Seawind 1160 Deluxe Owner's Manual page 9

Owners Handbook
RCD Design Category
This vessel carries the CE marking (shown
here) to indicate that it complies with the EU
Recreational Craft Directive. It has been
assigned the Design Category explained
below:
Category A, Ocean
This boat is given a CE design category A. This craft is designed to operate in
winds that may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort Scale) and in significant wave
heights of 4m and above, and is largely self-sufficient. Abnormal conditions such
as hurricanes are excluded. Such conditions may be encountered on offshore
voyages, for example across oceans, or inshore when unsheltered from the wind
and waves for several hundred nautical miles.
This boat may capsize and remain inverted if excessive sail is carried. It is
designed not to sink if this occurs. The working sail plan should be reduced if
the average wind exceeds Force 5 on the Beaufort scale. The Beaufort scale
with relative wind strengths can be found in the stability section of this manual.
Other stability hazards would include violent winds or confused or breaking seas,
and additional caution should be exercised in these conditions.
In the event of a severe gust,
If wind is close hauled
If wind is abeam
If wind is abaft the beam
Special care should be taken when turning from a following wind onto a beam
reach, because both the apparent wind speed and heeling effect will increase.
Such turns should not be made rapidly, and consideration should be given to a
reduction in sail before such a manoeuvre.
WARNING – Capsize
FREE SHEETS
LUFF UP
FREE SHEETS
BEAR AWAY, see note below
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