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Fire!
In case of fire do not open the engine compart-
ment. Shut down engine(s), generator(s), and
blower(s). Discharge entire contents of fixed
fire suppression system. If using portable CO2
fire extinguisher continuously discharge entire
contents. On European models, discharge
contents through fire port.
NOTICE
Using a portable fire extinguisher with an ac-
cess/fire port in the engine compartment is pre-
ferred to opening the engine compartment to
fight the fire. However, using a portable extin-
guisher in this way provides less protection
against fire than a fixed suppression system.
NOTICE
Do not test fire extinguishers by squirting small
amounts of the extinguishing compound. The
fire extinguisher might not work when you re-
ally need it.
All Class 2 powerboats (26 to less than 40 feet) are
required to carry two (2) B-1 type approved hand por-
table fire extinguishers or one (1) B-2 type approved
hand portable fire extinguisher. When a fixed fire ex-
tinguishing system is installed in machinery space(s),
at least one (1) B-1 type approved hand portable fire
extinguisher is required.
F. Fire Extinguisher System
A self-contained, FE241 agent fire extinguisher system
is a standard feature on the 378 Vista™ model. The
equipment utilized has been so chosen, and located, to
provide sufficient volume and coverage of the entire en-
gine compartment. While the system ensures excellent
overall bilge fire protection, it does not eliminate the
U.S.C.G. requirement for hand-held fire extin-
guishers. Refer to the manufacturer's literature included
in the owner's packet.
G. Visual Distress Signal Devices
Visual distress signal devices approved by the U.S.
Coast Guard are required on all recreational boats op-
erating on coastal waters and to boats owned in the
United States when they are operating on the high seas.
Coastal waters include territorial seas and those wa-
ters directly connected to the Great Lakes and the ter-
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ritorial seas up to a point where the waters are less than
two miles (3.2km) wide. Visual distress signal equip-
ment may be of the pyrotechnic or non-pyrotechnic type.
Regulations prohibit display of visual distress signals
on the water under any circumstances except when
assistance is required to prevent immediate or potential
danger to persons on board a vessel.
The equipment must be approved by the U.S. Coast
Guard, be in serviceable condition, and be stowed in a
readily accessible location. Equipment having a date
for serviceable life must be within the specified usage
date shown. Careful selection and proper stowage of
visual distress equipment is very important if young chil-
dren are aboard.
NIGHT USE
DAY USE ONLY
ONLY
Three orange
One S-O-S
smoke signals
electric distress
(one hand held
light.
and two floating)
or one orange
flag with black
square and disk.
Distress Signal Table
The minimum visual distress signals required in coastal
waters for a Class 2 powerboat is the following:
One orange flag with black square-and disc
(daytime); and an S-O-S electric light (night-
time); or three orange smoke signals, hand held
or floating (daytime); or three red flares of hand
held, meteor, or parachute type (daytime/night-
time).
NOTICE
No single signaling device is appropriate for all
purposes. Consider keeping various types of
equipment on board.
H. Sound Signaling Devices
Class 2 powerboats (26 to less than 40 feet) are re-
quired to carry a hand, mouth or power operated horn
or whistle. It must produce a blast of two-second dura-
tion and audible at a distance of at least one-half (1/2)
mile. The 378 Vista™ model is equipped with a dual
trumpet horn which meets this requirement. See Fig-
ure B6.
DAY AND
NIGHT USE
Three flares of
the hand held,
meteor or
parachute type.
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