Boarding; Personal Flotation Devices (Pfd; Passenger Instruction And Location - Sea Ray 260 Sundancer Owner's Manual

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FTER ILLING
• DO NOT wash spilled fuel overboard. Wipe up
any spill with rags or paper towels and dispose
of them properly on shore.
• Open engine compartment and check for fuel
fumes. This is especially important if your boat
is equipped with a gasoline engine. Leave
compartment open until no odor is apparent.
Close compartment.
• If fumes in the engine compartment do not
disappear, do not turn on blower or start engine.
Get help from trained and experienced persons
before using the boat.
• Turn on blower for four minutes, then restart
engine.
• Assist passengers back into the boat.
3. B
OARDING
! WARNING
Wet decks are slippery.
You can be seriously injured if you slip and fall.
Wear slip-resistant footwear secured to your feet and
hold onto rails or boat structure.
• DO NOT overload the boat.
• Board one person at a time and give assistance
as needed.
• Transfer gear and equipment by handing it from
a person on the dock to a person on board. You
can lose your balance and be injured if you
attempt to board while carrying equipment or
gear.
• Distribute the weight of equipment and
passengers as evenly as possible to keep the
boat balanced.
• Stow gear and equipment so that it is accessible,
but everything is to be stored in places to prevent
it from shifting if the boat encounters rough water
or weather.
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• Operator must instruct all passengers on
location and use of PFD's (See Section 1-
Safety, page 4 for type and usage).
• Children less than sixteen (16) years of age and
all nonswimmers, adults as well as children,
must wear properly-sized PFDs at all times
when aboard.
• ALL passengers should wear PFDs. By the time
someone falls overboard, it can be too late for
them to put on a PFD and fasten it properly.
This is especially true in colder waters, below
70°F, where survival time, before hypothermia
sets in, is measured in minutes.
• If there are passengers not wearing PFDs, the
PFDs must be readily accessible. "Readily
accessible" means out of the storage bag and
unbuckled.
• All throwable flotation devices (cushions, rings,
etc.) must be right at hand.
5. P I
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• Everyone on board must be told about the boat's
behavior from starting to getting up on plane.
• Before the operator does any high-speed
maneuvers or rapidly accelerates or
decelerates the boat, passengers must be
warned to sit and hold on and must heed the
warning.
• The operator may have to make rapid changes
in speed and/or direction to avoid a problem,
with little or no time for alerting passengers. It is
critical that all passengers be seated in the
designated seating areas and holding on at all
times to prevent falling overboard or getting
knocked about in the boat when underway.
• If standing, maintain a firm grip on handholds.
When walking, grasp handholds.
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