Operation
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parking space, you will drive the stern of the
boat into the dock.
The following steps are basic maneuvering
techniques which can be used in most cir-
cumstances:
(1) With the engines idling and the bow still
moored to the dock, turn the steering
wheel toward the dock. Moving the re-
mote control levers into the TDE position
or forward position will start to move the
stern of the boat away from the dock.
(2) When the stern is out a few feet, release
the bow mooring, and then turn the
steering wheel to the center position or
away from the dock. Move the remote
control levers into the reverse position
and move away from the dock.
Turning the boat
WARNING
Do not pull the remote control levers
back to idle when trying to steer away
from objects — you need throttle to
steer.
Be sure passengers are holding on be-
fore making turns. An unprepared pas-
senger could lose balance and fall.
Steering control depends on the combination
of steering wheel position and the amount of
throttle.
Water sucked in through the intake grates is
pressurized by the impellers in the jet pumps.
As the pressurized water is expelled from the
pumps through the jet thrust nozzles, it cre-
ates thrust to move and steer the boat. The
higher the engine speed, the more thrust is
produced.
The amount of jet thrust, in addition to the po-
sition of the steering wheel, determines how
sharply you turn.
A.
More throttle produces high thrust, so
the boat will turn more sharply.
B.
Less throttle produces low thrust, so the
boat will turn more gradually.
C. Pulling the remote control levers back to
idle or the neutral position produces only
minimum thrust. If you are traveling at
speeds above trolling, you will have rap-
idly decreasing ability to steer without
throttle. You may still have some turning
ability immediately after pulling the re-
mote control levers back to idle, but
when the engines slow down, the boat
will no longer respond to steering wheel
input until you apply throttle again or you
reach a trolling speed.
At trolling speed, the boat can be turned
gradually by steering wheel position
alone using just the amount of thrust
available at engine idle.
A
B
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