Sea Dragon Crew Guide Contents Specifications ..........................5 Operating Procedures ........................ 6 Thru Hull Locations......................... 6 Safety ............................. 7 Underway Policies ......................7 Man Overboard ........................8 Fire procedures ........................8 Mayday Procedures ......................9 Activating the Bilge Pumps ....................9 Deploying the Life Raft ......................
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Sea Dragon Crew Guide Dowsing the Stay Sail ......................16 Gennaker ..........................17 Rigging the Gennaker ......................17 Deploying the Gennaker ....................17 Dowsing the Gennaker.......................18 In Port Awning ........................19 Rigging the Awning ......................19 Taking the Awning Down ....................20 Heads ............................21 Operating the Toilet ......................21 Taking a Shower ........................22...
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Sea Dragon Crew Guide Audio Video systems ......................32 Salon Stereo ........................32 Figures ............................34 Index ............................34 P a g e October 4, 2013...
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Safety Underway Policies Life Jackets We require children under the age of 16 to wear life jackets whenever above deck. It is recommended that that young children also have a harness and be clipped in when above deck.
If a fire breaks out first and foremost get yourself clear of the fire then think about fighting the fire. Sea Dragon has several fire extinguishers: At the mast compression post just aft of the heads in the hall.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Mayday Procedures Activating the Bilge Pumps There are three bilge pumps installed in Sea Dragon. Two are manual and one is electric. The main bilge pump is operated with switches located on the main switch panel and at the Helm on the port side.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Auxiliary Engine Engine Starting To start the engine: Retrieve the key from the navigation desk. Make sure the gear shift lever is slightly in the forward position and the button is pressed in so that the transmission is NOT in gear ...
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Checking the Diesel Level Sea Dragon is fitted with two ways to check the amount of remaining fuel one an electrical gauge and the other a manual sight gauge. There is a gauge on the main electrical panel that reads the tank level. This gauge is not accurate but will give a quick indication that the level is getting low.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Filling the Diesel Tank The diesel tank is filled thru a deck fitting on the starboard side of the boat near the rail about where the dodger starts. The fill has a overflow port on the side of the boat.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Checking/Cleaning the Sea Water Strainer The Sea Water Strainer is located behind the galley sink in an area accessed thru a pull out panel. To check or clean the strainer: 1. Open the pull out panel. The panel can be hard to pull open grab the two pull posts located at the top of the panel and pull with steady firm pressure.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Changing the sea water impeller The engine water pump is located forward on the engine and down at the left side when looking at the forward part of the engine. It is the 2 inch plate with four screws on it to the left of the crank shaft pulley.
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Sea Dragon Crew Guide 8. Clean the water pump housing out with a rag. Make sure there are no bits and pieces of the old impeller left in the housing. 9. Remove the old o-ring form the groove in the water pump housing.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Main sail Rigging the Main Raising the Main Dowsing the Main Reefing the Main Rigging the Jib Deploying the Jib Dowsing the Jib Stay Sail Rigging the Stay Sail Deploying the Stay Sail Dowsing the Stay Sail...
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Gennaker Sea Dragon has a wonderful light wind sail called a Gennaker. This sail can be used for downwind running in up to 15 knots of wind and up to a close reaching in very light winds. The sail is controlled with two sheets and is rigged onto a continuous line roller.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide trim in the sail as it rolls out so that flogging is reduced to a minimum. Make sure the lazy sheet feeds out freely as the sail rolls out. Dowsing the Gennaker The Gennakar is dowsed by rolling it in using the continuous line. To roll the sail in the trim sheet must be released and the lazy sheet taken in as the continuous line is use to roll the sail up.
Figure 7 In Port Awning Rigging the Awning Sea Dragon is equipped with a Awning for shade and rain cover of the cockpit. To setup the awning bring the bag containing the awning up on the deck area between the mast and the dodger.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide There is a string on the back of awning in the center that loops around the top of the arch and back to an adjacent grommet on the awning. Now the forward ties that are on the end of the pole pocket. These go around the outer shrouds to give you forward tension.
NEVER, NEVER PUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN TOILET PAPER IN THE BOWL. Sea Dragon is equipped with Jabasco electric heads. When flushed these draw seawater in form thru hulls located in base of the head cabinets. All material in the bowl is macerated before being pumped into the holding tank.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Taking a Shower Shower in the heads is done by using the pull out faucet to shower with. Once done use the shower drain button located over head in the corner to drain the shower sump.
Sea Dragon is also equipped with a gas spill sensor that is located in the bilge beneath the stove. The sensor will sound a alarm on the gas control panel.
Fresh Water System Filling the Water Tank Sea Dragon has one tank that holds 500 Liters of fresh water. This tank is located under the owners cabin bunk. The Water tank is filled thru a deck fitting that is on the port side deck at the edge of the rail and aft of the owners cabin hatch.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Figure 11 Fresh Water Equipment Locker The switch is a located in a white 4 inch square box that is mounted on the aft wall of the compartment. The switch is a toggle switch that switches between the two bumps also located on the aft wall of this compartment.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide Waste Systems Empting the Holding Tanks Anchoring Lowering the Anchor Raising the Anchor Deploying the Stern Anchor P a g e | 26 October 4, 2013...
Main Electric panel Switches Wind Generators Sea Dragon’s wind generator has two operating modes. One is to be running and generating power, the other is to be in a break mode where it will spin slowly and not produce power.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide 1. Place the wind generator in the Break mode. 2. Remove the wind generate blades and blade hub. US Shore Power Charger The US Shore power connector is located on the swim platform under the overhang on the Port side.
Sea Dragon Crew Guide EU Shore Power Charger European Shore power connector is located on the swim platform under the overhang on the Starboard side. It uses a standard 30A 220 volt European marine socket with cap and land power cord The charger controller and master switch panel is located in the center starboard cubby behind the salon table.
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Sea Dragon Crew Guide Sea Dragon does not have a traditional stereo head unit in the salon, instead it uses a Bluetooth receiver connected an amplifier and speakers. This allows anyone on board to broadcast music to the salon speakers controlling the volume and content from you device.
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