Sea Ray 175 Sport Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 49)

3.4

SECTION 3 • USING YOUR BOAT

175 Sport

Gasoline vapors can explode

Before starting the engines, open engine

compartment and check for gasoline smell.

• If you smell gasoline, do not start engine; get

everyone off the boat and get trained help to find

and fix the problem.

If there is no gasoline smell, perform checks specified

by manual, then and only then, close engine

compartment and run blower for at least 4 minutes

before starting.

! DANGER

(FIG. 3.4.1)

7. STARTING THE ENGINE

The engine operation and maintenance manual

furnished with your boat describes pre-start and

starting procedures. We urge you to thoroughly read

and understand your engine manual.

Listed below are basic pre-start and starting

reminders. These are not a substitute for the engine

manufacturer’s specific recommendations.

Open the engine compartment and check for the

smell of gasoline.

• IF YOU SMELL GASOLINE, get everyone off

the boat, do not operate any electrical switches

or light any matches, lighters, etc. Get trained

help to find and fix the problem, before starting

the engine or operating any switches on the boat.

• If you DO NOT smell gasoline..

1. Check all fluid levels and any other necessary

checks as specified in Section 8 and in the

engine manual.

2. If boat is equipped with

optional battery switch,

turn it ON.

3. Check that water level in

bilge is minimal. Verify that

the bilge pump is operating

by turning the bilge pump

6. PASSENGER INSTRUCTION AND

LOCATION

• Everyone on board must be told about the boat’s

behavior from starting to getting up on plane.

• Before the operator does any high-speed

maneuvers or rapidly accelerates or decelerates

the boat, passengers must be warned to sit and

hold on and must heed the warning.

• The operator may have to make rapid changes

in speed and/or direction to avoid a problem,

with little or no time for alerting passengers. It

is critical that all passengers be seated in the

designated seating areas and holding on to

prevent falling overboard or getting knocked

about in the boat at all times when the boat is

underway.

5. PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES

(PFD’S)

• Operator must instruct all passengers on

location and use of PFD’s (See Section 1-

Safety, page 4 for type and usage).

• Children less than sixteen (16) years of age and

all non-swimmers, adults as well as children,

must wear properly-sized PFDs at all times

when aboard.

• ALL passengers should wear PFDs. By the time

someone falls overboard, it can be to late for

them to put on a PFD and fasten it properly.

This is especially true in colder waters, below

F, where survival time, before hypothermia

sets in, is measured in minutes.

• If there are passengers not wearing PFDs, the

PFDs must be readily accessible. “Readily

accessible” means out of the storage bag and

unbuckled.

• All throwable flotation devices (cushions, rings,

etc.) must be right at hand.

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