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Operation
142
Leaving a dock
Because boats steer from the stern, the stern
first moves in the direction opposite your de-
sired turn. It is especially important to under-
stand this characteristic when leaving a dock.
If you move the remote control levers to the
forward position and simply turn the steering
wheel to steer the bow away from the dock, as
you would when driving a car out of a 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 circum-
stances:
(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 steer-
ing 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.
A
B
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