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Fiskars Boats, Inha Works Ltd 2011

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PREFACE

Dear Buster owner, Thank you for choosing a Finnish Buster boat! We hope you will have
many enjoyable experiences on board.

This handbook aims to help you use your boat safely and with peace of mind. It includes
details of the boat itself, the equipment and systems installed in it, and information about how
to operate and maintain it. Before you start using your boat, we urge you to first familiarise
yourself with it by reading this handbook thoroughly.

Naturally, the Owner's Handbook cannot provide you with seamanship skills or information
on safe boating. If the Buster is your first boat, or you have changed to a type of boat with
which you are unfamiliar, for the sake of your comfort and safety please acquire sufficient
handling and operating experience before you take on the responsibility of command. The
seller of the boat, a boat club, or national motorboat and yachting associations will gladly
inform you about local boating schools or recommend competent teachers.

Before taking your boat out, ensure that its design category is appropriate for the prevailing
wind and sea conditions and that you and your crew are capable of handling it in the existing
conditions. The wind conditions and swells in which design category C can be used include
gales and heavy winds, which come with an exceptional risk of high waves and gusts. Only a
competent and fit crew can satisfactorily handle such dangerous conditions, and can do so
only in a well-maintained boat.

This Owner's Handbook is not a detailed guide to maintenance or troubleshooting. If a
problem occurs, please contact your nearest Buster dealer. If repairs are needed, use only
those businesses recommended by a Buster dealer. Alterations that affect the safety
characteristics of a Buster boat can be carried out only with the written approval of the
manufacturer, who cannot be held responsible for changes to the boat that it has not approved.

In some countries, driving a boat requires a licence or some other similar authorisation.

Always maintain your boat in good condition and bear in mind the consequences of wear
resulting from ageing, rough treatment and improper use. Any boat, no matter how strong, can
be significantly damaged by improper and unsafe use. Always adapt the speed and course of
your boat to the current conditions at sea.

If your boat is equipped with a life raft, read its operating instructions thoroughly. The boat
should have on-board safety equipment (life-jackets, safety harnesses, etc.) appropriate to the
boat type, weather conditions, etc. In some countries, such equipment is mandatory. The crew
must be familiar with the operations of all safety equipment and emergency manoeuvres
(rescuing a man overboard, towing, etc.). Rescue exercises are regularly organised by boating
schools and clubs.

Every person on board should use an appropriate flotation aid (such as a life jacket or vest)
when on deck. Note that in some countries the law requires flotation aids to be used at all
times while on board.

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