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DISCOVERY OPERATING MANUAL
NW Explorations
Alarm Warning and Windshield Wiper Control Panel
The alarm lights will warn you if the alarm is caused
by high temperature or low oil pressure; a pilot light
is also here to remind you if you left the engine
room lights “on”.
Above the helm is the windshield wiper and engine
alarm panel. The three wiper switches control the
individual wipers: push to wash the windows, turn
to engage wipers in steady or intermittent modes.
On the flybridge alarm panel, there are no wiper
controls but there are remote engine start and
stop buttons, as well as a horn button and remote
windlass control.
Dinghy, Davit & Outboard Motor
Dinghy
The dinghy aboard this boat is a hard-bottom inflatable, designed to carry up to six passengers safely, with four sharing
the seats and one on each side seated on the dinghy’s pontoon. For safety, and compliance with U.S. rules, there should
be a life jacket aboard the dinghy for each passenger aboard whenever the dinghy is at sea.
Please be careful when pulling the dinghy ashore on beaches to minimize damage and scratches to the bottom. It can
be lifted by two persons if one is on each side. Don’t “Ram” the beach; you can bump up to the beach gently and step
ashore over the bow, pulling the dinghy a little more ashore as each person off-loads. Don’t forget to raise the outboard
when the boat is beached!
The dinghy will seldom require inflation as long as the valve seals are maintained and it is not punctured. Should inflation
be required, simply pump up the dinghy until it is pretty hard (thumb can deflect a tube by about
½»
maximum) using
the pump provided on the boat.
Should the dinghy be punctured and you feel competent to make the repair, follow the instructions in the dinghy manual
and use the dinghy repair kit also on the boat; otherwise, have it professionally patched at NW Explorations or a dealer.
Dinghy Davit
This boat has a high-quality electric davit supporting the dinghy. To use it,
1. Plug the davit control box found in the starboard salon door step into the
receptacle (under the yellow cap on davit post near its support bracket).
2. Remove the dinghy’s canvas cover, if installed.
3. Raise the dinghy, swing it to starboard, and launch it;.
4. Swing the davit hook back to the boat, secure it, and tension it on the
davit, avoiding damage to the yacht if the boat rolls.
To retrieve the dinghy on the boat, reverse the above procedure.
Outboard Motor
The outboard motor for this boat is a Honda 15hp 4-Stroke. Operation is conven-
tional. This outboard is 4-stroke motor and oil should not be mixed with the fuel.
An alarm panel is at the
flybridge also; it has start
and stop buttons for each
engine, an anchor windlass
remote control, but no wiper
switches.
The alarm panel has warning lights for
the temperature and oil pressure alarms,
and for the engine room lights; the
synchronizer switch and pilot light, and
the three wiper/washer controls.
If the dinghy davit circuit breaker trips, it
is accessed at this box in on the
starboard side under the Racor filters aft
of the main engine.
