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                                                                                      Operation

                            Steering control depends on the combination  steer without throttle. You may still have
                            of handlebar position  and the amount of  some turning ability immediately after re-
                            throttle.                                leasing the throttle lever, but once the
                            Water sucked in through the intake grate is  engine slows down, the watercraft will no
                            pressurized by the impeller in the jet pump.  longer respond to handlebar input until
                            As the pressurized water is expelled from the  you  apply throttle again  or you reach
                            pump through the jet thrust nozzle, it creates  trolling speed.
                            thrust to move and steer the watercraft. The  At trolling speed, the watercraft can be
                            higher the engine speed, the more thrust pro-  turned gradually by handlebar position
                            duced.                                   alone using just the amount of thrust
                            The amount of jet thrust, in addition to the po-  available at idle.
                            sition of the handlebars, determines  how
                            sharply you turn.
                            A. More throttle produces higher thrust, so
                                the watercraft will turn more sharply.

                                                                  D. If the engine is stopped  while riding,
                                                                     there is no thrust. The watercraft will go
                                                                     straight even though the handlebars are
                                                                     turned.
                            B. Less throttle produces lower thrust, so
                                the watercraft will turn more gradually.

                                                                  You need throttle to steer.
                                                                  To maintain  your balance,  lean into a  turn.
                            C. Releasing the  throttle lever completely  How much you lean depends on the sharp-
                                produces only minimum thrust. If you are  ness of the turn and your traveling speed. In
                                traveling  at speeds above trolling,  you
                                will  have rapidly decreasing ability  to

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