Zboat Zboat User manual

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Notice

Thank you for purchasing the ZBoat combined boat, which is in conformity with requirements stipulated by

federal and state laws.

Please read the instruction manual carefully.

It explains in detail how to operate, repair and maintain this combined boat. Reading and understanding this

manual will enhance your great delight in using the boat. If you have any questions on the operation and

maintenance, please consult the seller.

This instruction manual is an important part of this boat and should remain with it even if it’s transferred to

another user.

Important Explanations

Indicates procedures that require great attention and that are closely related to the normal operation of the

combined boat and your safety. Noncompliance may cause injury or death to drivers, passengers and people who

repair and maintain the combined boat.

Warning:

“Warning” indicates that you must take precautions to avoid any damage to the product or injury to people.

Caution:

“Caution” offers methods & steps in operating this combined boat and a clearer display of the functions of its

major devices and noteworthy items.

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Chapter 1 Overview and Safety Information

1. Identification Code

Hull sequence code ① is pasted on the fantail deck.

Hull sequence codes will facilitate your future order of spare parts from the dealer. Please keep a copy of these

codes in a separate location to help authorities in case of theft.

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2. Warning Labels

2.1 Position of Sticking

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3. Safety Information

The safe operation of the combined boat is determined by correct driving, accurate judgment and good

professional skills of the driver. The driver shall do the following to get familiar with basic requirements of safe

driving. Read the user manual and warning labels before operating the combined boat.

3.1 Driver

1）A driver must meet local age and training requirements to operate the boat.

2）Driver excluded, the boat can accommodate 5 passengers. The maximum load is

500kg (1100 lbs), including driver, passengers and cargo. The maximum load capacity

shall never be exceeded.

3）No driving under alcoholic or narcotic influence.

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3.2 Driving Stipulations

1）The driver must wear PFD suits that fit well and are approved by local authorities.

2）Protect eyes from wind, water or sun exposure while driving the

boat.

3）In order to guarantee the safety and maintenance of the combined

boat, check the combined boat according to the pre-driving checklist items

in Chapters 3 and 4.

4）The passenger must be seated in the designated position, legs placed

on the deck and hands on the handrail while the boat is in motion.

5）If you are pregnant or have a serious health condition, please consult

your doctor beforehand to know whether taking a boat ride is safe for you.

6）Don’t refit the combined boat, or its safety or reliability will be

damaged.

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3.3 Driving Requirements

1）Keep watching out for people, objects and other ships around.

Remain alert for obstacles that block your sight and other conditions.

2）Drive safety and steadily, keep safe distance from people, objects

and other obstacles.

3）Don’t follow close to other ships. Follow navigation rules and

observe the surrounding condition before taking a turn.

4）Keep an eye for swimmers and stay away from swimming areas, or

the boat may hit swimmers.

5）When you try to get away from obstacles, please change the

driving direction at a low speed.

6）Get away from submerged rock or shallow water area;

please take early precautions to prevent collision.

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7）To reduce the risk of control loss, being thrown overboard and collision, don’t exceed the speed limit.

8）This combined boat is a high-performance boat rather than a toy. A sharp turn or surfing will increase the risk of

injury or fracture. Please don’t surf.

9）Don’t drive the combined boat in bad water areas. Bad weather or low visibility may lead to accidents, injury or

even death. Do check out the weather forecast before leaving.

10）Don’t drive in water area shallower than 60cm (2 ft), or there will be a high chance of hitting rocks and causing

injury.

11）The maximum safety speed for this combined boat is 70km/h (38 knots/hour).

12）If you got an awning for your combined boat, please pick up it , please pack it up before driving to avoid accident,

or the driver’s view will be blocked.

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3.4 Features of combined boat

1）The combined boat integrates sailboat and motor boat features. Please practice turning in open and barrier-free

water area until you are quite familiar with the control system.

2）Don’t use the reverse direction function to slow down or stop the boat, or the boat may run out of control so that

the driver and the passengers may be thrown overboard or crash info the steering wheel; or the switching component

may be damaged, thus increasing the risk of injury to the driver’s spine, face and legs.

