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Control function operation

swamping, or damage to the boat could gates, which direct the flow of the jet thrust as
occur. follows:
The remote control lever for each engine con-
Neutral
trols both throttle and shifting. In normal op-
The shift gates are dropped down part way
eration, the levers are moved together. over the jet thrust nozzles. The neutral posi-
Moving the remote control levers forward tion balances forward and reverse thrust to
from the neutral position shifts into the for- help keep the boat from moving, although
ward position, and then as the levers are some movement may occur.
moved farther, accelerates the engines for
more thrust. Moving the levers back from the
neutral position shifts into the reverse posi- 1
tion, and then as the levers are moved farther,
accelerates the engines for more thrust.

N
F 2 5 1 5 R
3 4

7 7 2
6 6
8 8 1 Shift gate
2 Jet thrust nozzle
Forward
When the remote control levers are initially
1 Neutral position moved to the forward position and the boat is
2 TDE position operating at a slow speed, the shift gates are
3 Forward position lifted up slightly from the neutral position and
4 Reverse position
jet thrust is directed downward at an angle.
5 Shift
This function, which is called the thrust direc-
6 Fully closed
tional enhancer (TDE), helps to provide good
7 Throttle
handling response when the steering wheel is
8 Fully open
turned, even though there is less thrust avail-
TIP: able at low engine speeds.
This boat is equipped with a “start-in-gear”
protection. The engines will not start unless
the levers are in the neutral position.

This boat uses a direct-drive propulsion sys-
tem. Therefore, jet thrust is always being pro-
duced while the engines are running. The
direction of the boat is controlled by the shift

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