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Hunter 31 • Documents and Forms

2.2

Your Hunter dealer completes the Pre-Delivery

Inspection Report

p (Fig. 2.1) before you take delivery

of your boat. It is the dealer’s responsibility to both you

and to Hunter to give your boat a final inspection. The

purpose of this inspection is to assure proper adjustment

and operation of the entire vessel. Your dealer should

provide you with the Pre-Delivery Inspection Report at

the time of delivery.

Hunter will not pay warranty costs for items that should

have been covered in the pre-delivery service inspection

and recorded on the Pre-Delivery Inspection Report.

Owners must coordinate with the dealer to insure

Hunter warranty registration is completed and returned

to Hunter.

Inserted at the end of this section are several records

you will find helpful.

Use the BOAT RECORD (Fig. 2.2) to record all impor-

tant information about your boat and its equipment. After

your dealer has recorded all the information, remove the

record from your Owner’s Manual and store in a safe

place. Do not keep this form aboard your boat.

The FLOAT PLAN (Fig 2.4) provides a record of your

destination, departure and return times, boat descrip-

tion, passenger list, and other information about the trip

you have planned. At the bottom of the form is space for

listing emergency phone numbers in case your return

is delayed past the expected time. It also has space for

indicating information about the person filling the report.

Leave the completed form ashore with a responsible

person. We recommend you make several copies of this

form each boating season to make sure you have a good

supply.

The MAINTENANCE LOG (Fig 2.5) helps to keep main-

tenance records in one place. Using this log will allow

you to track maintenance work that has been completed

and to determine when maintenance is required. Your

dealer will also find this information helpful. If you decide

to sell your boat, the maintenance record will make your

boat seeable because it tells prospective buyers that you

have taken good care of your boat.

The ACCIDENT REPORT, No one likes to think about

having a boating accident, but boating accidents do

happen. You must file an accident report after a boating

accident just as you must file an accident report after an

automobile accident. A copy of the U.S. Coast Guard

Accident Report is included at the end of this section.

You can get more copies of the report by calling the U.S.

Coast Guard Boating Safety Hotline at 1-800-368-5674.

You must file this report with the U.S. Coast Guard within

48 hours after an accident resulting in one of the

following:

A person disappears from a vessel under circumstances

that indicate death or injury

Personal injury requiring medical treatment beyond first

aid

Damage to the vessel or property damage

Complete loss of the vessel

State statutes determine whether you must file an

accident report in this case. An accident report must be

filed if the damage exceeds a threshold dollar value as

established by the states, the threshold is $100-$200.

Call the Boating Safety Hotline (800-368-5647) to verify

the threshold for a particular state.

Note: State and local agencies may also have accident
reporting requirements. Check with local enforcement
agencies or with your local Hunter dealer regarding local
requirements.

All Hunter boats are built in compliance with applicable

United States Coast Guard regulations and recommen-

dations at the time of construction.

Hunter boats comply with the standards developed by

the National Marine Manufactures Association (NMMA)

for its Boat Certification Program.

The locator drawings will help you find the location of

devices and equipment.

NOTE: Efforts have been made to make the drawings in
this manual consistent with production. However, in the
effort to improve this vessel, modifications have been
made in the design that may date some of the drawings
in this manual.

On the next few pages you will find sample forms

for some of the issues dealing with your new boat.

Familiarize yourself with these forms, use them, they can

be very handy.