Jeanneau MERRY FISHER 585 User manual

MERRY FISHER 585
OWNER'S MANUAL
SPORTS & LOISIRS
084941
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5.1.2 ISO 10 240
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF UPDATES
Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................Page 5
SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY
Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................Page 9
SAFETY
Chapter 3 ...............................................................................................................Page 17
HULL
Chapter 4 ...............................................................................................................Page 23
DECK
Chapter 5 ...............................................................................................................Page 29
ACCOMMODATIONS
Chapter 6 ...............................................................................................................Page 35
ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
Chapter 7 ...............................................................................................................Page 41
ENGINE
Chapter 8 ...............................................................................................................Page 49
LAUNCHING
Chapter 9 ...............................................................................................................Page 53
WINTER STORAGE
PERSONAL NOTES
At the end of the manual
APPENDIX AND OPTIONAL EXTRAS
At the end of the manual
MF 585 Anglais
Update 09/2010
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Code:084941 Total number of pages: 58

5.1.3, 5.2 ISO 10 240
HISTORY OF UPDATES
• Index A ............................................................................................................ 21/09/2006
• Index B ................................................ Page 6,17........................................... 26/04/2007
• Index C................................................................................................................. 05/2007
• Index D.........................Contents, Page 6, 30, 53................................................ 04/2008
• Index E ..................................................... Page 7................................................ 10/2008
• Index F ................................................... Page 24 ............................................... 05/2009
• Index G .................................................................................................................11/2009
• Index H................................................... Page 16................................................ 07/2010
• Index I .................................................................................................................. 07/2010
• Index J ................................................................................................................. 09/2010

5.1.3, 5.2 ISO 10 240
INTRODUCTION
We share a common passion for the sea: we, JEANNEAU as shipbuilders and you who
want to live your passion on the Seven Seas.
We are delighted to welcome you to the great family of JEANNEAU boat owners and we
congratulate you on it.
This manual is meant to help you to enjoy your boat comfortably and safely. It includes the
boat specifications, the equipment provided or installed, the systems and tips on her
operation and maintenance.
Read this manual carefully before you put out to sea so that you can make the most of her
and avoid any damage and any trouble. Get to know your boat before you sail.
We keep improving our boats as we want you to benefit from the technological
developments, new equipment or materials and our own experience. That is the reason
why the specifications and information given are not contractual, they may be modified
without prior notice or up dates.
This owner's manual is designed in accordance with the ISO 10 240 standard
requirements, it has a general purpose and it may sometimes list some equipment or
accessories or deal with some points or questions that are not relevant to your own boat.
In case of doubt refer to the inventory list you were given when you bought your boat.
Our network of JEANNEAU authorized dealers will be at your disposal to help you get
acquainted with your boat and will be the most qualified to take care of her maintenance.
If this is your first boat or if you change to a new type of boat which you are not used to, get
some training in boat control and sailing to ensure your safety and comfort. Your dealer,
your international sailing association or your yacht club will be very happy to recommend
local sailing schools or professional instructors.
Even if everything has been provided for and designed for the safety of the boat and the
safety of her users, don't forget that sailing highly depends on the weather conditions, the
sea condition, and that only an experienced and very fit crew, handling a well-maintained
boat can sail satisfactorily.

