IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS of New Adventure

IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS of New Adventure The following general information comments are intended to help you get the maximum pleasure from your experience with New Adventure. More information on each point may be available in the Operations section of the AYC Grey Manual, the Mainship Owner Manual or the manufacture-specific product documentation. 1. The manufacturer-specific product documentation (i.e. engine, electronics and other accessories) are organized by tab in a storage case located on the galley floor in front of the central vacuum under the steps leading from the salon to the galley. The Mainship Owner Manual is located in a 3-ring binder on top of the storage case. 2. The engine #1 circuit breaker on the DC distribution panel in the salon must be turned on to operate the engine. To start the engine from the salon station, the engine switch must first be turned to the on position. To stop the engine both the flybridge and the salon engine switches must be in the off position. It is possible to start the engine from one station with the other station engine switch in the off position. Note the CM SmartCraft display should be active if the engine is ready to accept and process the start command from the engine switch. 3. The primary DC distribution is accessed from the cockpit area by raising the lower flybridge stair section for engine room access. The 1-2-both selector switch selects either one or both of the two 8D 12-volt house batteries located on the starboard side of the engine room immediately aft of the water maker and the taller inverter battery. Leave the switch in the both position. (Never change the switch position when the engine is running or serious damage could result to the alternator system.) All of the circuit breakers on the primary DC distribution panel are of the types that are expected to remain on all of the time. To turn one of the breakers off requires the use of a tool. In the very-unlikely event one of these breakers trips, they can be reset easily by simply depressing them to the on position. Everything DC runs off of the two house batteries with the exception of the bow & stern thrusters, the generator and the power inverter. 4. The stern thruster is run from a dedicated 8D 12-volt battery located on the starboard side of the engine room aft of the two house batteries. The stern thruster DC wiring includes a dedicated rotary disconnect switch and a 500 amp ANL fuse. The bow thruster is run from a dedicated 8D 12-volt battery located on the post side of the engine room next to the bulkhead and aft of the four inverter batteries. The stern thruster DC wiring includes a dedicated rotary disconnect switch and a 500 amp ANL fuse. 5. The primary engine for New Adventure is a Cummins QSB 380 hp power plant. This is a state-of-the-art electronically-controlled engine that manages its own environment by monitoring every aspect of engine operation and dynamically making New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 1

adjustments to provide the cleanest, most fuel efficient, quietest and safest operation possible. The engine status is viewed on the two identical CM SmartCraft displays at the salon and flybridge helm stations. The engine control system is designed to prevent over-rev situations, shut down on low fluid pressures, high temperatures and many other adverse situations. All of the engine data is available by selecting the various options on the CM SmartCraft display. (Note the display is not a touchscreen type you have to use the arrows and highlight items to prior to selection. Also, note some options have multiple pages of information available follow the directions displayed on the screen to get to the next page.) 6. There are four 30 5/8 blue lines on the boat. Extra lines are located in the port side cockpit storage lockers built into the transom. The violet bag has extra 8 and 20 3/8 lines for fender management. There are two 50 5/8 black lines for special circumstances. There are two 4 by 12 inflatable fenders located in the engine room tucked under the shelf next to the transom on the port side. These fenders can be inflated using the bellows-style pump located in the post-side cockpit storage lockers. These fenders will probably not be required in the Pacific Northwest because generally all docks are floating docks. They work great in horizontal applications like tying up to the side of a big ship or up against a vertical fixed pole. 7. The throttle and gear shift are combined in single-handle Glendinning controls. Either the salon or the flybridge control can be active at one time not both. To take control at an inactive control (the engine #1 breaker on the DC distribution panel must be turned on), ( Make sure shifter is in Neutral position depress the ACTIVE button briefly until the lights blink. Then depress the ACTIVE button again, the lights should now be solid and you have taken control away from the previouslyactive