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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Getting Started
Boatman's Checklist 1
You and Your Boat
Drinking and driving 2
Preliminaries 2
Required equipment 3
Additional safety info 4
Trailering
Securing items 5
Mooring covers and trailering 5
Capacity and Tongue weight 6
Tie-Downs 7
Trailer check sheet 8
Launching
Loading and Capacities 9
Boarding and Stowage 10
Passenger Safety at Launch 10
Inspection and starting 11
Before starting the engine 11
Special warnings regarding operation
Capacity 9
Waves and Wakes 24, 11 #8
Fuel 12
Falling Overboard 17, 23
Boarding the rear Ladder 12
Diving 20
Swamping 9, 24
Exhaust 25
Operation
Starting the engine and getting underway 11
Safety while underway 11
Fueling 12
Navigation 13
Navigation in adverse conditions 16
Fun with water sports 17
Anchoring 21
Docking 21
Returning 22
Specific Inboard/Outboard Information 19
High Performance Pontoons
Speed 21