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The sea and wind conditions that correspond to the design categories A, B or C are
changeable and are dependent on the hazards of unusually strong waves or gusty winds.
Therefore total safety cannot be guaranteed, even if your boat meets the requirements of
a category.
The sea and the water are not the natural environment of Man and one has to respect their
laws and strength.
Adapt the use of your boat to her condition that wears out with time and use.
Any boat, however solid she may be, may be severely damaged if badly used. This is not
compatible with safe navigation. Always adapt the speed and direction of your boat to the
conditions of the sea.
The 'COLREG', an international regulation in order to prevent collision at sea, published by
the International Maritime Organization, specifies the steering and course regulations, the
navigation lights etc. throughout the world Make sure you know these regulations and you
have on board a manual that explains them.
In numerous countries, a licence, an authorization or a training course is requested. Make
sure you have this legal authorization before you use your boat.
Always use an experienced technician for the maintenance of your boat, the fitting of
accessories and the carrying out of small modifications. The written authorization of the
builder or his legal representative is compulsory for modifications that alter the
specifications of the boat, in particular the vertical layout of the grounds (putting up of a
radar, modification of the mast, change of the engine etc.).
Always listen to the weather forecast before you put out to sea.
Make sure the sea and wind conditions will correspond to the category of your boat and
you and your crew are able to handle the boat in these conditions.
For the essential or optional equipment (engine, electronics etc.) refer to their respective
manual delivered with your boat.

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The users of the boat are informed of the following:
- The entire crew must be trained properly.
- The boat shall not be loaded more with than the maximum load recommended by the
builder, in particular the total weight of the food supplies, of the different equipment that
are not supplied by the builder and of the persons on board. The weight of the boat
shall be properly distributed.
- The water in the bilge shall be kept at its minimum.
- The stability is reduced when you add weight in the upper parts.
- In case of heavy weather, the hatches, lockers and doors shall be closed in order to
minimize the risk of water coming in.
- The stability may be reduced when you tow a boat.
- Breaking waves are a serious threat to stability.
- If your boat is equipped with a liferaft, carefully read the instructions. In the boat there
shall be all the proper safety equipment (harness, flares, liferaft etc.) depending on the
type of boat, the country, the weather
- The crew must be familiar with the use of all the safety equipment and the emergency
safety procedures (MOB, towing etc.).
- Anyone on the deck shall wear a life jacket or a buoyancy aid. Please note that in some
countries it is compulsory to wear an homologated buoyancy aid permanently.
- Some of the data is shown on the manufacturer's plate fixed to the boat. The
explanation of the data is given in the appropriate chapters of this manual.
Keep this manual in a safe place and hand it over to the new owner if you sell your boat.
You are advised to keep all the instructions and manuals provided by the boat equipment
manufacturers (accessories...) in the same place as this manual

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SPECIFICATIONS AND WARRANTY
SPECIFICATIONS
YOUR BOAT
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SPECIFICATIONS
L.O.A............................................................................................................... 5,65 m/18’ 6"
Hull length........................................................................................................ 5,55 m/18’2"
L.W.L. ............................................................................................................. 4,40 m/14’ 5"
Max. beam ...................................................................................................... 2,40 m/7’ 10"
Draught ........................................................................................................... 0,30 m/0’ 12"
Air draught - Empty vessel................................................................................ 2,15 m/7’ 0"
Light displacement..................................................................................1 010 kg/2 227 lbs
Displacement with maximum load ..........................................................1 776 kg/3 915 lbs
Maximum load recommended by the builder (Full tanks) ..........................766 kg/1 689 lbs
Maximum load recommended by the builder (Tanks empty).....................690 kg/1 521 lbs
Maximum motorisation mass ..................................................................................... 74 kW
Total mass of liquids (all tanks full)............................................................................. 80 kg
Fuel capacity................................................................................................100 l/26 US gal
Cabins............................................................................................................................... 1
Berths ................................................................................................................................ 2
CE Category .................................................................................................. C (6 persons)
Architect..................................................................... Garroni/B.E. Jeanneau/B.E. Ostroda
The engine is the main propulsion means of the Merry Fisher 585.

