Baja Marine Outlaw 23 - Manual (Page 21)

23 Outlaw ® 1.11
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In the event of flooding, swamping or capsizing:
• Try to shut off engnes, generators and blowers
before leavng the boat.
• have everyone put on Personal Flotaton Devces
(PFDs).
• account for all who were on board.
• If the boat is floating stay with the boat. Hang on, or
clmb on the boat and sgnal for help.
• Only as a last resort should you attempt to swm to
shore - t s further away than t looks and you can
tre and drown.
e. c
ollisions anD
l
eakinG
In the event of collsons and leakng:
• slow down or stop to reduce water ntake, unless
mantanng speed wll keep the hole above water.
• swtch on blge pump.
• Operate manual blge pump, f the powered blge
pump can't handle the water flow.
• account for everyone on board and check for
njures.
• have everyone put on PFDs.
• stay wth the boat.
• sgnal for help.
• If a leak patch s attempted, t should be done from
the outsde.
• In the event of a collision, you are required to file an
accdent report. Contact a state enforcement agency
or the nearest Coast Guard office. If you are boating
outsde of U.s. waters, consult the naton you are
vstng for accdent reportng requrements.
• Try to approach headng nto the wnd or nto the
waves.
• keep the vctm on the rght (starboard) sde so the
boat operator has the vctm constantly n sght.
• When almost alongsde, stop the engne n gear to
prevent propeller "wndmllng."
Getting Back Aboard
• Try to reach the vctm wth a pole, or by throwng
a lfe preserver. Do not swm to rescue the vctm,
except as a last resort.
• assst the person n boardng the boat. The person
should normally be brought n over the stern.
• If the person s njured or cannot get nto the boat,
a rescuer should put on a PFD wth a safety lne
attached to the boat and enter the water to assst
the vctm.
• handle the vctm wth care. spnal njures may have
occurred.
c. f
ire
Fre s a serous boatng hazard. Boats can burn
quickly. Do not remain on board and fight a fire
for more than a few minutes. If the fire cannot be
extngushed wthn a few mnutes, abandon the
boat.
Have fire extinguishers handy. A small fire can be
extngushed quckly wth the rght sze and type of
fire extinguisher.
• Extngush smokng materals, shut off blowers,
stoves, engnes and generators.
• Throw burnng materals overboard, f possble.
• If the fire is accessible, empty the contents of fire
extinguishers at the base of the flames.
• If the fire is in the engine compartment and you
have an automatc extngusher for the engne, wat
15 mnutes before openng the compartment. have
a portable extinguisher ready in case the fire flares
up.
• sgnal for help.
• grab dstress sgnals and survval gear. Put on
PFDs. Prepare to abandon shp.