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    Pre-operation checks

           Battery check                        Bilge water check
           Make sure that the battery terminals are not  Make sure that no bilge water has collected in
           damaged and that the battery leads are con-  the engine compartment. If bilge water has
           nected properly.  WARNING! The  battery  collected in the engine compartment drain it.
           must always be fully charged and in good  (See page 138 for information on draining the
           condition. Loss of battery power may  bilge water.)
           leave you stranded. Never  operate the
           boat if the start battery does not have suf-  Drain plug check
           ficient power to start the engines or if it  Loosen the drain plug and remove them, and
           shows any other signs of decreased pow-  then make sure that the plug and the O-ring
           er.                                  on the hull drain plug are not damaged and
                                                that there is no foreign material on the
                                           2
                   2                            threads or the O-ring on the hull drain plug.
                                                NOTICE: Before installing the drain plug,
                                                clean the  drain plug threads and the  O-
                                                ring on the hull drain plug to remove any
                                                foreign materials, such as dirt or sand.
                                                Otherwise, the drain plug could be dam-
                                                aged, allowing water to enter the engine
                                                compartment or the fuel  tank  compart-
                                   1       1    ment. Make sure that the drain plug  is
                                                tightened securely  before launching the
           1  Positive (+) battery terminal: Red lead
           2  Negative (–) battery terminal: Black lead  boat. Otherwise, water may flood the boat
                                                and cause it to submerge.
                                                Securely install the drain plug by tightening it
                                                until it stop.

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                                                1  Hull drain plug

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