NW Explorations
AQUILA OPERATING MANUAL
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1B4:
Dinghy
The boat is equipped with a 10.3 foot Zodiac rigid-Hull, inflatable-pontoon boat and fitted with a Honda 9.9
horsepower four-cycle electric start outboard motor using a portable fuel tank.
1B5: Deck Equipment
The boat has mooring lines; a stern/shore line 300’ long; an appropriate all-purpose anchor with 300’ of all-
chain rode plus an emergency anchor with chain and rope rode; fenders/bumpers; four deck chairs; an ice
chest; a crab pot or ring with line, float, and bait rigging; a hose for fresh water tank filling and boat washing;
and a boat hook.
1B6: Safety Equipment
Anchors
There is a permanently-rigged anchor on the bow pulpit and a spare anchor in the lazarette locker that can use
the stern/shore line as a rode.
Carbon Monoxide Monitor
There is a CO monitor in the salon — Not installed at the time of this manual.
Fire Extinguishers
There are three handheld extinguishers in the forward and aft staterooms (in the hanging lockers) and the
salon (under the helm seat in the cabinet by the door). A fire suppression system is in the
engine room with
automatic thermal release; this automatic system has automatic engine shutdown protection controlled at each
helm.
First Aid Kit
In the Master Stateroom Head Compartment cabinet.
Flares
These are in the “Emergency Drawer” under the aft “L” of the salon settee.
Life Preservers/PFD’s
There are two wearable vests in each stateroom’s hanging locker, and there are standard vests in two packs
under the
flybridge console.
A heaving line and
life ring are in a hanger on the aft railing of the flybridge.
Pumps
Manual diaphragm-type in the salon starboard door step, plus three electric pumps.
VHF Radios
There is a VHF radio at each helm.
