KISH Phoenix Pontoon

V8 triple-pontoon party boat. 40 knots top speed and lifts up onto its pontoons at speed. Seats 4 — Captain plus 3 passengers — plus a parasail included in the package. X Lights with disco mode, a 69-station radio and auto fenders.

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Getting started Driving Who can drive X Lights Radio Anchor & fenders Seating & eject Parasail Tips

Getting started

Rez in water and sit in the Captain's seat. Accept the controls request, then use the seat menu:

Button	What it does
▶ START	Starts the engine. Fenders and ropes stow automatically. The cooling-water tell-tale starts a few seconds later, like a real outboard.
🚫 STOP	Stops the engine. Fenders and ropes deploy once the boat has slowed down.
📢 Horn	Sounds the horn.
📷 Camera	Toggles the chase camera on or off.

Driving

Throttle works in steps and holds its speed — you don't need to keep a key pressed. Your speed setting is shown in local chat.

Key	Action
`↑` / `W`	Throttle up 2 kn per press (max 40 kn). In reverse, the first press cancels reverse.
`↓` / `S`	Throttle down 2 kn per press. Keep pressing below 0 for reverse (max 15 kn).
`PgUp` / `E`	Jump straight to 15 kn.
`PgDn` / `C`	Throttle straight to 0.
`↑` + `↓` together	Clear throttle to 0.
`←` / `→`	Steer.
`Shift` + `←` / `→`	Sharp turn — twice as tight, for docking and tight channels.

From about 10 kn the bow starts to rise, and by around 32 kn she's fully up on the pontoons. Steering reverses when you're going astern, like a real boat.

Fell off at a region border? After every crossing the boat checks the captain is still aboard. If not, you'll get an IM with a map link to where the boat is circling.

Who can drive

The owner always can. Set who else can from the menu: Owner Only, Group, Whitelist or Public. Whitelisted drivers go in the drivers notecard, one UUID per line. Anyone else who sits in the Captain's seat is welcomed aboard and moved off the helm.

X Lights

Touch the light controller to open the menu (owner only).

Option	What it does
ON / OFF	Master switch for all the deck lights.
Select	Pick one light (or ALL) to change. Tapping a light cycles Select → Off → On, so each light can be switched on its own.
Colour	18 preset colours, or Custom — type `<R,G,B>` in local chat, e.g. `<1.0,0.5,0.0>`.
Intensity, Radius, Falloff, Glow, FB	Fine-tune brightness, light reach, softness, glow and fullbright.
Disco	Start/stop colour cycling across every light, with speed and tick controls.
Nav	Red port and green starboard navigation lights on or off.
Rescan	Re-finds the lights if anything has been relinked.

Radio

Touch the radio panel for the station menu — 69 free stations given to us by the SL community. Use Next >> / << Prev to page through, pick a station to play, and STOP to turn it off.

Tune into Sailors Radio for announcements of the day's upcoming cruises and races.

Anchor & fenders

Feature	How it works
Anchor	Drop and raise from the menu to hold position.
Fenders & ropes	Automatic — they stow when you start the engine and deploy when you stop. They wait until the boat has actually slowed down, so they never pop out under way.

Seating & eject

4 seats — Captain + 3 passengers. Touch a seat for the pose menu. Fishing and Life on Board pose categories are available from every seat.

Eject: the owner (or up to 3 trusted people in the drivers notecard) can type ej in local chat. A menu lists everyone seated — pick a name to remove them from the boat. Owner and trusted people are never listed.

Parasail

The parasail is included with the Phoenix — a collaboration with W.A.L.T. It carries one extra rider on tow.

Just rez it near the boat — it links up to the Phoenix automatically. No setup needed.

Tips

Slow down before region borders for a smoother crossing.
Hit PgUp for an instant 15 kn cruise when leaving the dock.
Turn on disco mode and put the radio on — there's room for 4, plus one on the parasail.
Stop the engine before leaving the boat.

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