control. Note that when shifting into forward or reverse, there is a slight delay in response. Plan accordingly. The Glendinning control system is interlocked through the Cummins control system. When the engine #1 circuit breaker on the DC distribution panel in the salon is first turned on, the salon station Glendinning control by default becomes the active control and the active and neutral lights should be on (presuming you have the shift lever in neutral). If you see a rapid flash of all lights on the control, this indicates a fault. The most common fault is low voltage supplied to the Glendinning central control unit. The Glendinning central control unit has two 12 volt DC input sources protected by circuit breakers. One is connected directly to the Port house battery (which is one of the 8-D batteries mounted on the starboard side in the engine room) and the other is connected to the generator battery. The two respective circuit breakers for the two Glendinning 12 volt DC input sources are located on the primary DC distribution panel accessed from the cockpit area by raising the lower flybridge stair section for engine room access. The Port house battery source is controlled by the bottom-most breaker on the Port side (left) of the primary DC distribution panel labeled Electronic Control Main. The generator battery source is controlled by the third-up-from-the-bottom breaker on the Starboard side (right) of the primary DC distribution panel labeled Electronic Control. (The breaker on the Starboard side of the primary DC distribution panel below this breaker labeled Electronic Control Main is for the Cummins control New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 2

system.) To completely reset the Glendinning control system from a fault condition, you may have to turn off the power to the central control unit which means you have to turn off both Glendinning 12 volt DC input source breakers described in this paragraph. To turn off the breakers on the primary DC distribution panel, use a small screw driver or paperclip inserted into the small slot on the left side of the breaker. 8. There is a bug screen stored at the port side of the double doors between the salon and the cockpit. Simply pull it out and there is a magnetic strip that will hold it in place on the starboard side of the door opening. The entire double door area is now covered by a bug screen. 9. The AC electrical system is integral with the Xantrex power inverter. The inverter will monitor the AC coming from the output of the line1 and line2 breakers presenting either shore power or generator power to the inverter and will only go into bypass mode and present it to the AC panel buss (to the left of the DC panel in the salon) if the frequency and voltage are in tolerance. (The inverter has been inserted into the system between the output of the AC breakers and the line1 and line2 bussed that supply power to the individual load breakers on the AC distribution panel.) The inverter requires good AC power to be present on both line1 and line2 busses. If using shore power with only one line available, it must be connected to line1 (the left connector located on the inside of the transom port side) with upper breaker on the transom turned on (positioned to the right when facing the breakers). Line1 main breaker on the AC distribution panel should be turned on. The transfer switch on the AC distribution panel must be switched on which bonds the left line1 buss with the right line2 buss. If two shore power lines are available, use them both and switch on both AC breakers at the transom and AC distribution panel and the transfer breaker must be off. Note the orange indicator lights under the various main AC breakers on the AC distribution panel indicate the presence of AC at the input side of the AC distribution panel main breakers. Once the inverter sees good power for approximately 10 seconds, it will go into bypass mode and deliver AC power to the two AC busses. When using the generator (a 70 amp 120 volt single line source), line1 main breaker on the AC distribution panel must be off, generator breaker on the AC distribution panel must be on, line2 main breaker on the AC distribution panel must be off and the transfer breaker on the AC distribution must be on. 10. When less than 60 amps of AC power is available, the individual AC circuits must be managed to prevent transom or shore power box breakers from tripping. When running with two 30 amp shore power connections or the generator which provides a 70 amp source, you would have to be somewhat creative to run enough AC loads to trip main breakers. For example, with 30 amps, you cannot run both air conditioner one and two. You might have trouble running the water heater, the range and an air conditioner at the same time. Monitor the AC load using the AC distribution panel meters or for more accurate readings, use the status display of the Xantrex System Control Panel to the upper right of the DC distribution panel in the salon. New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 3

