Boston Whaler 37 Justice Series, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Section 2 Boat O p eration
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Starting the Engines
B efore you attempt to start the engines, ensure the lower
units are in water of sufficient depth for operation and
that there are no people or object s in the vici nity subject
to injury or damage.
In order to start the boat’ s engines, you need to follow
a specific sequence, including running the blower to
dispel fumes, turning on the batteries, engaging the ke y
switch es, secu ring the ignition shutoff switch lanyard,
positioning the co ntrols in NE UTRAL and then act ivating
the S TART setting on the push-to-start panel for each
engine.
Battery Selector Switches
This boat uses remote battery select or switch es ( one for
eac h engine) to co ntrol delivery of D C power from the
batteries. The battery switch es are loca ted behind an
acc
ess door on the starboard side of the co ntrol station.
In order to start the engines, the battery switch es must
be in the ON position.
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Y ou must turn the remote engine battery switch es
to the ON position before you use the main engine
start switch es.
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The ce nter battery switch also co ntrols the power
to the co mponents powered by the house battery.
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Y ou must turn the main engine ke y switch es to the
OF F position after you secu re the engines from
service .
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Y ou should turn the remote engine battery
switch es to the OF F position after you secu re the
engines from service .