2005 Four Winns Vista 378 Owners Manual

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ritorial seas up to a point where the waters are less than
two miles (3.2km) wide.  Visual distress signal  equip-
ment may be of the pyrotechnic or non-pyrotechnic type.
Regulations prohibit display of  visual distress signals
on the  water under  any circumstances except  when
assistance is required to prevent immediate or potential
danger to persons on board a vessel.
Fire!
In case of fire do not open the engine compart-
ment. Shut down engine(s), generator(s), and
blower(s).  Discharge entire contents  of fixed
fire suppression system. If using portable CO2
fire extinguisher continuously discharge entire
contents.   On  European  models, discharge
contents through fire port.
The equipment must  be approved by the  U.S. Coast
Guard, be in serviceable condition, and be stowed in a
readily accessible location.  Equipment having a date
for serviceable life must be within the specified usage
date shown.  Careful selection and proper stowage of
visual distress equipment is very important if young chil-
dren are aboard.
NOTICE
Using a portable fire extinguisher  with an ac-
cess/fire port in the engine compartment is pre-
ferred to opening the  engine compartment to
fight the fire. However, using a portable extin-
guisher in  this  way provides  less protection
against fire than a fixed suppression system.
NIGHT USE
ONLY
DAY AND
NIGHT USE
DAY USE ONLY
Three orange
One S-O-S
electric distress
light.
Three flares of
the hand held,
meteor or
NOTICE
smoke signals
(one hand held
and two floating)
or one orange
flag with black
square and disk.
Do not test fire extinguishers by squirting small
amounts of the extinguishing compound. The
fire extinguisher might not work when you re-
ally need it.
parachute type.
All Class  2 powerboats (26  to less than  40 feet) are
required to carry two (2) B-1 type approved hand por-
table fire extinguishers  or one (1) B-2  type approved
hand portable fire extinguisher.  When a fixed  fire ex-
tinguishing system is installed in machinery space(s),
at least one (1)  B-1 type approved hand portable fire
extinguisher is required.
Distress Signal Table
The minimum visual distress signals required in coastal
waters for a Class 2 powerboat is the following:
One orange  flag with  black square-and  disc
(daytime); and an  S-O-S electric light  (night-
time); or three orange smoke signals, hand held
or floating (daytime); or three red flares of hand
held, meteor, or parachute type (daytime/night-
time).
F.    Fire Extinguisher System
A self-contained, FE241 agent fire extinguisher system
is a standard feature  on the 378 Vista™ model.  The
equipment utilized has been so chosen, and located, to
provide sufficient volume and coverage of the entire en-
gine compartment. While the system ensures excellent
overall bilge fire protection, it  does not eliminate the
U.S.C.G.  requirement   for  hand-held   fire  extin-
guishers. Refertothemanufacturer’sliteratureincluded
in the owner’s packet.
NOTICE
No single signaling device is appropriate for all
purposes.  Consider keeping various types of
equipment on board.
H.   Sound Signaling Devices
G.   Visual Distress Signal Devices
Class 2 powerboats  (26 to less  than 40 feet)  are re-
quired to carry a hand, mouth or power operated horn
or whistle. It must produce a blast of two-second dura-
tion and audible at a distance of at least one-half (1/2)
mile.  The 378 Vista™ model  is equipped with a dual
trumpet horn which meets this requirement.  See Fig-
ure B6.
Visual distress  signal devices  approved by  the U.S.
Coast Guard are required on all recreational boats op-
erating on  coastal waters and to  boats owned in  the
United States when they are operating on the high seas.
Coastal waters include  territorial seas and those wa-
ters directly connected to the Great Lakes and the ter-
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Vista™ Owner’s Manual
Section B
Page 3
Product Specification
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