23CRUISE_OPEN 23ELECTRIC_OPEN – General manual
The driver is responsible for the passengers' supervision during the entire navigation. If
necessary he needs to warn them about any inappropriate behaviour, adapt the speed of
navigation or even stop the vessel, if he reckons that any of the passengers' behaviour is
putting him or other passengers in danger.
8.2
Navigation and anchor lights
The vessel features a red and green navigation lights in the corners, and an anchor light
on the back of the roof. The navigation and anchor lights must be switched on whenever
the vessel is moving, the weather deteriorates or during the navigation at night. When
anchoring on a spot which could be on the navigational route of another vessel, switch on
the anchor light located on the vessel’s roof, which is visible 360
o
around the vessel.
8.3
Motor (engine) control lever
Direction and speed of navigation, can be changed with control levers. They are installed
on right side of steering wheel. By moving the lever to bow, vessel will move forward, by
moving lever to stern side,. The vessel will move backward. Also the speed increases with
moving the lever.
8.4
Safety switch for shutting down the motor
The vessels feature a safety mechanism which shuts down the motor if the driver leaves
the motor’s control console. This can happen in the event of the driver’s sickness, passing
out, falling over the deck due to turbulent water, strolling around the vessel under the
influence of forbidden substances, or if he wanted to shut down the motor for safety
reasons. This safety mechanism can prevent a serious accident. A vessel moving without
control can present a serious danger to the passengers on board as well as the people in
the water around the vessel. Of course, the correct functioning of the mechanism largely
depends on the vessel’s driver. As mentioned before, the driver must attach the string of
the safety key to himself. If he does so, in the event of an accident, by leaving the control
console, he will pull the safety key out of the key hole and cause the motor to shut down.
After the safety shut down, position the handle for direction and speed into the neutral
position and then insert the safety key into the console located behind the engine control
lever.
NOTICE:
If the security switch is not inserted, the engine won't start!
8.5
Ignition
When all passengers are safely seated on board, you can begin the ignition process. This
is done in the following steps:
•
put the main switch of the motor into the „ON“ position,
•
I the vessel is equipped with electric engine, check the battery charge on the
control console of the motor
•
check if the direction lever is in neutral position
•
turn ignition key
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