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    Safety information

                 Boat characteristics           z Keep away from the intake grates while the
           z Jet thrust turns the boat. Moving the re-  engines  are on. Items such as  long  hair,
            mote control levers completely back to idle  loose clothing, or PFD straps can become
            or the neutral position produces only mini-  entangled in moving parts, resulting in se-
            mum thrust. If you are traveling at speeds  vere injury or drowning.
            above  trolling, you will have rapidly de-  z Never insert any object into the jet thrust
            creasing ability to steer without throttle.  nozzles while the engines are running. Se-
            You may still have some turning ability im-  vere injury or death could result from com-
            mediately after moving the remote control  ing in contact with the rotating parts of the
            levers back to idle, but once the engines  jet pumps.
            slow down, the boat will no longer respond
            to steering  wheel input until  you apply
            throttle again or you reach a trolling speed.
            Practice turning in an open area without
            obstructions until you have a good feel for                         2
            the maneuver.
           z This  Yamaha boat is  water-jet propelled.
            The pumps are directly connected to the        1
            engines. This means that the jet thrust will
            produce some  movement whenever  the
            engines are running. The boat has a “neu-  1  Intake grate
            tral” position, but since the boat is always  2  Jet thrust nozzle
            producing thrust while the engines are run-
            ning, some forward or reverse movement  z Stop the engines and remove the clip from
            may occur.                            the engine shut-off switch before removing
           z Do not use the reverse function  to slow  any debris or weeds, which may have col-
            down or stop the boat above trolling speed  lected around the jet intakes. (See page
            as it could cause you to lose control, be  190 for more information.)
            ejected, or impact the steering wheel  or
            other parts of the boat. This could increase
            the risk of serious injury. It could also dam-
            age the shift mechanisms.
           z Reverse can be used to slow down or stop
            during slow-speed maneuvering, such as
            when docking. Once the engines are idling,
            shift to reverse and gradually increase en-
            gine speed. Make sure that there are no
            obstacles  or people behind you before
            shifting into reverse.

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