Leaving A Dock; Turning The Boat - Yamaha 210FSH SPORT 2022 Operator's Manual

Operation
BLOWER
TIP:
The engines can also be stopped by pulling
the engine shut-off cord (lanyard).
(3) Remove the main switch keys and the
engine shut-off cord (lanyard) if the boat
will be left unattended.

Leaving a dock

Because boats steer from the stern, the stern
first moves in the direction opposite your de-
sired turn. It is especially important to under-
stand this characteristic when leaving a dock.
If you move the remote control levers to the
forward position and simply turn the steering
wheel to steer the bow away from the dock,
as you would when driving a car out of a
parking space, you will drive the stern of the
boat into the dock.
The following steps are basic maneuvering
techniques which can be used in most cir-
cumstances:
(1) With the engines idling and the bow still
moored to the dock, turn the steering
wheel toward the dock. Moving the re-
mote control levers into the TDE position
or forward position will start to move the
stern of the boat away from the dock.
(2) When the stern is out a few feet, release
the bow mooring, and then turn the
steering wheel to the center position or
away from the dock. Move the remote
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control levers into the reverse position
and move away from the dock.

Turning the boat

WARNING
 Do not pull the remote control levers
back to idle when trying to steer away
from objects — you need throttle to
steer.
Be sure passengers are holding on be-

fore making turns. An unprepared pas-
senger could lose balance and fall.
Steering control depends on the combination
of steering wheel position and the amount of
throttle.
Water sucked in through the intake grate is
pressurized by the impeller in the jet pumps.
As the pressurized water is expelled from the
pumps through the jet thrust nozzles, it cre-
ates thrust to move and steer the boat. The
higher the engine speed, the more thrust is
produced.
The amount of jet thrust, in addition to the po-
sition of the steering wheel, determines how
sharply you turn.
A. More throttle produces high thrust, so
the boat will turn more sharply.
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