
8 SAFETY INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations, you are now the proud
owner of a Sea-Doo personal water-
craft. You have selected one of the
most popular craft on water. Your Sea-
Doo
®
personal watercraft (PWC) can
provide you and your family or friends
the opportunity to fully enjoy the natu-
ral beauty and excitement of the
world’s waterways. Welcome to fun
on water!
With this new enjoyment and freedom
however comes the responsibility of
safety for yourself, your passengers,
the people you lend your craft to, and
other water users. Please follow all
safety instructions and operate your
craft with care. Be sure every operator
of your watercraft fully understands
the controls and operation of it and the
importance of courteous, responsible
riding. Each operator has a responsibil-
ity to ensure the safety of his/her pas-
senger(s) and of other water users. Al-
ways inform your passengers of safety
precautions.
• Some of the information contained in
this safety section may be new to
you while other information may be
common sense or obvious. Irrespec-
tive, we want you to have a safe,
pleasurable riding experience, so
please take a few minutes of your
time to completely read this short
safety section.
• Failure to follow the instructions of
this safety section may result in se-
vere injury or death.
• This safety section is for initial ref-
erence and its content is therefore
limited. section It should be read in
conjunction with the rest of this Op-
erator’s Guide, the Safety Videocas-
sette and the on-product warning/
caution labels. It is also strongly rec-
ommended that operators obtain
further information concerning
“Boating Rules” from a local Coast
Guard Auxiliary, Powerboat Squad-
ron or other local boating authorities.
• Many states or provinces have re-
quirements regarding boating safety
and competence certificates.
Bombardier strongly recommends
that any watercraft operator com-
pletes a safety and competence
boating course. Check with your local
Coast Guard or Power Sail Squadron
in your area for course availability.
• Some boating safety information can
be obtained from the Boating Safety/
Regulation Websites listed at the end
of this safety section.
• Regulations concerning boating are
modified from time to time. It is ad-
visable to periodically check the lo-
cal regulations wherever you plan to
operate your watercraft.
• We encourage you to have an Annu-
al Safety Inspection of your person-
al watercraft. Please contact your
dealer for further details.
• Finally, we urge you to visit your
dealer regularly for regular and safe-
ty maintenance and for any acces-
sories you may require.
• Have fun and... Bon Voyage.
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