Yamaha 15F Owner's Manual

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Operation242. Slightly tilt the engine up until the tilt sup-port bar is automatically released.3. Slowly tilt the engine down.EMU28060Cruising in shallow waterThe outboard motor can be tilted up partiallyto allow operation in shallow water.EMU28071Cruising in shallow water (manual tiltmodels)WARNINGEWM00710 Place the gear shift in neutral before us-ing the shallow water cruising system. Run the boat at the lowest possiblespeed when using the shallow watercruising system. The tilt lock mecha-nism does not work while the shallowwater cruising system is being used. Hit-ting an underwater obstacle couldcause the outboard motor to lift out ofthe water, resulting in loss of control. Do not rotate the outboard motor 180°and operate the boat in reverse. Placethe gear shift in reverse to operate theboat in reverse. Use extra care when operating in re-verse. Too much reverse thrust cancause the outboard motor to lift out ofthe water, increasing the chance of acci-dent and personal injury. Return the outboard motor to its normalposition as soon as the boat is back indeeper water.CAUTION:ECM00260Do not tilt the outboard motor up so thatthe cooling water inlet on the lower unit isabove the surface of the water when set-ting up for and cruising in shallow water.Otherwise severe damage from overheat-ing can result.EMU28123Procedure1. Place the gear shift lever in neutral.2. Place the tilt lock lever in the release/upposition.ZMU02868