Hunter H45DS - Equipment Manufacturer Manuals; Warranties; Hull Identification Number; Manufacturers Certifications

Hunter 45
DS
• Introduction
1.4
H
unter recommends that
y
ou purchase and read the
f
ollowin
g:
Y
ac
ht
s
m
a
n H
a
n
dboo
k
b
y
Tom Bottoml
y
M
otor Yacht and Sailin
g
P
.
O
. Box 2319, FDR
S
tatio
n
New York, NY 1000
2
The
C
omplete Book o
f
Maintenance and Repai
r
b
y
Dave Kendall
D
oubleda
y
and Co.
G
arden
C
it
y
, NY 1153
0
P
leasure Yachtin
g
and Seamanshi
p
U
.
S
.
C
oast
G
uard Auxiliar
y
306
Wilson Road
O
aklands
Newark, DE 1971
1
1.5 E
q
ui
p
ment Manufacturer Manuals
H
unter purchased various equipment and components
from other manufacturers and installed them on
y
our
boat while it was bein
g
built. Examples include the
e
n
g
ines, pumps, and the
g
enerator. Most
O
EMs
(O
ri
g
inal
E
quipment Manufacturers
)
have provided operation and
maintenance manuals
f
or
y
our boat’s equipment. Keep
O
EM manuals with
y
our Hunter
O
perator's Manual in a
safe and accessible place. Be sure to pass them alon
g
to the new owner i
f
y
ou sell
y
our boat.
NOTE: The OEM manuals take precedence over the
Hunter Operator's Manual. If information in the Hunter
Operator's Manual differs from that in the OEM manuals,
follow the information in the OEM manuals.
1.6 Warranties
Nearl
y
all
O
EM equipment has its own limited warran-
ties. Warrant
y
re
g
istration cards are in
y
our
O
perator’s
p
ac
k
et.
Locate and read the individual warranties; put them
to
g
ether for eas
y
, future reference.
For international owner's;
y
our warrant
y
can be
f
ound in
y
our CE compliant
O
wner's Manual.
For U.
S
. and non-EU compliant countries,
y
our warrant
y
in
f
o can be
f
ound in the Warrant
y
section, chapter 3 o
f
the
O
perator's Manual.
1.7 Hull Identification Number
(
HIN
)
Th
e
"H
u
ll I
de
ntifi
ca
ti
o
n N
u
m
be
r" l
oca
t
ed
o
n th
e
s
t
a
r
boa
r
d
a
f
t side, is the most important identi
fy
in
g
f
actor, and must
be included in all correspondence and orders. Failure
to include it creates dela
y
s. Also of vital importance are
the en
g
ine serial numbers and part numbers when writ-
in
g
about or orderin
g
parts for
y
our en
g
ine. Refer to the
e
n
g
ine manufacturers manuals for locations of en
g
ine
serial numbers
,
and record them
f
or
f
uture re
f
erence
.
US
-HUNP
C
XXXDXX
X
H
u
ll N
u
m
be
r f
o
rm
a
t
:
“
U
S
” - countr
y
ori
g
in,
“
HUN” - Manu
f
acturer,
“
P
C
” -
len
g
th code, “XXX” - hull number, “D” - month code, “X”
-
y
ear code,
“
XX” - model
y
ea
r
1.8 Manufacturers Certifications
As a boat manufacturer Hunter builds their
p
roducts to
g
uidelines established under the Federal Boat
S
a
f
et
y
Act
o
f 1971. The act is promul
g
ated b
y
the U.S. Coast Guard
who has authorit
y
to enforce these laws on boat manu-
f
acturers that sell products in the United
S
tates. Hunter
e
nsures that all of it's products compl
y
with these laws.
The NMMA, National Marine Manu
f
acturers Association,
provides Hunter with a third part
y
certification. The
NMMA
i
s an or
g
an
i
zat
i
on t
h
at represents t
h
e mar
i
ne
industr
y
and assists manu
f
acturers, boat dealers, mari-
nas, repair
y
ards and component suppliers in areas o
f
l
e
gi
s
l
at
i
on, env
i
ronmenta
l
concerns, mar
i
ne
b
us
i
ness
g
rowth, and state and
f
ederal
g
overnment a
g
enc
y
inter-
action. The third part
y
certification that Hunter partici-
p
ates in, uses well known Standards and Recommended
P
ractices o
f
the ABY
C
, American Boat and
S
a
f
et
y
C
ouncil.
We at Hunter participate extensivel
y
in the ABYC, which is
all non-pro
f
it, and develops and publishes voluntar
y
stan-
dards and recommended practices for boat and equipment
d
es
ig
n, construct
i
on, serv
i
ce an
d
repa
i
r.
W
e ut
ili
ze a
ll
app
li
-
c
able ABY
C
standards in the construction o
f
Hunter boats.
Fi
na
lly
H
unter se
ll
s t
h
e
i
r pro
d
ucts wor
ld
w
id
e, an
d
as
such must con
f
orm to the various rules and re
g
ulations
required b
y
other countries. Most notabl
y
are the I
SO
standards in Euro
p
e which re
q
uire the a
pp
lication of the