3）When the boat docks or nears the dock, the engine must run at a low speed. Make sure there’s no obstacle or

person behind, before switching the control lever to reverse.

4）When the engine is running, the water inlet of the jet pump should prevent long hair, slack clothes and PFD straps

from being tangled up with the moving parts. Still, avoid letting things near the intake, since entangling objects in the

moving parts could lead to boat damage or physical injury.

5）Stop the engine before cleaning the shreds or weeds near the water inlet. Remove the rope for engine emergency

protective switch to prevent shreds or weeds from being sucked into the nozzle②

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3.5 Tips for Avoiding Danger

In closed area, make sure the engine isn’t running. Carbon monoxide emitted by the engine is a poisonous gas

with no color or smell but capable of making people unconscious or dead. This boat together with motor boat can only

be driven in open water areas.

3.6 Driving at night

The combined boat and motor boat is unequipped with lighting device, you can not drive after sunset or before

sunrise, which may increase the risk of collision, injury or even death.

4. Navigation Rules

The combined boat together with motor boat is legally defined as a power-driven vessel, and navigation rules

must be followed for driving such boat.

Just like there are road rules for car driving on streets or highways, there are navigation rules for driving boats.

Universally applicable, these rules are also mandatory laws and regulations by state bureau of maritime affairs and

local branch organizations. You should be aware of these laws and regulations to be followed in journeying with other

ships on the sea.

Different regulations may prevail due to geographical difference, but they are mostly in conformity with

international navigation rules. Regulations mentioned in the user manual have been condensed to facilitate your use.

As for the complete rules of boat driving on waters, please consult the local relevant organization or administrative

department for navigation channel.

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4.1 Driving and Navigation Rules

When two boats moving in opposite directions meet, one boat that has the priority to go first is called

“continuously driven boat” while the other is called “other-way driven boat”.

Continuously Driven Boat

The boat with the priority mentioned should maintain its original speed and direction, unless it’s necessary to

change them to avoid collision. Only by maintaining speed and direction can the other boat better respond in order to

make way.

Other-way Driven Boat

The boat without the priority is obligated to drive other way. Generally, it can’t stand in the way of the boat with

priority but slow down or change direction and move behind. When collision seems unavoidable and neither boat has

the priority, both drivers shall try all means to avoid collision. Moreover, the rules may not be followed in the

desperate effort to avoid collision, in which case both boats are other-way driven.

4.2 Rules for Ship Encounter

If the boat is driven in a specified strip of water, one of the following cases will arise.

Meeting: getting close to another boat moving forward.

Traversing: vertically crossing the course of another moving boat.

Overtaking: overtaking or being overtaken by another boat.

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Meeting

When you meet another boat moving towards you with the risk of collision, neither boat has the priority but both

drivers shall change the direction at a low speed. If both drivers are aware of the vertical distance between them and

collision is impossible, they shall both keep the original speed and direction.

Traversing

When one boat’s course is vertical to yours, slow down and let it go first, in order to avoid accidents.

Overtaking

If you want your boat to overtake the one in front of yours, sound your alarm and go on its left once you hear the

acknowledging response. Similarly, if another boat hopes to overtake yours and condition permits, you can make way

for it.

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4.3 Other Special Cases

When you are driving your boat around other boats, here are three rules you should know:

Narrow Channel and Turn

Try to drive the boat in the middle of the channel if it is narrow. When the driver hopes to take a turn, he may

block other boat’s view. The driver shall sound the whistle for 4-6 seconds and take a turn at a low speed after

receiving a responding whistle.

Fishing Boat First

For any area of water, the fishing boat has the priority.

Sailing Boat First

Sailing boats are usually given priority, except in the following conditions:

1）When the sailing boat meets a power-driven boat, the latter has the priority.

2）The sailing boat should make way for a sailing boat.

3）If the channel is narrow, the sailing boat shouldn’t interfere with the safe course of other power-driven boats.

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4.4 Identifying Buoys and Other Marks

Buoys on the channel are like transportation signal lights on the road and offer guidance. A red buoy to the

starboard side and a black buoy to the port side means the boat can go from an open water area and stop at a harbor.

