Leopard Catamarans 40 - 2-6.5 Life Jackets (Pfds)

26 | 2-6 BoatingSafety
Onceobtained,youmustprogrammethe
MMSInumberintoyourRay55as
describedintheRay55VHFRadio
Owner’sHandbook.Youdonotneedan
FCCshipradiostationlicence/operator
licenceiftravellinginUSwaters.Youwill
needalicencetooperatetheradiooutside
ofUSwatersonaninternationalvoyage.
Ifyourvesselisregisteredinanothercountry
youwillneedtoconsulttheregulatory
authoritiesofthatcountyregardinglicense
andoperationalrequirements.
Radio Listening Watch
AllvesselscarryingVHFradioequipment
mustmaintainaradiowatchonchannel
16(156.800MHz)whenevertheradiois
notbeingusedtocommunicate.Besure
thatonlyqualiedpersonsusetheradio.
Nevertransmitfalsedistressmessages.
Neveruseprofanityontheair.
WARNING
ITISUNLAWFULTOINTENTIONALLY
TRANSMITAFALSEDISTRESSALERTOR
TO UNINTENTIONALLY TRANSMIT A
FALSEDISTRESSALERTWITHOUT
TAKINGSTEPSTOCANCELTHATALERT.
Distress Call
TosendaDSCdistresscallliftthedooron
thefrontpanelofthemainunitlabelled
DISTRESS and press and hold the red
distresskeyfor3seconds.Afterthe3
secondcountdownthedistresscallis
automaticallysentonchannel70anda
loudalertwillbeheard.Theradiowill
automaticallymonitorfor
acknowledgement.Thedistresscallis
re-transmittedat3–4minuteintervalsuntil
eitheranacknowledgementisreceivedor
theDSCmodeismanuallyexitedby
pressingtheCLEAR/WXkeytwotimes.
WhilstawaitingacknowledgementonDSC
channel70youcanpressthePTTbutton
tocommunicatewithothervesselson
VHFchannel16.Whenacknowledgement
isreceivedonDSCchannel70theradio
automaticallyswitchestochannel16,
pressPTTtotalktotheacknowledging
station.
Forfulloperationalandmaintenance
informationrefertotheRay55owner’s
handbookandoperatingchartsupplied
withyourvessel.
DANGER
2-6.5 LIFE JACKETS (PFD’S)
Allrecreationalcraftmustcarryatleast
onewearablecoastguardapprovedType
I,IIorIIIpersonalotationdevice(PFD’s)
foreachpersononboardthevessel.
WearablePFD’smustbe:
• readilyaccessible
• beingoodandserviceablecodition
• betheappropriatesizeforthe
intendeduser.
Youmustalsohaveaboardatleastone
throwableTypeIVPFD.
TheTypeIVPFDcanbethrowntothe
personinthewaterandheldbythemuntil
rescue.
ThemostcommonTypeIVPFD’sare
buoyantoatingcushions,ringbuoysor
horseshoebuoys.
YoushouldalsohaveaDanbuoypole
withaagorlightatthetoptoindicatethe
positionofapersoninthewater.Thisis
normallymountedatorneartheTransom
forimmediatereleaseincaseofan
emergency.