Hunter H45DS - Seawater Intake

Hunter 45
DS
•
Underwater Gear
6.
4
f
illed composite blade b
y
hand la
y
-up connected to
an internal 316L stainless steel
g
rid and rudder stock
structure. The rudder bearin
g
s are sel
f
lubricatin
g
hi
g
h tech needle t
y
pe bearin
g
s with a double lip seal.
E
nsure to ins
p
ect the free and smooth o
p
eration o
f
the rudder stock and bearin
g
s at re
g
ular intervals.
This Fi
g
.
(
Fi
g
6.5
)
g
ives
y
ou a look at
th
e
r
udde
r
u
n
de
r
y
our
b
oat.
Your steerin
g
s
y
stem is a ver
y
im
p
ortant
p
art o
f
y
our boat and ver
y
important to
y
ou
r
boatin
g
safet
y
.
H
owever, all boat
o
perator
’
s should
be
p
re
p
ared for
r
udde
r
fa
il
u
r
e
o
r
loss. That is wh
y
Hu
nt
e
r
Ma
r
i
n
e
has
a backup rudder
s
y
stem that can be
purchased for our
cu
rr
e
nt m
ode
l
s
.
O
ther commercial
suppliers offer
similar s
y
stems at di
ff
erin
g
bene
f
its and costs
and
y
o
u
s
h
ou
ld
con
d
uct
y
our own ana
ly
s
i
s to
d
eterm
i
ne w
hi
c
h
alternative is best
f
or
y
ou.
CAUTION
! !
Because the backup s
y
stem can also be lost an
o
p
erator must
b
e a
bl
e to sa
il
w
i
t
h
out a ru
dd
er or ot
h
-
e
rwise be
p
re
p
ared to assemble a makeshift rudder.
Important: Look to the Getting Underway Chapter (chapter 12)
for information about using your emergency tiller system. The
connections and use are detailed in that section.
Th
e next
Fig
ure
i
n t
hi
s sect
i
on w
ill
a
ll
ow
y
ou to o
b
serve
th
e
c
r
oss
sec
ti
o
n ill
us
tr
a
ti
o
n
of
th
e
r
udde
r in
s
t
a
ll
ed
o
n
y
our boat. This view also shows
y
ou the upper and
l
ower ru
dd
er
b
ear
i
n
g
s
.
UPPER AND LOWER
NEEDLE BEARING
6.3 Seawater Intak
e
6.3.1 Pick Ups and Intakes
O
n the bottom of
y
our boat,
y
ou will find pick ups and
intakes
f
or the suppl
y
o
f
raw water to
y
our boat’s various
s
y
stems.
S
hown in Fi
g
. 6.7 is an example o
f
three t
y
pes o
f
intakes.
These intakes are the “
g
ravit
y
fed” t
y
pe, and the water
forced t
y
pe. The forced t
y
pe is fed b
y
the velocit
y
of sea-
water bein
g
f
orced throu
g
h the intake b
y
the boat speed.
These t
y
pes are alwa
y
s positioned with the openin
g
side
o
f the intake in the forward position. Gravit
y
fed intakes
are the opposite.
Fi
g
. 6.
6
Fi
g
. 6.
5