Axis A20 - Navigation Lights; Emergency Safety Stop Switch

Yourboatisequippedwithnavigationallights.Recreationalboatsare
requiredtodisplaynavigationallightsbetweensunsetandsunriseand
otherperiodsofreducedvisibility(fog,rain,haze,etc.).Navigationlightsare
providedtokeepotherboatsinformedofyourpresenceandcourse.Itisup
toyoutomakesuretheyareoperational,displayedcorrectly,andturnedon
whenrequired.
YourboatisequippedwithanEmergencySafetyLanyard(cutoswitch).Werecommend
thatthelanyardbesecuredtotheoperatorandthelockplateattachedtotheemergencycuto
switchpriortostartingtheengineandanytimetheengineisoperating.The
EmergencySafetyLanyardisdesignedtoturnotheenginewhenevertheop-
eratormovesfarenoughawayfromthehelmtoactivatetheswitch.Thepur-
poseistostoptheengine,propeller,andboatintheeventtheoperatorleaves
thehelmlocation,fallsoverboard,orisejectedfromtheboat.Iftheengineis
stoppeditwillpreventtheboatfrombecomingarun-away,unmannedboat,
whichmaycauseinjuryordeathtoboatoccupantswhohavefallenoverboard
orbeenejected,ortoothernearbypeople.Iftheenginestopsitwillminimize
thesubsequentopportunityforpropellercontactwiththeoperatororother
personsinthewater.Iftheengineandboatstopitwillaordopportunityfor
theoperatororotherpersonswhohavefallenoverboardtosafelyre-boardthe
boat.
Axis
Owners
Manual
2019
Page 12
navigation
lights
emergency
safety
stop
switch