Engine Lanyard

On my main engine I use a MOB+ electronic lanyard from Fell Marine. If I get 50' from the engine, it turns off. I boat solo quite a bit and consider this essential equipment. On my kicker, which I operate from the cockpit, I use the engine lanyard religiously.
 
Don't know how the lanyard could help me out in the cabin and out on deck I'd have to install a secondary switch to hook up to. Karl have you figured a way to test that MOB electronic lanyard. And does it meet the letter of the law?
 
I've recently encountered some medical issues so have started using the engine kill lanyard religiously when on a plane and sometimes when I am just noodling along. My thinking is that if I pass out at the helm, hopefully I'll kill the engine.

Gerhard
 
Don't worry, Don, you'll hear the "thud" as I hit the floor! Seriously, it hasn't happened and likely never will, but it is just a scenario that I have run through my head. Figured it doesn't hurt to wear the lanyard and that probably ensures that it will never happen!
 
gstraub said:
Don't worry, Don, you'll hear the "thud" as I hit the floor! Seriously, it hasn't happened and likely never will, but it is just a scenario that I have run through my head. Figured it doesn't hurt to wear the lanyard and that probably ensures that it will never happen!
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Lol, It goes for all of us...the need to be careful. This subject bothers me in that while I agree with the rules it is harder and harder to apply those rules on a more and more complex type of boat.
 
in some states it is mandatory to have the lanyard attatched, or some electronic that the Fell Marine unit, if the skipper or driver is out of the cabin in smaller boats. This would apply to an outside helm station in a C Dory, or if on a trolling motor. This makes it complex (and expensive) to comply.
 
To be honest....Two weeks ago I was trolling on Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mts of NE PA. I was at idle speed with one engine and was moving along at 1.5-2knts. I noticed something wrong with one of the trolling rigs and before even thinking I simply walked out of the cabin and grabbed the rod. I was in chop from passing boats and it dawned on me the blunder I had just made. Back inside I swore I'd never do that again, at least not when alone. I became interested in what others are doing with their lanyards. I'll look into the Fell's Unit. But I also don't want to get used to being out of the cabin while underway and alone.
 
The Fell unit is easy to test, just idle the engine at the dock and walk away from the boat. Mine shuts the engine down at about the 50' mark. I have also dunked my pendant for a test and the engine shut down, same is true when you cut the power to the Fell unit.
When I wired mine into the boat I did include a bypass switch to allow the engine to run without the Fell unit engaged -- convenient for flushing the engine on land.
 
Karl Konecny said:
The Fell unit is easy to test, just idle the engine at the dock and walk away from the boat. Mine shuts the engine down at about the 50' mark. I have also dunked my pendant for a test and the engine shut down, same is true when you cut the power to the Fell unit.
When I wired mine into the boat I did include a bypass switch to allow the engine to run without the Fell unit engaged -- convenient for flushing the engine on land.
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Very handy.
 
Cabin boats like the C-Dory are usually exempt from the requirement for a lanyard to stop the engine if the operator leaves the helm station. In some use cases, it may still be useful to have one.
 
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