Engine Operation - BENETEAU OCEANIS 58 Owner's Manual

Operation
1. General points
- The "Dock and Go" system is a manoeuvring aid to facilitate coming alongside and leaving the dock. This
system must not in any circumstances be used as a means of navigation, even during approach
manoeuvres in port.
- In some use modes of the system, especially sideways movement, the bow thruster has to work very
hard. This leads to a significant power draw on the bow thruster battery bank and raises the temperature
of the bow thruster motor.
- For its protection, the bow thruster is equipped with a temperature alarm which gives 5 short beeps 10
seconds before cutting off the power to the bow thruster. When the bow thruster cuts out, keep your hand
on the joystick with the bow thruster out of operation. You need to wait until it has cooled sufficiently before
restarting it manually by pressing both buttons on the bow thruster control simultaneously.
- To avoid this inconvenience and to protect the bow thruster we advise you not to use the bow thruster for
more than 30 seconds at a time and to allow it to cool between each use.
- NOTE: Once the bow thruster has cut out due to overheating you should allow around 4 hours for it to
return to ambient temperature. If it does overheat you can start using it again without waiting 4 hours but
the possible usage time will be reduced.
- After each manoeuvre using the bow thruster, be sure to maintain the charge of the bow thruster battery
bank: either by connecting your boat to the mains socket on the dock, or by keeping the engine at a
cruising speed of at least 1700 rpm (engaged or disengaged) for at least 30 minutes after the last
manoeuvre.
2. Propeller
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- The propeller supplied with the boat is the only
propeller validated by the engine manufacturer to
enable optimal operation of the assembly Dock and
Go. No other propeller must be mounted under
penalty of serious malfunctions of the base and the
motor itself.