Call for prop guards after swimmer’s hand nearly severed

Sep 6, 2011

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A northern California man’s left hand was partially severed after being struck by an escort boat during the Maui Channel swim last Saturday. There is a call for mandatory propeller guards in the US as in Australia and Singapore, which critics again say slow down a boat’s performance. Read more here on khon2.com.

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Maui swimmer lost an arm and most of his other handSwimmer's Daily

September 7, 2011

[…] to this story from yesterday, about 41-year-old John Caughlin who was badly hurt after being hit by a boat during the Maui […]

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