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ELDEAN OPERATING MANUAL
NW Explorations
Warning!
This notice is a part of this manual, and is placed here to warn you as an owner, crew member or passenger
on this vessel that the author of this manual assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions herein,
and represents only that the writings and illustrations herein represent his “best efforts” to provide a
comprehensive overview of the vessel, so that it can be operated by a person who has the necessary
experience and/or training to operate such a vessel given the additional information herein.
You should be aware that this operating manual is provided as a convenience to the owner(s), crew members
and passengers on this vessel, and is not complete in every detail. Given the complexity of this boat and
its systems, there is no way that all conditions, contingencies, and operating details can be covered, both
because of space limitations and because of ordinary oversight as contingencies are speculated upon by the
author. Likewise, it is possible either through oversight and/or changes in the vessel as a result of additions,
modifications, or deletions to or of equipment since publication of this manual, that items discussed will
operate differently than described, be absent from the vessel, or be added to the vessel without discussion in
this volume.
As a vessel owner, crew member or passenger on this vessel, you are here at your own risk, and the author of
this manual has no responsibility for your actions whatsoever. If you do not feel competent to undertake any or
all operations detailed herein, do not undertake it/them; get help from a competent person.
I thank you, (and my lawyer thanks you.)
Copyright 2012 Joseph D. Coons
This manual was written for this boat’s owner and it’s charter company by Joseph D. Coons, 1220 Birch Falls Drive,
Bellingham WA 98229, tel (360) 647-0288, Email [email protected]. All rights reserved. This manual may not be
quoted, copied, or duplicated, in whole or in part, in printed or electronic form, without express written consent from
the author.
About the Author
Joe Coons is a retired AM-FM broadcasting station owner and computer systems corporate executive who throughout his
life was involved in communications and mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems. He cruised his own boat on the
Hudson River and Lake Champlain when a teen and in his early twenties, and during the 70’s and 80’s accumulated some
2,500 hours as an instrument-rated private pilot. Beginning in 1986 he became seriously involved in boating as a boat
owner, subsequently working in a “retirement career” as a broker, also commissioning vessels, operating a charter fleet,
checking out boat charterers, and training new power boaters. He has held a 50-ton Coast Guard Master’s license, and
operated his own boats and a substantial number of others from 26 to 70 feet in the near- coastal waters of Washington
State, British Columbia, and Alaska. His “helm time” exceeds 8,000 hours. In addition, he has trained hundreds of boaters
in the skills of vessel operation.