If the boat leaves the harbor for an open water area, these two buoys appear in opposite positions – red buoy to the

port side and black buoy to the starboard side.

This marking system uses buoys and markers with special shape/color to convey the information of adjustment

and advice. These markers are written in black with orange frame, which can show speed limit zone, restricted zone

and dangerous zone.

Attention: buoys may have different meanings due to regional difference. For driving in unfamiliar sea areas,

please consult the local administrative department of navigation beforehand.

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5. Eco-friendly Driving

When you drive a boat, you are sharing this area of water with nature. So, while you enjoy the driving, you

should also respect other people and all the wildlife living on, in, and near the water.

Wherever you go, remember that you are a visitor to where you are. The sound made by your boat may appear

melodic to you but noisy to others. The water sprays caused by you may affect other people. You should keep distance

from huts, water bird habitats and wildlife reserves along the water, as well as from fishermen, swimmers, the beach

and other boats. If you have no choice but to drive your boat in such water area, remember to drive slowly and follow

local laws & regulations.

Necessary protection and maintenance are required for keeping gas emission and noise under specified limit. You

are obligated to repair and maintain the ZBoat according to this manual.

Please drive with respect and responsibility for others, and endeavor to make the water safer and more fun for

you and those around you.

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Chapter 2 Features and Functions

1. Position of Major Parts

Deck Floor Plan

Main Parts：

1. Storage Box 2.Seat 3. Chain Locker 4. Wind Shield 5.Fixator 6. Chain Shelf7. Head Fence

8. Cup holder 9. Handrail 10. Handrail 11. Boarding Ladder 12. Handrail

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2 Driver Control and Other Functions

2.1 Driver Control

The combined boat is controlled by the motor boat, so please refer to this operating manual as different motor

boats have different control systems.

2.2 Combination

Combined boat and motor boat can be combined on land as well as in water.

When combining on land, motor boat should be lifted by crane first, then inserted into the combined boat slowly

(shown in the figure below) until the ship’s side rails and bow rail click into the fixture. Then fasten the motor boat by

using the strainer located on the stern of the combined boat.

When combining in water, motor boat inserts into the combined boat slowly while idling, then slightly throttling

to mesh the motor boat and combined boat tightly. Then fasten the motor boat by using the strainer located on the

stern of the combined boat.

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2.3 Matching requirements

The suitable width of the motor boat for the ZBoat combined boat is 123cm±0.6cm(like SANJ-SHS 1100series,

SEA-DOO’s luxury performance series, Muscle craft series, Recreation series, Sport series, Yamaha –FX series) or

117cm±0.5cm(like Yamaha-VX series). The strainer located on both sides could be adjusted to match different width

of the PWC. But, the maximum allowed power of the motor boat is 186.5KW.

The suitable width of the motor boat for

the ZBoat combined boat is 123cm±0.6cm

The suitable width of the motor boat for

the ZBoat combined boat is 117cm±0.5cm

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2.4 Storage Box

The combined boat has several convenient storage boxes.

Chain Locker at the Head of boat Storage Box below the Seat at the side of boat

Storage Box below the Seat at the middle of boat

◆ Warning!

Don’t put any non-waterproof things in the storage box, these storage boxes are not sealed.

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Chapter 3 Driving

1. Pre-driving Check

Before using the combined boat, make a check based on the following table.

◆ Warning!

Incorrect check and maintenance will increase the risk of boat accident. If you find some problem, don’t use the

boat. If you can’t solve the problem based on this manual, please call the dealer for help.

Check Item

Routine Check

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Boat Hull

Check if there’s damage to the boat hull before launch

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Fixation

Check the looseness of the fixture, check the installation of the fixture, and check for

damages.

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Strainer

Check the condition, replace if worn.

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Drain plug

Check if the drain plug is fixed correctly.

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Caution:

Conduct a thorough check before driving the boat. These steps can be completed within a short period of time,

which is worth the little trouble for ensuring the safety and reliability of the craft prior to driving.

The boat should have a fire extinguisher, but it’s not a must. If there’s not one, please go to the dealer or a store

that sells fire-extinguisher to purchase a suitable one.

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