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Operation

Turning the boat
B
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.

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

B. Less throttle produces low thrust, so the
boat will turn more gradually. 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
are stopped, the boat will go straight
even though the steering wheel is turned.

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