11. The Xantrex inverter/charger system is controlled by the Xantrex System Control Panel mounted to the upper right of the DC distribution panel. Note the charger portion of the Xantrex system only charges and maintains the four batteries located in two separate banks of two each. One bank of two is on the port side of the boat forward of the bow thruster battery. The other bank of two is located on the starboard side of the boat between the two house batteries and the smaller generator battery. Each bank has its own master switch and fuse that are dedicated to the inverter. The control panel uses a menu based interface and allows you to view status as well as select operating modes. Operating modes include enabling or disabling the charger, inverter and automatic generator start. By default, when the boat is handed off to you by AYC, the charger will be enabled, the inverter and automatic generator start may be disabled. The charger portion of the Xantrex system is designed to use AC power from its line1 input. Because of anticipated AC loads, the Xantrex system has been installed such that line1 from the AC distribution panel is connected to line two of the Xantrex system and line2 from the AC distribution panel is connected to line one of the Xantrex system. Because of this nomenclature, when you view the line status on the Zantrex System Control Panel, the reference to Xantrex line 1 is really the boat s line2 and Xantrex line 2 is really the boat s line1. In other words, Xantrex line 2 indications apply to the load being delivered through the AC distribution breakers on the left side of the AC distribution panel and the Xantrex line 1 indications apply to the load being delivered through the AC distribution breakers on the right side of the AC distribution panel plus the AC current being used to power the Xantrex battery charger. The Xantrex system will automatically reduce the charge rate to its batteries in a way that it does not exceed 25 amps on its line1, the boat s line2. This may have an impact on the way you manage loads on the boat s line2 at the AC distribution panel. The red system button on the System Control Panel will place system in the power save mode which disables the remaining control panel functions, the inverter and the automatic generator start but leaves the battery charger enabled. 12. AC power is either supplied by shore power, generator or the inverter. Until you have sufficient knowledge and experience, it is probably best to leave the inverter in the inoperative mode until you are ready to use it. Since all AC loads go through the inverter, if the inverter is regularly left in the active mode, if a shore power breaker(s) or transom breaker(s) trip, the inverter will immediately kick-in and attempt to maintain the AC demand. Imagine if you are running 50 amps of AC load and the inverter takes over. That s 6000 watts of load, the inverter is design for 3000 watts continuous load but it will handle a burst load for a short period up to 2 ½ times its design load of 3000 watts. At 6000 watts of load, that requires more than 500 amps of DC current from the four inverter batteries. The batteries will be discharged quickly and the inverter will detect a rapidly declining battery voltage and will shut down in a short number of minutes. Nothing will be damaged but it will take some time to recharge the inverter batteries to the point where they can be used once again. If you want the Xantrex system to charge its batteries at the maximum rate, you may have to reduce the other AC loads on line2 of the AC distribution panel since the Xantrex system will automatically throttle the charge rate such that the total AC load on the line2 of the AC distribution panel does not exceed 25 amps. The priority plan New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 4

for the Xantrex system is to supply the needs of the boat and not the battery charger for the inverter batteries. 13. When using the icemaker, you must have AC power (from one of the three sources). Never turn the icemaker on unless you have turned on the water breaker on the DC distribution panel and have verified you have water pressure from a faucet. If there is no water pressure and the icemaker attempts to make ice, the icemaker solenoid could burn out rendering the unit inoperable. There is a breaker on the AC distribution panel for the icemaker and there is an on-off rocker switch on the bottom front of the icemaker. 