Boating – May 2018

TOOLS AND

SUPPLIES

SKILL LEVEL

FINISH TIME

36 | BOATINGMAG.COM | MAY 2018

DIY

+ Weekend

Workbook

BOAT DOCTOR ///WEEKEND WORKBOOK

• Fell Marine MOB+ Base-

pack, includes xHub and

xFob Multifob and assort-

ed connectors with heat-

shrink collars ($199.99,

fellmarine.com)

• In-line marine fuse hold-

er and 1- to 3-amp fuse

• Power drill


• 2^1 / 8 -inch hole saw


• Crimping tool


• Wire cutters/strippers


• Online manual and videos

available at support

center.fellmarine.com

A safety-stop lanyard — aka engine kill

switch — comes standard with marine

power systems to instantly shut down

propulsion if the helmsman gets tossed

from the boat. Yet many skippers forget that

they’re tethered and walk away from the

wheel, inadvertently killing the engine. It

can happen at inopportune times such as

while docking.

Fell Marine’s MOB+ wireless man-

overboard systems resolve this issue.

Essentially, a remote xFob that you wear

connects wirelessly using the WiMEA

protocol to a Fell xHub on the boat. When a

wearer falls overboard, it breaks the signal

and the engine shuts down. A shutdown

also occurs when the xFob is approximately

50 feet from the boat. The system allows for

a restart of the engine with an automatic

override function so crewmembers can

rescue someone who has fallen overboard.

Here’s now to install the Fell MOB+

Multifob Basepack on a single-engine boat.

—Jim Hendricks

INSTALLING A

REMOTE KILL SWITCH

Approx. 2 hours

1 OF 5

A Fell Marine engine kill switch off ers safety and freedom move to about the deck.