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Exterior Equipment
11.6 Hardtop
The standard hardtop consists of a laminated -
berglass top mounted to a welded powder coated
aluminum frame that is bolted to the console. It
is equipped with a switch panel, red LED overhead
lighting for the helm and a mounting area for a VHF
radio and stereo. There is also storage in the rear
of the hardtop liner, above the helm seats for life
jackets and other light items.
The top is designed to accommodate radio anten-
nas, radar antennas, forward and aft spreader lights,
navigation lights and rod holders. It could also be
equipped with optional outriggers. The spreader
lights, windshield wiper/washer, hardtop lights and
retractable windshield are controlled by switches in
the helm switch panel.
The hardtop is not designed to support the addi-
tional weight of heavy items like a life raft. Radar
and electronics antennas must be mounted to the
top between the front and rear legs in the mount-
ing areas provided. Do not mount any antennas
or equipment to the brow area forward of the front
legs. The hardtop frame is not designed to support
the weight of accessories in this area and could be
damaged. The rear legs provide the wire chase for
lights and antennas mounted to the top.
Ski Tow
Some hardtop frames are equipped with a ski tow
designed for pulling one average sized skier or
wakeboarder. You should never tow more than
one skier or wakeboarder from the ski tow. Towing
more than one skier will put too much strain on the
fabrication and could cause damage to the hardtop,
console or cockpit sole.
Always use high quality tow ropes with attachment
loops when pulling wakeboarders or skiers. The tow
rope should always be attached using the attach-
ment loops and never tied to the ski tow or to any
type of metal hook. Tied ski ropes are very dicult
to remove and metal hooks will damage the ski tow
and the powder coated aluminum around it. Addi-
tionally, a metal hook can cause injury to your skier
if it breaks under the strain of the tow.
When attaching a tow rope using the attachment
loops, hold the attachment loop in one hand and
pull a length of rope on the handle side of the loop
through the loop, creating another 6” loop. Slide
the loop just created over the ski tow tting and
pull the handle side of the rope to tighten the loop
around the tow tting. This procedure will attach the
Hardtop Ski Tow
Hardtop
rope securely to the ski tow, be easy to remove and
will not come o if the skier or wakeboarder falls.
Refer to Water Skiing in the Operation chapter for
safety information on operating the boat with a skier.
Notice:
The warranty for the hardtop will be void if it
is modied in any way or overloaded by tow-
ing too many skiers, wakeboarders or another
boat. Additionally, if items like antennas,
spotlights and other accessories are mounted
improperly or in the wrong location, the war-
ranty could be void. If you intend to add equip-
ment or make modications to the hardtop,
you should contact your dealer or Everglades
Customer Service to make sure the equipment
you would like to add or the intended modi-
cation will not void the warranty.
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