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Exterior Equipment
Notice:
Periodically inspect the dive door hinges
and hardware for wear, damage or loose
t. Any problems found should be corrected
immediately.
THE DIVE DOOR SHOULD bE CLOSED AND PROPERLY
LATCHED WHENEVER THE ENGINES ARE RUNNING. NEVER
OPEN THE DIVE DOOR WHILE UNDERWAY OR IN ROUGH
SEA CONDITIONS. IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, AN OPEN DIVE
DOOR COULD ALLOW A SUbSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER TO
ENTER THE COCkPIT CREATING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
CONDITION.
OPERATING THE bOAT UNDER POWER WITH THE DIVE DOOR
OPEN MAY ALLOW PERSONS TO FALL OVERbOARD AND INTO
bOAT PROPELLERS OR TO bE LOST IN OPEN WATER. ALWAYS
CHECk TO MAkE SURE THE DIVE DOOR IS PROPERLY CLOSED
AND LATCHED bEFORE STARTING THE ENGINES. NEVER
OPERATE THE bOAT UNDER POWER WITH THE DOOR OPEN.
Dive Boarding Ladder
The boarding ladder is mounted to special brack-
ets at the rear of the cockpit, just forward of the
engines, when it is in the stored position. To use
the ladder, remove it from the storage clips and
slide the studs into the special bracket on the hull
side just below the door. The ladder oats and is
secured in the ladder bracket by a spring loaded
latch that prevents the ladder from oating off the
bracket. To remove the ladder, push up on the
release lever on the side of the ladder bracket to
release the latch, then slide the ladder up and off
the bracket. To prevent damage to the ladder or
hull side, the ladder must be removed from the
bracket and properly secured in the cockpit stor-
age clips before starting the engines.
MOVING PROPELLERS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY CAN CAUSE
DEATH, LOSS OF LIMbS OR OTHER SEVERE INJURY. DO NOT
USE THE DIVE DOOR OR LADDER WHILE THE ENGINES ARE
RUNNING. STOP THE ENGINES IF DIVERS OR SWIMMERS ARE
ATTEMPTING TO bOARD. ALWAYS PROPERLY STORE THE
LADDER bEFORE STARTING THE ENGINES.
Stern Baitwell
The stern baitwell is in the port rear side of the
cockpit. The baitwell is equipped with a Plexiglas
hatch with a “push to close” latch. It is equipped
with a light, built in overow and recirculation
pump. It is drained by gravity to a thru-hull t-
Dive Door Latch and Safety Pin
Dive Ladder Bracket and Release Lever
275/295 Center Console
Stern Baitwell