14. To use the satellite TV system, the salon/sat breaker on the DC distribution panel must be on. The flat panel TV (which needs AC power) should be selected to S- Video. The JVC unit (that looks like a car stereo mounted above the distribution panels in the salon) input source (button to the left of the station presets on the JVC unit) selected to line input. The sound is then controlled by the functions of the JVC unit and sound will be delivered via the two individual recessed mounted speakers on the two sides of the salon. The TV is only used as a monitor in this case. The DirectTV remote with the number 1 on its back is for the salon satellite receiver. It uses radio frequency as opposed to infrared for remote commands so you don t have to point the remote anywhere in particular. The satellite receiver is located above and behind the distribution panels in the salon and requires no user access. The DirectTV product includes a huge selection of music located in the channel 800+ range. To use the system for music, the TV does not have to be on. The DirectTV system has been setup to deliver the Seattle area local channels on channel numbers below channel 100. 15. The JVC unit is also a DVD player and a CD player. To play a DVD, insert the DVD like a CD and select composite video on the TV. The sound comes from the JVC system and the TV is only used as a monitor. The TV input mode must be set to VIDEO. 16. The accessory switch at the lower helm station must be on to use the VHF radio at the lower helm or the Syrens WiFi system. Audio is available from the VHF handset or the separately-mounted speaker above the handset storage location that has its own on-off switch incorporated with the volume control. To use the wireless Syrens WiFi system, on your laptop wireless client manager, select the network (SSID) captioned NewAdventure. The WEP key and additional instructions to use Broad Band Express are located on a separated page in the Ops Manual. If you feel the Syrens box may need to be reset (i.e. your laptop loses connection to the NewAdventure connection), turn off the accessory switch at the lower help station for 30 seconds and then back on. This action will cause the Syrens box to reboot. 17. The central vacuum system is located above the galley floor under and behind the steps from the salon to the galley. The hose and accessories are in the galley floor storage area. To activate the central vacuum system, the hose must be plugged into New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 5

the front of the unit (accessible between the stairs via the flipper door on the unit) and the accessory breaker on the AC distribution panel must by turned on. 18. The black water macerator pump is controlled by a breaker on the DC distribution panel in the salon. The macerator discharge valve is accessed from the hatch cover located under the Galley floor hatch. It is a blue handled ball valve, turn the handle in line with hose before pumping Only run the macerator with the valve open and with liquid in the black water tank. There is a black water tank level indicator located on the side of the head sink cabinet. When discharging black water using the macerator, you will notice a slight increase in pump RPM once the tank is empty at which time the pump should be turned off at the DC distribution panel in the salon. 19. Heating and cooling of the stateroom and salon spaces is provided by reverse-cycle air conditioning units. A/C number 1 breaker on the AC distribution panel is for the stateroom. A/C number 2 breaker on the AC distribution panel is for the salon. The A/C pump breaker on the AC distribution panel must be on to use the reverse cycle system. If the controls are left in the default automatic mode, the system will switch modes depending on what is required to satisfy the temperature selected on the control station. The salon is controlled by the control panel located in the salon adjacent to the distribution panels and above the light switches. The stateroom is controlled by the control panel located on the port side on the outside of the wardrobe locker in the stateroom. 20. The foot-end of the stateroom bed lifts to provide access to substantial storage space. There is a locking mechanism attached that will hold the end of the bed in the upright position. 21. The flares and hand-held horn are located in the cabinets behind the doors on the front side of the bar adjacent to the galley and accessed from the salon. The brass bell is located in a box in the storage cabinet under the galley sink. The first-aid kit is in the cabinet under the head sink. 22. For DC power management, be careful not to leave the Bilge Lights on. They use substantial power. 23. There is an AC outlet under the right side of the forward the galley cabinets. These are the same row of cabinets located over the two-burner stove. There is also an AC outlet located on the flybridge accessed by unzipping the center canvas under the control station. The outlet is in a standard exterior box attached under the left side of the control station. You will have to slide in on your back with a light to find the exact location for the first time. 24. The tender is a Novurania model TR320 10 5 length hard-bottom inflatable craft. It has a 20HP Honda 4-cycle outboard, runs on regular gasoline and does not require oil in the fuel tank. The davit system is from Sea Wise and contains a DC-powered electric-drive hydraulic lift mechanism. To lower the boat, turn the DC breaker on New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 6

