OTHER: Safety & Bilge Pumps
SAFETY should be paramount in your daily cruising. A MAN OVERBOARD DRILL should be discussed
and perhaps even practiced with a life jacket. Remember your life jackets are stowed under the fly bridge
windshield and under the fly bridge starboard long settee. A few should always be out and ready. Your
flares, safety equipment, air horn, and spare horn are located in a plastic container in the small cabinet under
the captain’s seat starboard side. The cabinet also includes medical emergency kits and other emergency
items.
Eloise
is equipped with two AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPs. The master switch is located on the electrical
panel. Normally, the switch will be left in the AUTO position. You may occasionally hear the pump operate
due to condensation and water from the shaft log accumulating in the bilge.
An AUXILIARY HAND OPERATED BILGE PUMP is operated in the main cabin using the handle
provided for that purpose. The pump and handle are under the starboard entry step. This is used only in
emergency situations.
The ENGINE SPARES are stowed in the aft engine compartment in plastic containers. This includes raw
water impellers, belts, fuel filters, oil filters, oil, coolant and small tools to remove filters.
