Hunter 50 - Boarding Your Boat and Preparations

Hu
nt
e
r
50
• Gettin
g
Underwa
y
1
3
.
2
Before
y
ou
g
o on the first cruise,
y
ou should be able to
answer “
y
es” to the followin
g
questions
:
H
as
y
our dealer completed the pre-deliver
y
service
inspection? Have
y
ou and
y
our dealer si
g
ned the Pre-
D
eliver
y
Inspection Report
?
H
ave
y
ou filled out and mailed all warrant
y
re
g
istra-
ti
o
n
ca
r
ds?
H
ave
y
ou read and do
y
ou understand this owner
’
s
manual and the
O
EM manuals
?
H
as
y
our
b
oat
b
een re
gi
stere
d
w
i
t
h
t
h
e proper aut
h
or-
ities
?
Does
y
our hull displa
y
the proper identi
f
ication
?
H
as
y
our dealer reviewed with
y
ou the operation o
f
the boat and its s
y
stems
?
Has
y
our dealer answered all
y
our questions
?
I
f
y
ou have taken care o
f
these preliminar
y
steps,
y
ou
are read
y
to take
y
our
f
irst cruise. Be
f
ore
y
ou start,
g
ive
some thou
g
ht to the cruise itself. Choose a calm da
y
i
f
yo
u
can
.
13.1 Boardin
g
y
our Boa
t
M
ake it a routine to visuall
y
inspect the exterior o
f
y
our
boat ever
y
time
y
ou approach it to board. Look for si
g
ns
o
f dama
g
e that could be caused b
y
the dock or other
boa
t
s.
1
3.1.1 Preparin
g
to Board
As
y
ou board
y
our boat,
y
ou should listen for an
y
alarms
w
hi
c
h
cou
ld
b
e soun
di
n
g
.
Th
e
high
water a
l
arm at t
h
e
helm will warn
y
ou o
f
the hi
g
h water bil
g
e pump in opera-
tion. The C
O
detectors could indicate the presence of the
deadl
y
Carbon Monoxide
g
as. The dan
g
ers of Carbon
M
onoxide are detailed at len
g
th in the Boatin
g
S
a
f
et
y
C
hapter of this manual, and in the insert that is placed in
the Boatin
g
Safet
y
Chapter.
Note: There are other issues that could cause these alarms
to sound such as the loss of power in the batteries that feed
the CO detectors and the systems. This is so you are warned
that you are nearing the loss of function of these important
systems.
CAUTION
! !
T
his alarm will onl
y
indicate the presence of Carbon
•
•
•
•
•
M
onoxide at the sensor. Carbon Monoxide
g
as ma
y
b
e
p
resent
i
n ot
h
er areas.
WARNING
! !
Actuation of
y
our CO alarm indicates the presence
o
f Carbon Monoxide
(
CO
)
which will KILL YOU! If
t
he alarm sounds
:
1. Press the Reset/Silence button.
2.
C
all Emer
g
enc
y
S
ervices.
3
. Immediatel
y
move to
f
resh air, outdoors, or to an open
window or door. Do a head count to check that all persons
are accounted for. Do not reenter the
p
remises nor move
awa
y
f
rom an open door or window until the emer
g
enc
y
responders have arrived, the premises have been aired
o
ut, an
d
y
our a
l
arm rema
i
ns
i
n
i
ts norma
l
operat
i
on.
4. A
f
ter
f
ollowin
g
steps 1, 2, and 3, i
f
y
our alarm reac-
tivates in a 24 hour
p
eriod, re
p
eat ste
p
s 1 – 3 and call
a quali
f
ied appliance technician. Write the number
here: ______________________________________
_
______________to investi
g
ate for sources of C
O
from
f
uel burnin
g
equipment and appliances, and inspect
f
or
proper operation o
f
this equipment. I
f
problems are
identified durin
g
this inspection, have the equipment ser-
viced immediatel
y
. Note an
y
combustion equipment not
c
hecked b
y
the service technician and contact the manu-
facturer directl
y
for more information about C
O
safet
y
and
this equipment.
Th
ere are a
l
so a
l
arms on
y
our en
gi
ne t
h
at cou
ld
b
e
soundin
g
i
f
the en
g
ine is runnin
g
. Be sure and check
y
our manu
f
acturer’s documentation
f
or in
f
ormation con-
c
ern
i
n
g
t
h
ese a
l
arms.
1
3.1.2 Upon Boardin
g
I
f
y
ou detect
f
uel
f
umes,
f
ollow the procedures listed here
and in the Fuel
C
hapter o
f
this manual.
1
3.1.3 Stron
g
Fuel Fumes
F
ue
l f
u
m
es
a
r
e
h
ea
vi
e
r th
a
n
a
ir
a
n
d
ca
n
co
ll
ec
t in th
e
bil
g
e area. These
f
umes are extremel
y
hazardous. I
f
y
ou
detect stron
g
f
umes, proceed as
f
ollows
: