Willy thanks for that info, I never thought about that, My experence with a non-break away on a jon boat wasnt very plesent, infact we broke a seat off and landed on 2 all star rods when (I almost hate to say this in print) we ran up on top a big manatee she was speeding out of a little canal when we were going inbound to fish, water in the St Johns river in fla is the color of burnt coffee. she hung up jut for a second on the motor and we almost tiped over, and this was a very stable jon boat.....I beleve the breakaway bar is a great idea, and like I said before the guy who came up with it is making $$$