afford a 250hp you can afford a LEASH lol
If you can feed a 250 hp you can afford a Leash
Them damn bass fisherman are always hauling ass!!
This just happened to a friend of mine last week. The issue was the jack plate. We realized once we looked at it that there really wasn't anything that substantial holding the motor on. It just blew the jack plate to pieces. He was only going 40mph when it happened.
ONLY 40mph??!! That is hauling a-- on the water!!
Only 40???? 🤣
Guys in my area of north Florida run 70+mph on a River. Can’t believe no ones been killed
@@robertmceuen3630 40 is a gentle cruising speed for bass boat. It's okay if that scares you, big boy toys have that effect on certain people.
@@dudemcgee256 certain people huh? Hows this? You seem like an internet assho--.
Those stumps are great bass holders
This is just another reason why I’ll never buy a bass boat. They’re dangerous. If you run at 40 or 50 miles per hour, instead of 90 like these things do, that’s not enough to flip the motor into the boat.
Once the motor is knocked off the hull slows if the driver can’t pop it into neutral fast enough this is what happens because the motor keeps going. You can knock a motor off running 30 depending on the size and weight of the boat, bigger boat= more inertia.
@@maroownr861 Yeah, you can knock off a motor going 30 miles per hour. I never said you couldn’t. It just won’t flip into your boat and kill you. That’s not enough force to throw 500 pounds into the boat. What’s your point?
The leash would not have helped in this accident.
Going to show the Boat? No? Cuz this probably isn't true or remotely 100% correct. Ill believe it when I see the Boat. you would think trying to teach something to people here that you would show the outcome of what could happen but all I saw was a commercial for this Leash thing. which if the motor was Torn off the back of the boat then what is the leash doing? Holding the mount and the Engine together so they can fly as one? I could see this happening... COULD.... 38 yo never once heard of this. And I see it Breaking off and taking some of the transom with it which what is the Motor mount bolted to again? and what's this leash thing bolted to again?
A leash commercial ??
Praying
1st I've ever hurd that happing.
Bass boat always drive to fast you keep playing with fire you gonna get burn
Well if they didn't have 300hp motors and run 80 mph and most a careless and don't respect other fisherman
Perhaps we should also talk about how over powered, meaning the excessive size and horse power which continues to be installed on lake boats. This happens on saltwater boats as well, just because you can put hundreds of horse power on a little boat doesn't mean you should. Been watching this for over 40 years. Hopefully this fellow recovers.
Slow down...
Sad news.
walleye fishing is safer.
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Mr Jim sir that's not Kevlar it's vectran I'm the inventor of the leash thank you but thanks for running my product I appreciate it.
Inventor of patented product…check. Fluent in grammar and punctuation…no check.
Just slow down, maximum , I try not to go beyond 40 mph
A bass fisherman had this happen about 2 weeks ago. He was going around 40 mph and it put the motor in the seat with him. Luckily he had no injuries
Same thing will happen below 40 if you hit a submerged log.
@@titansfan2104 Yup, I know the guy it happened to. He got super lucky.
old stickory
I hope he gets better soon
Slow down
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