Operating Manual for Sea Daze 4788 Bayliner
Sea Daze 160323.doc
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Last Revision August 11
th
, 2015
Attach the 3-point harness and attach the lifting cable to the harness
Release the ties holding the dinghy to the mounting brackets.
Release the line that is tied to the front mounting bracket.
Put on a bowline and a stern line on the port side of the Dinghy to help guide the dinghy as it’s lowered.
Station a crewmember in the cockpit to guide the dinghy as it is lowered and to keep it from swinging
and damaging the dinghy or Sea Daze.
Using the davit control cable, lift Dinghy about a foot above her mounts, push the davit arm so that it
swings to port carrying Dinghy; swing the dinghy so that its bow faces aft of Sea Daze.
Hand the bow line down to the person in the cockpit. Using the bowline and the stern line to control the
attitude of the dinghy, lower it slowly to the water.
When the dinghy is in the water and tied to Sea Daze remove the 3-point harness and raise the lifting
cable and attach it to its ring on the flybridge.
8.1.2
To raise and return the dinghy
Do not allow anyone to ride in the dinghy while it is being lowered or raised.
Remove all lose items and any extra weight and water from the dinghy.
Attach the 3-point harness and attach the lifting cable to the harness.
Orient the dinghy, on the port side of Sea Daze bow facing aft. Attach a bowline and a port stern line to guide
the dinghy. Raise the dinghy to a position about 1 foot higher than her chocks (this will be close to the
maximum height of the davit). Pull the dinghy and the davit arm inboard and rotate the dinghy counter
clockwise as it swings across the deck so that dinghy bow turns to point to Sea Dazes Bow. The dingy must be
positioned directly over the chocks and in contact with the cockpit ladder rail. Slowly lower her to her resting
points. Secure the dinghy to the deck with the bow strap and the two stern straps.
Remove the drain plug from the dinghy to allow the water to drain from the dinghy.
Detach the lifting cable from the 3-point harness and attach the lifting cable hook to its tie down ring on the port
aft side of Sea Daze. To store the davit raise the arm to allow removal of the large pin. Lower the arm and re
install the pin. Remove the davit control cable and replace it in the wet bar cabinet on the fly bridge.
The dinghy has a built in battery charger. If you have not run the engine long, or if you determine it may be
useful to charge the battery for a while. To charge the battery find the extension cord in the wet bar cabinet,
plug into the connector plug in the bench seat of the tender and plug into the outlet in the wet bar. Verify the
power to the wet bar is turned on at the control panel. Do not leave the charger on for more than a few hours.
8.2
Operating the Dinghy
The key for the dinghy is located in the drawer by the starboard pilot house door. Verify you have plenty of
fuel before loading passengers and gear. Tilt the outboard down if it has been raised. The tilt switch is on the
shift control.
Verify that you have oars (under the driver seat), that you have dock lines, and an anchor.
Check that all passengers have a life jacket. Help all passengers aboard the dinghy and arrange/position
passengers and gear so that the boat is balanced. It is best to be slightly heavy aft and level side to side.
Check to be sure the red insert is in place on the “man overboard” tether. Secure the tether to yourself so that it
will pull the red insert out of the control and stop the engine should you fall out of the dinghy.