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Category A: At high sea
This craft is designed to operate in winds that may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and in
significant wave heights of 4 m and above.
This craft is largely self-sufficient. Abnormal conditions such as hurricanes are excluded.
Such conditions may be encountered on extended voyages, for example across oceans, or
inshore when unsheltered from the wind and waves for several hundred nautical miles.
Category B: In open sea
This craft is designed to operate in winds up to Beaufort force 8 and the associated wave
heights (significant wave height up to 4 m, see Note 1 below).
Such conditions may be encountered on offshore voyages of sufficient length, or on coastal
waters when unsheltered from the wind and waves for several dozens of nautical miles.
These conditions may also be experienced on inland seas of sufficient size for the wave height
to be generated.
Category C: Near to the coast
This craft is designed to operate in winds up to Beaufort force 6 and the associated wave
heights (significant wave height up to 2 m, see Note 1 below). You may meet with such
conditions in exposed inland waters, in estuaries and in coastal waters with moderate weather
conditions.
Category D: In sheltered waters
This craft is designed to operate in winds up to Beaufort force 4 and the associated wave
heights (occasional maximum waves of 0,5 m height).
Such conditions may be encountered in sheltered inland waters, and in coastal waters in fine
weather.
NOTE:
- The significant wave height is the mean height of the highest one-third of the waves, which
approximately corresponds to the wave height estimated by an experienced observer. Some
waves will be double this height.
- The creation of different design categories results from the need to distinguish between
different levels of risk according to the construction of the boats.
The parameters for the characteristics are established to define the conditions of navigation
which each category may encounter; they serve purely to evaluate the boat designs and are
not to be used to limit the geographical areas in which these boats may operate..
- One boat may be classed in several design categories at the same time, each with their
different maximum capabilities.
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YOUR BOAT
Version .............................................................
NAME OF THE BOAT .............................................................
NAME OF THE OWNER .............................................................
ADDRESS .............................................................
.............................................................
.............................................................
HULL NUMBER .............................................................
SERIAL NUMBER .............................................................
REGISTRATION NUMBER .............................................................
DELIVERY DATE .............................................................
DOOR KEY NUMBER .............................................................
MAKE OF ENGINE .............................................................
ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER .............................................................
ENGINE KEY NUMBER .............................................................
JEANNEAU (Establishment of the company SPBI)
BP 529 - 85505 LES HERBIERS cedex - FRANCE
Tel. [phone] - Fax [phone]
Internet : http://www.jeanneau.com(fr).
Your agent

