Owner`s manual

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is secure before operating your boat.

A fold-away boarding ladder is located under the hatch on the swim platform.

MOVING PROPELLERS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY CAN CAUSE DEATH, LOSS OF LIMBS, OR

OTHER SEVERE INJURY. DO NOT USE THE SWIM PLATFORM OR SWIM LADDER WHILE

THE ENGINE(S) ARE RUNNING. STOP THE ENGINE(S) IF DIVERS OR SWIMMERS ARE AT-

TEMPTING TO BOARD. ALWAYS REMOVE AND PROPERLY STORE THE LADDER BEFORE

STARTING THE ENGINE(S).

IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OPEN EXTERIOR DOORS AND HATCHES THAT ARE NOT SE-

CURED PROPERLY CAN SLAM CLOSED UNEXPECTEDLY AND CAUSE INJURY TO PASSEN-

GERS OR DAMAGE TO THE BOAT. MOST DOORS AND HATCHES ARE EQUIPPED WITH

SPECIAL FASTENERS, HATCH LIFTERS, OR SNAPS AND/OR STRAPS, TO SECURE THEM IN

THE OPEN POSITION. ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THESE HATCHES AND DOORS ARE

PROPERLY SECURED WHENEVER THEY ARE IN THE OPEN POSITION.

AFT SEAT

The stern bench seat is hinged and opens to allow access to the fishbox. Removing the fishbox provides access

to the stern bilge, the bilge pump and other equipment installed there.

THE STERN BENCH SEAT IS HINGED AND COULD OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY IN CERTAIN CON-

DITIONS, SUCH AS HARD ACCELERATION OR ROUGH SEAS, IF IT IS NOT PROPERLY

CLOSED AND SECURED BY THE LATCHES. THIS MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO FALL OVER-

BOARD AND INTO BOAT PROPELLERS OR TO BE LOST IN OPEN WATER. IN ROUGH SEAS,

AN OPEN BENCH SEAT MAY ALLOW A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER TO ENTER THE

COCKPIT OR THE BILGE, CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION. MAKE

SURE THE STERN SEAT IS CLOSED AND PROPERLY LATCHED BEFORE OPERATING YOUR

BOAT.

DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLINGS, STERN SEAT AND TRANSOM DOOR CAN OCCUR IF

THE STERN SEAT IS NOT OPENED PROPERLY. THE ENGINES MUST BE TILTED TO THE

FULL DOWN POSITION, THE TRANSOM DOOR OPENED, AND THE LATCHES AT THE FRONT

OF THE SEAT RELEASED BEFORE THE BENCH SEAT CAN BE OPENED.

Removing Aft Seat

The batteries are located below the stern bench seat and fishbox. If the batteries are

discharged and the engines are tilted in the full "UP" position, the bench seat cannot

be opened and must be removed to provide access to the batteries. The bench seat is

removed by releasing the latches at the front of the seat, opening the transom door and

removing the pins in the hinges at the rear of the seat.

Two people will be required to tilt the seat forward and lift it off the fishbox. The gas

hatch lifter will still be attached to the seat and care must be taken to keep the weight

of the seat from bending the adjuster. Have one person hold the starboard end of the

seat that is attached to the hatch gas hatch lifter and lower the other end of the seat to the cockpit floor. While

one person continues to hold the starboard end of the seat to keep it from bending the hatch lifter, the other

person can use a small screw driver or a knife to remove the plastic end cap from the hatch lifter ball hinge

fitting on the seat. Make sure the hatch lifter is fully extended and pull the lifter off the ball hinge on the seat.

Leave the other end of the hatch lifter attached to the seat landing and lay it in the trough next to the fishbox.

Stern Seat Hinge