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    Operation

           (3) Start the engine and operate the water-  on the throttle lever to vary the engine speed.
              craft at planing speed to drain the bilge  Weeds tend to become clogged more when
              water in the engine compartment. (See  operating at a steady speed and at trolling
              page 32 for information on draining the  speed. If weeds may have clogged the intake
              bilge water. If the engine does not start,  area, clean the jet intake. (See page 70 for in-
              see “Towing the watercraft” on page 72  formation on the jet intake.)
              or “Submerged watercraft” on page 73.)  EJU41061
                                                After removing the watercraft from
              NOTICE: Do not run the engine at full
                                                the water
              throttle for at least 1 minute after the
                                                ECJ01361
              engine has been restarted. Bilge wa-  NOTICE
              ter in the engine compartment can
                                                Do not run  the engine for  more than 15
              splash into the engine, which can re-
                                                seconds on land without supplying water,
              sult in severe damage. [ECJ00554]
                                                otherwise the engine could overheat.
           EJU33303
           Beaching the watercraft
                                                After operating and removing the watercraft
           To beach the watercraft:
                                                from the  water, promptly discharge the re-
           (1) Make sure that there are no boats, swim-
                                                maining water  from the cooling  water  pas-
              mers, or obstacles near the beach.
                                                sages.
           (2) Release the throttle lever  to  reduce
                                                To discharge  water from  the cooling  water
              speed about 90 m (300 ft) before you
                                                passages:
              reach the intended beaching area.
                                                (1) Make sure that the area around the wa-
           (3) Slowly approach the beach and stop the
                                                   tercraft is  clear, and then  start the en-
              engine just before reaching  land.
                                                   gine.
              WARNING! You need throttle to steer.
                                                (2) Discharge the remaining water out of the
              Shutting the engine off can cause you
                                                   cooling  water passages by alternately
              to hit an obstacle you are attempting
                                                   squeezing and releasing the throttle lever
              to avoid. A collision could result in se-
              vere injury or death. [EWJ00602]  NOTICE:  quickly for 10 to 15 seconds.
                                                (3) Stop the engine.
              Never run the engine in water that is
              less than 60 cm (2 ft) deep from the
              bottom  of the watercraft, otherwise
              pebbles or sand could be sucked into
              the jet intake, causing impeller dam-
              age and engine overheating. [ECJ00473]
           (4) Get off the watercraft and pull it up on the
              beach.
           EJU37194
           Operating in weeded areas
           Always avoid using your watercraft in areas
           where weed growth is thick. If operating in
           weeded areas is unavoidable,  alternately
           squeeze the throttle lever and relax your grip
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