Trim your boat to compensate for seas, winds, or un-
even loads.
S - 8 NAVIGATION LIGHTS
Although night activities are limited, cruising at night
can be very pleasurable. It can also be dangerous if
you don’t pay close attention to water levels and
obstacles. Be especially careful of shallow waters and
watch for submerged debris, rocks and other obsta-
cles in the water. Your navigation lights are intended
only to prevent collision, not to improve your night
vision. You may choose to use a spotlight instead.
Head Seas
Trim drives in more than
usual. Use tabs to keep
bow down and go at a
slower speed.
Following Seas
To prevent taking seawater
The bow, trim drives out and
keep tabs up to keep bow
down
NOTE: It is illegal to use your spotlight as a headlight.
Use it only temporarily to check the position of your
boat and the surrounding area.
Listing Due to
Quartering Seas,
Beam Wind, or
Uneven Load
Use tabs independently to
adjust for list. If listing to star-
board, press port bow down
switch. If listing to port, press
starboard bow down switch.
Your boat has one white (stern), one red (port) and
one green (starboard) light. The stern light may be a
removable pole light. To use the light, line up the two-
prong plug in the pole with the receptacle in the base.
Plug the light in, and lock it into place with lever/slide
lock. When not in use, stow the light inside your boat
for safekeeping. This light can be turned on or off at
the helm.
Remember that most boats react very slowly to trim
tabs. Often boat owners do not give trim tabs time to
work. Press the trim tab switches for only one second
at a time and then allow some time for the boat to
react. If the boat is still listing after a minute or two,
press the trim tab switch again for a one second
interval. The labels on the trim tab switches indicate
what you want your boat to do, not what you want the
tabs to do.
Check lights for proper operation before heading out
at night. You should also learn to identify the running
light combinations for other vessels. We recommend
that you participate in a boating safety course to
further learn about navigation lights and safe boating
practices.
It is a good idea to take your boat out onto open water
shortly after you get it and experiment with the trim
tabs. After you get your boat onto plane, set the tabs in
various positions and note how your boat reacts. This
will give you a feel for how the trim tabs work.
The anchor lights and navigation lights are controlled
by a switch at the helm. The anchor light switch allows
you to turn on just the stern (white) light when an-
chored or moored. While underway, use the naviga-
tion light switch to turn on the stern (white), port (red)
and starboard (green) lights. Lights are off when
switches are in the OFF position.
S - 9 HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
A. Storms
Storms sometimes appear without advance notice.
Although weather information from meteorological
observation and reporting stations is available,
weather bureaus are known to have failures in their
predictions or information gathering equipment. There
is no substitute for a strong understanding of what
action to take when the weather takes a turn for the
worse. Many marinas fly weather signals. You should
learn to recognize these signals and monitor your
local weather forecasts before leaving port.
Figure S1: Trimming the Boat with Trim Tabs
Pre-Launch and Underway - Section S
Owner’s Manual Page 163
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