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Operation

Beaching
NOTICE
Wind or current
 Small pebbles, sand, seaweed, and oth-
er debris can be sucked into the jet in-
takes and impair or damage the
impellers. Always stop the engines be-
fore beaching the boat. Be sure the boat
is in water 90 cm (3 ft) deep from the
bottom of the boat before starting the
engines again.
No wind or current:  Do not beach the boat on rocky beach-
Approach the dock at a shallow angle. Se-
es. The hull gelcoat and exposed pump
cure the bow to the dock, and then use en-
housings can be damaged.
gine thrust or a boat hook to gently move the
 Pay attention to shifts in tides. Beaching
stern to the dock.
at high tide may make it impossible to
re-launch the boat if the tide recedes.
To dock using the DRiVE X mode (252SD):
Move the remote control levers to the neutral (1) Make sure no obstructions, boats, or
position, and then activate the DRiVE X swimmers are near the beach.
mode. (See page 84.) (2) Approach the beach slowly and stop the
Pull the throttle/shift paddle (right) to move engines when the water is about 90 cm
the boat forward or pull the throttle/shift pad- (3 ft) deep from the bottom of the boat.
dle (left) to move the boat in reverse at a slow Remember: turning is impossible with
speed and dock the boat. the engines stopped.
(3) Get out of the boat and pull the bow up
on the beach.
1
(4) When leaving the beach, push the boat
out into water that is at least 90 cm (3 ft)
deep from the bottom of the boat before
2
starting the engines.

1 Throttle/shift paddle (right)
2 Throttle/shift paddle (left)

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