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SAFETY
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
LOCATION OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS (ISO 9094-2)
FIGHT AGAINST FIRE
BILGE PUMP SYSTEM
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SAFETY EQUIPMENT
LIFERAFT
Keep the life raft permanently easy to get to
DANGER
Fuel leaks or vapour represent a danger of fire and explosion.
Leave the engine compartment ventilated for a long time before starting the engine.
There may be danger of fire or explosion if direct current systems are incorrectly used.
Refer to chapter Electricity.
Some boats are equipped with a retractable ladder or removable. Make sure the ladder
is in place and deployed as soon as you are on board.
Reduce speed in waves.
RECOMMENDATION
Before putting to sea, carefully read the launching instructions shown on the liferaft.
WARNING
- Before you sail, list the compulsory safety equipment.
- Don't exceed the number of persons indicated in the chapter 'Specifications'.
- When you don't take into account the number of persons, the total weight of the
persons and equipment shall never exceed the maximum load recommended by the
manufacturer.
- Use the seats provided.
RECOMMENDATION
Close the door of the wheelhouse when you are sailing in heavy weather.
Ensure that movable items are firmly secured when the boat is under way.
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Merry Fisher 585
LOCATION OF THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS (ISO 9094-1)
The extinguishers are part of the compulsory equipment.
A fire extinguisher or fire blanket should be placed at least 2 m from any open flame
permanently installed, but placed in an accessible location in case of fire.
Fire extinguishers must be within 5 m of the middle of a berth.
A fire extinguisher should only be positioned at least 2 m from the discharge port of the
reservoir compartment (but outside the fuel tank compartment).
An extinguisher shall be less than 1 m from the steering station.
The extinguishers must be in position (see "Extinguisher positions" diagram).
He can fill a fire extinguisher alone several of these requirements..
No fire extinguisher rated A/B should have a rated capacity of less than 5A / 34B.
Vessels equipped with an outboard motor of a power greater than 25kW must carry one or
more portable fire extinguishers with a total capacity of at least combined 8A / 68B.
Position of portable extinguishers
(not supplied)
This boat must be equipped, when in use,
portable fire extinguishers installed in the
following locations:
1. in the wheelhouse
2. Fire extinguisher system
Emergency exits in case of fire
A. Door of the wheelhouse
WARNING
The extinguishers are part of the compulsory equipment.
Fire fighting equipment (portable extinguishers, fire blankets and buckets) must be
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FIGHT AGAINST FIRE
The extinguishers must be within easy access and kept away from a possible
fire source.
Combustible products shall not be stored in the engine compartment.
If you store non combustible products in the engine compartment, they shall be fastened so
that they cannot fall on the machine and block the way.
Exits other than the doors and hatches of the main companionway, equipped with
permanently fitted ladders, are identified with a symbol.
It is the owner's or the skipper's responsibility:
- Get the fire-fighting equipment checked at the frequency shown on the equipment.
- Replace portable fire extinguishers, if outdated or discharged, by extinguishing apparatus
of equal capacity.
- To fill or replace the fixed fire extinguishing systems if they are discharged or expired (if
the boat is equipped with a fixed fire extinguishing system).
- To tell the crew:
• where the extinguishers are and how they work,
• where the emergency exits are.
• The location of the discharge opening in the reservoir compartment.
- Make sure the extinguishers can be reached easily when people are on board.
- Make sure that the ventilation openings in the engine (and generator, if installed)
compartment are well cleared.
Keep the bilge clean. Regularly check that there is no fuel or gas vapour.
Exits other than the doors and hatches of the main companionway, equipped with
permanently fitted ladders, are identified with a symbol.
Do not store combustible materials in the engine compartment.
If non-combustible materials are stored in the engine compartment they must be secured so
there is no danger of them falling on machinery and they do not obstruct access to and from
the compartment.
In the case of replacement of components of the fire-fighting equipment, use only the
appropriate components of the same code designation or having the equivalent technical
capacity and fire resistance.
Do not install free-hanging curtains or other fabrics near or above the cooking appliances or
other equipment with a naked flame.
DANGER
Keep an extinguisher handy in case the fire should start again.
WARNING
Never:
- Obstruct the ways to the emergency exits.
- Obstruct the safety controls (Fuel oil valves, power switches).
- Block the extinguishers placed in shelves.
- Use gas lamps in the boat.
- Alter the boat systems (electricity, gas or fuel oil).
- Fill up a tank when an engine is running.
- Smoke while handling fuels.
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Keep the bilge clean. Regularly check whether there is fuel oil vapor.
Use only compatible spare parts for the extinguishers. The parts shall have the
same specifications or be technically equivalent as to their resistance to fire.
BILGE PUMP SYSTEM
ELECTRIC BILGE PUMP
You can energize the electric bilge pump from the instrument panel.
Operation:
The electric bilge pumps are connected to the 12V service circuit. To enable operation the
12V circuit must be activated by turning on the battery switches.
Capacity: 32 litre / minute.
MANUAL BILGE PUMP
The manual bilge pump is in the cockpit.
Capacity: 40,5 litre / minute.
DANGER
Fuel leaks or vapour represent a danger of fire and explosion.
Leave the engine compartment ventilated for a long time before starting the engine.
There may be danger of fire or explosion if direct current systems are incorrectly used
(Refer to chapter Electricity)
WARNING
The CO2extinguishers shall be used only to fight electrical fires.
Clear the area immediately after use in order to avoid suffocation.
Air before entering.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Clean off debris which could block the pump intake points or strainers. If the watertight
partitions which seal off the fore and aft points are fitted with valves they must be closed
at all times and only opened to drain water into the main bilge.
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