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MONTEREY
BOATS
Exterior Equipment
WARNING
A telescoping boarding ladder is recessed into a
compartment in the swim platform below a special
hatch. The compartment is drained overboard
to a thru-hull tting below the platform near the
outdrive. To use the ladder, make sure the engine
is off and the steering wheel is turned straight
ahead or slightly to port to move the props as far
away from the ladder location as possible. Open
the hatch on the starboard side of the swim plat-
form. Rotate the ladder out of the recess to the
down position. Pull to extend the ladder out to the
open position. The ladder must be retracted and
folded into the recess before starting the engine.
MOVING PROPELLERS ARE DANGEROUS. THEY CAN CAUSE
DEATH, LOSS OF LIMBS, OR OTHER SEVERE INJURY. DO
NOT USE THE SWIM PLATFORM OR SWIM LADDER WHILE
THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. STOP THE ENGINE IF DIVERS OR
SWIMMERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO BOARD. ALWAYS PROPERLY
STORE THE LADDER BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE.
Transom Ski Tow
A stainless steel ski tow tting is mounted to the
center of the swim platform above the outdrive.
The tow tting is designed for pulling one or two
averaged sized skiers or wakeboarders.
Always use high quality tow ropes with attach-
ment loops when pulling wakeboarders or skiers.
The tow rope should always be attached using
the attachment loops and never tied to the ski
tow or to any type of metal hook. Tied ski ropes
are very difcult to remove and metal hooks will
damage the ski tow and the berglass around it
and can cause injury to your skiers if the metal
hook breaks under the strain of the tow.
When attaching a tow rope using the attachment
loops, hold the attachment loop in one hand and
pull a length of rope on the handle side of the
loop through the loop, creating another 6” loop.
Slide the loop just created over the ski tow tting
and pull the handle side of the rope to tighten the
loop around the tow tting. This procedure will
attach the rope securely to the ski tow, be easy
to remove and will not come off if the skier or
wakeboarder falls.
Refer to Water Skiing in the Operation chapter
for safety information on operating the boat with
a skier.
ACTUATOR PIN
ACCESS HATCH
Transom Ski Storage Compartment and
Actuator Pin Access Hatch
Stern Boarding Ladder
Transom Storage Compartment
There is a large storage compartment located on
the port side of the transom below the rear fac-
ing bench seat. A 12-volt light activated by the
Cockpit Light switch at the helm illuminates the
compartment. Another hatch in the starboard wall
of the compartment provides access to the engine
hatch actuator and the emergency quick release
pin that allows the engine hatch to be opened
manually if the electric hatch actuator should
fail. There are also straps that hold ski ropes or
mooring lines.
The compartment drains to the bilge and is
equipped with “dry deck” padding to allow for
better drainage and air circulation in the com-
partment. A drain rail around the hatch channels
water away from the compartment and overboard
through a tting in the hull side.