Owner`s manual

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TURNING THE BOAT
• Do not pull the throttle levers
back to idle when trying to steer
away from objects – you need
throttle to steer.
• Be sure passengers are hold-
ing on before making turns. An
unprepared passenger could
lose balance and fall.
Steering control depends on the com-
bination of steering wheel position and
the amount of throttle.
Water sucked in through the intake
grate is pressurized by the impeller
in the jet pump. As the pressurized
water is expelled from the pump through
the jet thrust nozzle, it creates thrust to
move and steer the boat. The higher
the engine speed, the more thrust is
produced.
The amount of jet thrust, in addition
to the position of the steering wheel,
determines how sharply you turn.
A. More throttle produces high thrust,
so the boat will turn more sharply.
B. Less throttle produces low
thrust, so the boat will turn more
gradually.
C. Pulling the levers back to idle or
Neutral produces only minimum
thrust. If you are traveling at speeds
above trolling, you will have rapidly
decreasing ability to steer without
throttle. You may still have some
turning ability immediately after
pulling the throttles back to idle,
but when the engine slows down,
the boat will no longer respond to
steering wheel input until you apply
throttle again or you reach a trolling
speed.
At trolling speed, the boat can
be turned gradually by steering
wheel position alone using just
the amount of thrust available at
engine idle.
D. If the engines are stopped, there is
no thrust. The boat will go straight
even though the steering wheel is
turned.
YOU NEED THROTTLE TO STEER.
A
B
C
D
WARNING