Tiara Yachts Tiara 43, Owner'S Manual

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COMMISSIONING YOUR BOAT
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6.1.2 Bilge Areas
Install the garboard drain plug, add new Teflon® tape to the drain plug threads
everytime it is reinstalled, after removing the old tape. The drain plug is located
under the aft floor hatch (see Figure 6-1 ). Be sure that it is installed tight. Close
all seacocks.
6.1.3 Electrical Systems
Check to see that the batteries are fully charged. If not, the batteries may be
charged by hooking up the shore power cord (see Section 5.1.1) and running the
120V A.C. battery charger (see Chapter 4, Electrical Systems).
Check the electrolyte in each battery cell, making sure that they are filled to the
specification recommended in section 4.2.2 in Chapter 4.
6.1.4 Installing the Propellers
To install the propellers (see Figure 6-2 ), the following procedure should be fol-
lowed:
1. Remove adhesive tape, jam nuts and cotter pin from the prop
end of the shaft.
Figure 6-1: Garboard Drain Plug. See Arrow.