7
On-board fuel system ........................................................... 93
On-board electrical system .................................................94
Batteries ..............................................................................94
Battery charging .................................................................94
Isolation box .......................................................................95
Circuit breaker ................................................................95
Changing the circuit breaker ........................................95
Engine instrumentation and control ..............................96
Loom junction box .........................................................96
Engine control panel ...................................................... 96
Steering system ..................................................................... 97
‘Seastar’ hydraulic steering system ................................97
Maintenance of the steering system .............................. 98
Bleeding the hydraulic steering system .........................99
Emergency steering system ...........................................100
Emergency tiller arm ...................................................100
Operating the Atlantic 85 .................................................. 101
Engine pre-start checks .................................................. 101
Monitoring the engines ................................................... 101
Recognising changes in engine performance ......... 101
Engine parameters ....................................................... 101
Engine alarms ...................................................................102
Fuel contamination alarm ..........................................102
Engine overheat alarm ................................................102
Stopping the engines .......................................................103
Emergency engine stop ............................................... 103
Engine malfunction/failure ............................................103
Digital tachometer .......................................................103
Fuelling procedure ...........................................................104
Dealing with fuel spillages .............................................104
Salvage pump .......................................................................105
Engine specification (Honda WX10) .............................105
Post recovery checks .......................................................105
Dos and don’ts of machinery safety for workers ........... 105
Activity 10 – Planned Maintenance
Planned maintenance .........................................................108
SIMS maintenance ...........................................................108
Activity 11 – Unplanned Maintenance
Yamaha F115 outboard engine .......................................... 110
Engine will not start ............................................................ 110
Basic fault finding............................................................. 110
Intermediate fault finding .............................................. 110
1, 2, 3 Procedure ........................................................... 110
Engine stalls .......................................................................111
Spark testing ...................................................................... 111
Defective spark plugs ...................................................... 112
Engine rough idling .......................................................... 112
Engine poor performance ............................................... 112
Hull construction and repair .............................................. 114
Construction ..................................................................... 114
Repair ................................................................................. 114
Buoyancy tubes .....................................................................115
Design and function .........................................................115
Tube repairs .......................................................................115
Tube repair procedure ................................................. 116
Inflation valve repair procedure ................................ 116
Ballast system .......................................................................117
Overview ............................................................................117
Lever/cable installation ...................................................117
Adjustment of the system .......................................... 119
The B-Class Atlantic 85 self-righting system ................. 119
Overview ........................................................................... 119
On-board mercury switch .............................................. 120