Trouble recovery

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WARNING

Do not use fuses of higher amperage than recommended. Substitution with a fuse that has an improper rating can cause extensive electrical system damage and possible fire.

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Towing the watercraft

If the watercraft becomes inoperative in the water, it can be towed to shore.

If the watercraft must be towed in an emergency using a towline, the operator should ride the watercraft, holding onto the handle- bars.

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CAUTION:

●Tow the watercraft at 5 mph (8 km/h) or less, otherwise water could enter the en- gine through the exhaust passages or through the air intake and flood the en- gine compartment if it is towed too fast.

●Tow the watercraft using the bow eye only.

●The bow must be kept up out of the wa- ter during towing to prevent water from entering the engine compartment.

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WARNING

●The watercraft should only be towed in an emergency.

●The towline should be long enough so that the watercraft will not collide with the towing boat when slowing down. A good rule of thumb is a towline that is three times the combined length of the towing boat and the watercraft.

●The operator of the towing boat must keep speed to a minimum and avoid traf- fic or obstacles which could be a hazard to the rider on the watercraft.

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Submerged watercraft

If the watercraft is submerged or flooded with water, follow the procedure below and consult a Yamaha dealer as soon as possible. Failure to do so could result in serious engine dam- age!

In an emergency:

(1)Beach the watercraft and remove the stern drain plugs to drain the water from the engine compartment. (See page 48 for more information.) Remove the stor- age compartment drain plugs to drain the water from the storage compartments.

(2)Install the stern drain plugs and storage compartment drain plugs.

(3)Disconnect the spark plug caps, and then

remove the spark plugs.

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CAUTION:

Do not connect the spark plugs to the spark plug caps.

(4) Disconnect the fuel injector couplers.

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CAUTION:

Cover the disconnected fuel injector couplers so that they do not get wet. If the cou-

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