labeled Tender Davit and make sure the forward safety strap is removed. Remove the safety retainer pin located at the top and port-side of the Sea Wise lift mechanism. There should be a shoelace tied to the pin. The engine must be tilted up a bit (electric tilt control located on the end of the throttle-gearshift lever) to clear the pontoon as the boat is lowered. The boat is lowered by pushing the toggle switch down located on the side of Sea Wise davit mechanism. The switch has momentary action and must be held for the system to operate. Once the boat is completely lowered, unhook the lift arm and return the davit to the full upright position. Tilt the motor all the way down and secure the safety latch screw located on the right side of Novurania transom bracket. When appropriate, check the oil in the Honda engine by removing the cover and using the dipstick. (The owners manual for the Honda engine is located in the front of the documentation case.) To start the engine, simply place the throttle/gear shift in the neutral position and turn the key. There is no need to raise the idle lever if you do, the engine will probably not start and will flood from excess fuel. The boat is detached/attached from the swim platform brackets by removing the safety pins and unlatching the brackets. You will have to get used to how to best position the boat to help with the unlatch process. It may make sense to unlatch the aft bracket first and before you get into the tender. You may have to pull-up, pushdown or bounce the boat to help in the unlatch/relatch process. Please note the Honda engine is very new and still in its break-in period. 25. There is an I-Pod adapter cable stored behind the salon TV. Documentation for the JVC salon and stateroom units as well as the I-Pod adapter is located in the Grey manual. When your I-Pod is attached, the JVC unit controls the I-Pod with either the JVC salon front-panel controls or the JVC remote control. 26. The Village Marine Tec. Reverse Osmosis water maker (RO) is installed on the starboard shelf in the engine room. The RO is model SPW 600, produces between 20 to 25 gallons per hour depending on seawater temperature and uses about 12.7 amps of 120 volt power. Most boaters, when given the choice, prefer to drink water from the RO over public water sources. The RO water is incredibly pure. To start the RO, turn on the AC Distribution Panel breaker marked WATER MAKER located on the bottom right side. This is the only 25 amp breaker on the panel. The remote control panel for the RO is located to the right of the DC Distribution panel and is labeled VILLAGE MARINE TEC. Start the low pressure boost pump by depressing the LP PUMP button. Operation is indicated by the illuminated green indicator light just above the button. Wait at least 30 seconds before proceeding to the next step to allow any accumulated air in the system to purge. After the 30 second wait, start the high pressure pump by depressing the HP PUMP button. The indicator light above the button should be illuminated. It will take a few minutes for the salinity level to stabilize and drop below the 500 ppm (parts per million) acceptable level. You can silence the alarm during this process by depressing the MUTE/TEMP button. During startup, sometimes the salinity level will drop below 500 ppm and then jump back above 500 ppm for a moment. This action will trigger an alarm so you are given a second opportunity to silence the alarm. RO water is directed to the fresh water storage tank only when the salinity level is below 500 ppm. When ever the RO is New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 7

running, you will notice the discharge water exiting through a port on the starboard side of the boat about mid ship a few inches above the water line, the most rear port in the group of three. To shut the unit down, first turn off the high pressure pump by depressing the HP PUMP button followed by the low pressure pump by depressing the LP PUMP button. If you will not be using the unit for more than two weeks, depress the FLUSH button. The unit will automatically run through a two minute process to push the seawater out of the membranes with fresh water. Avoid using the flush process unnecessarily as the carbon filter only provides for 50 cycles after which is must be replaced. Try to use the RO as much as possible for your water needs. Frequent use will provide for the maximum life of the membranes. For additional information refer to the User Guide & Reference Manual located in the plastic storage case in front of the lower helm station. Other Information/Tips Water quantity Indicator PORT side, eye level entering FWD state room. Invertor/Charger Scroll to MS 3000 Press Enter Scroll to Invertor or Charger Pres Enter Scroll down to enabled Press Enter Takes 30 seconds. Anchor chain RED=50 To Make Sat TV serch fro Sattelite Menu Scroll to system set up Right arrow Down to Scan for satellite Lower VHF to US/Can?Int channels Menu VHF operations Frequency options Pick US/INT/CAN or push & hold wx/int button. New Adventure Important Characteristics Rev 5 page 8