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Boating Safety 1-11
Navigation Lights
Your boat is equipped with navigational lights. Recreational boats are required to display
navigational lights between sunset and sunrise and other periods of reduced visibility
(fog, rain, haze, etc.). Navigation lights are provided to keep other boats informed of your
presence and course. It is up to you to make sure they are operational, displayed
correctly, and turned on when required.
Emergency Safety Lanyard
Your boat is equipped with an Emergency Safety Lanyard (cutoff switch). We
recommend that the lanyard be secured to the operator and the lock plate attached to the
emergency cutoff switch prior to starting the engine and anytime the engine is operating.
The Emergency Safety Lanyard is designed to turn off the engine whenever the operator
moves far enough away from the helm to activate the switch. The purpose is to stop the
engine, propeller, and boat in the event the operator leaves the helm location, falls
overboard, or is ejected from the boat. If the engine is stopped it will prevent the boat
from becoming a run-away, unmanned boat, which may cause injury or death to boat
occupants who have fallen overboard or been ejected, or to other nearby people. If the
engine stops it will minimize the subsequent opportunity for propeller contact with the
operator or other persons in the water. If the engine and boat stop it will afford
opportunity for the operator or other persons who have fallen overboard to safely re-
board the boat.
It is recommended that you use the Emergency Safety
Lanyard system as failure to do so can cause death or serious
injury.
DO NOT operate the boat if the Emergency Safety Lanyard
system does not function properly.
• Attach the Emergency Safety Lanyard to a secure place on your clothing, your arm or
your leg while operating.
• DO NOT attach the lanyard to clothing that could tear loose.
• DO NOT route the lanyard where it could become entangled, preventing it from
functioning.
• Avoid accidentally pulling the lanyard during normal operation.
• Loss of engine power means loss of most steering control.
• Without engine power, the boat will decelerate rapidly. This could cause people in
the boat to be thrown forward or ejected overboard if they are not properly seated in
the boat.
There are practical limitations to what the Emergency Safety Lanyard can do. It can take
several seconds for the engine and propeller to stop turning. The boat can continue to
coast for several hundred feet depending on the boat speed at the time the switch is
activated. While the boat is coasting, it can cause injury to anyone in its path. Accidental
loss of power can be hazardous particularly when docking or in heavy seas, strong
current, or high winds.
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