Everglades 455 CC, Руководство пользователя

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Exterior Equipment
Folding the Upper Helm Station for Transport
The upper helm station is hinged where it attaches
to the hardtop and is designed to fold down to lower
the height of the boat for trailering. Gas charged
springs at each hinge point provide lift assistance
and dampening which makes it easier to fold the
helm station.
There are two sections to the upper station frame
that are secured together with special pins and hand
bolts. The forward section includes the upper helm
and lowers to scuff pads on the hardtop. The rear
section that includes the seats and the sunshade
rotates behind the rear of the hardtop and down into
the cockpit. A shipping cradle included with your
boat is positioned in the cockpit to support the rear
section and sunshade in the trailer position.
The upper station sections are heavy and require
three people using careful, deliberate action while
separating the sections to lower them for transport.
It is also important that the sections are secured with
straps before transporting the boat on the highway.
To lower the Upper helm station:
1. Before raising or lowering the upper station, the
boat should be either on a cradle, the trailer or
moored to a dock in a safe location close to the
haul out where rough water, wind or boat wakes
are not a problem. Also make sure there are no
low hanging power lines near the boat that could
come in contact with the station or sunshade as
it is rotated.
2. If equipped, remove the cockpit rocket launcher.
3. Make sure all battery switches are off.
4. Place the cradle for the sunshade and rear sec-
tion in the center of the cockpit.
5. Remove the outriggers and lower or remove
antennas that may interfere with the operation.
6. Fold the seat bolsters up to the leaning post
position.
7. Secure 1/2” x 15’ nylon handling lines to each
side of the sunshade or seat backrest frame.
8. Loosen the hand bolts on each side of the upper
station near the seats.
9. With one person on the rear section and one on
the front, lift each section slightly to take the
strain off the alignment pins where the sections
separate.
10. Rotate the rear section just enough to separate
it from the front section and carefully lower the
front section until it rests on the pads on the
hardtop.
11. The person handling the front section can now
move to the cockpit to assist the person stationed
in the cockpit with lowering the rear section to
the cradle as this will require two people.
12. Lift and rotate the rear section toward the rear
of the hardtop. Use the handling lines to care-
fully and slowly lower the rear section behind the
hardtop to the two people in the cockpit.
13. As the rear section is lowered, the two people
in the cockpit will help support the weight and
align the cradle.
14. Continue lowering the rear section until it rests
in the cradle.
Folding Upper Helm Station
Gas Charged Assist Springs