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- Page 1 OWNER’S MANUAL Owner’s Manual for Single Handed Dinghies, Small Craft and Catamarans...
- Page 2 Join LaserPerformance LDA Hit the waters with millions of your closest friends LaserPerformance Unipessoal Lda Is all about connecting and supporting dinghy owners worldwide. By joining LPLDA, you will enter a community of diverse sailors united by a common passion.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Principal Dimensions for Single Handed Dinghies Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-person Small Craft Principal Dimensions for Small Craft Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-hull Principal Dimensions for Catamarans Towing Points Declaration of Conformity of Recreational Craft Essential Requirements LaserPerformance Limited Warranty... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction This manual has been compiled to help you to operate your craft with safety and pleasure: It is assumed that you have obtained sufficient expertise to rig and sail your new boat. If this is your first boat and you have not received approved instruction, then we would strongly recommend that you contact a certified sailing school and obtain appropriate training and instruction. - Page 5 Sailing barefoot can lead to injury. LaserPerformance recommend that If transporting your boat on the roof suitable shoes are worn when using of your car ensure that you do not exceed LaserPerformance products.
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Page 6: Capsize, Inversion And Entrapment
Mast head floatation To reduce the speed of inversion LaserPerformance offer 3 optional forms of mast head buoyancy. Mast head buoyancy will not prevent inversion, but slow it down to give you more time to stop RISK OF CAPSIZE the boat inverting before you pull it up-right. -
Page 7: Mast Float Usage & Fitment Recommendations
Mast Float Usage & Fitment Recommendations The greater the volume of the mast float used, the higher the inversion resistance it will provide. 40 LITRE INFLATABLE MAST FLOAT (Heavy duty fabric construction) Part Code # 90720 With the mainsail ready to hoist: Form a short loop in the end of the halyard and pass the loop through the eye in the head of the mainsail. - Page 8 Funboat Sunfish Laser Dart 16 Z420 C420 Cascais Club Fj Mast floatation devices are only an aid to slow the rate of inversion in the event of a capsize. They do not guarantee to stop complete inversion of your craft.
- Page 9 Capsize Recovery and Reboarding Single Handed Dinghy Stand on the lip of the hull. Holding onto the centreboard, lean backwards to pull the hull upright. Continue to hold the centreboard as the mast rises out of the water. As the boat comes upright, reach into the cockpit and pull yourself back into the boat.
- Page 10 Capsize Recovery and Reboarding Single Handed Dinghy LASER SUNFISH FUNBOAT Main sail area 4.7 – 7.06 m² 6.97 m² m² Jib area m² m² m² Length of hull 4.21 m² 4.24 m² 3.90 m² Beam of hull 1.37 1.25 1.25...
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Page 11: Principal Dimensions For Single Handed Dinghies
Principal Dimensions for Single Handed Dinghies Category C: Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to and including, wind force 6 and significant wave height up to and including, 2m may be experienced. Category D: Designed for voyages on sheltered coastal waters, small bays... - Page 12 Capsize Recovery and Reboarding Multi-person Small Craft To recover from a full inversion. One crew member should hold onto the centreboard and pull backwards. The other crew member can take a jib or genniker sheet over the top side of the hull and pull backwards whilst standing on the lip of the hull.
- Page 13 Capsize Recovery and Reboarding Multi-person Small Craft CASCAIS CLUB FJ Main sail area 5.58 - 6.97 m² m² Jib area 1.62 - 1.77 m² m² Gennaker area 6.3 - 8.69 m² 7.43 m² Length of hull 4.05 Beam of hull 1.56 1.25 Unladen weight...
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Page 14: Principal Dimensions For Small Craft
Principal Dimensions for Small Craft Designed for voyages in Category C: coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to and including, wind force 6 and significant wave height up to and including, 2m may be experienced. Category D: Designed for voyages on sheltered coastal waters, small bays... - Page 15 Capsize Recovery and Reboarding Multi-hull To recover from a full inversion sink the leeward hull. As the hull comes up move forward. Take a jib sheet or righting line and lean back to pull the boat upright. One crew should stay under the boat and hold onto the righting line or handles in the trampoline to stabilize the boat.
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Page 16: Principal Dimensions For Catamarans
Principal Dimensions for Catamarans DART 16 Category C: Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, Main sail area 10.4 m² lakes and rivers where conditions up Jib area m² to and including, wind force 6 and significant wave height up to and Gennaker area m²... -
Page 17: Towing Points
Towing Points Laser The bow eye should only be used for light towing in flat water. Towing in rough water the towline should be anchored at the mast. Funboat Sunfish Use one or both of the molded handles. The towing loop is situated at the bow. - Page 18 Towing Points Dart 16 CASCAIS The ball step should be used as the anchor point and not the bow Use forestay shackle. eyes, bridle wires or striker bar. c420 / z420 / Club Fj Pass tow rope through the forestay shackle and tie to mast with a bowline.
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Page 19: Declaration Of Conformity Of Recreational Craft
Name and Function, (identification of the person empowered to sign on behalf of Signature Date of issue - 23/11/2022 the manufacturer or authorized representative) A copy of the Examination report is located in the Rigging Manual or download a digital copy from the LaserPerformance website, WWW.LASERPERFORMANCE.COM... -
Page 20: Essential Requirements
Essential Requirements Standards Technical File Applicable Standards General Requirements (2) EN ISO 8666 Craft Identification Number – CIN (2.1) EN ISO 10087 Builders Plate (2.2) EN ISO 14945 Protection from falling overboard and EN ISO 15085 means of reboarding (2) Visibility from the main steering position (2.4) Not Applicable Owner’s manual (2.5) - Page 21 All rights reserved. ©2022 LaserPerformance LaserPerformance and associated logos are trademarks. LaserPerformance reserves the right to make design and/ or specification changes to any of their products as part of their continuous development programme. Zona Industrial Sapec Bay Av. do Rio Tejo 2910-040 laserperformance.com...
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