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Operation

Turning the boat B. Less throttle produces low thrust, so the
boat will turn more gradually.
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. F

Steering control depends on the combination
of steering wheel position and the amount of
throttle. C. Pulling the remote control levers back to
Water sucked in through the intake grates is idle or the neutral position produces only
pressurized by the impellers in the jet pumps. minimum thrust. If you are traveling at
As the pressurized water is expelled from the speeds above trolling, you will have rap-
pumps through the jet thrust nozzles, it cre- idly decreasing ability to steer without
ates thrust to move and steer the boat. The throttle. You may still have some turning
higher the engine speed, the more thrust is ability immediately after pulling the re-
produced. mote control levers back to idle, but
The amount of jet thrust, in addition to the po- when the engines slow down, the boat
sition of the steering wheel, determines how will no longer respond to steering wheel
sharply you turn. input until you apply throttle again or you
A. More throttle produces high thrust, so reach a trolling speed.
the boat will turn more sharply. At trolling speed, the boat can be turned
gradually by steering wheel position
alone using just the amount of thrust
available at engine idle.

F

F

D. If the boat is moving and the remote con-
trol levers are in the neutral position, or if
there is no thrust because the engines

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