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DUCKY 17 CATAMARAN MANUAL
2011

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  • Page 1 DUCKY 17 CATAMARAN MANUAL 2011...

  • Page 2: Technical Specifications

    At present you are the owner of the inflatable sailing catamaran Ducky 17. Catamaran Ducky 17 is classified as pleasure boats and is designed for recreation and tourism. According to the definition of the vessel structure category by Directive 94/25/EC the category C is assigned to the catamaran.
  • Page 3 CATAMARAN CONSTRUCTION Floats provide the buoyancy of catamaran. They are made from PVC fabrics and have impermeable partitions dividing every float into two compartments. Every compartment is equipped with a valve for filling with air. The glued fastening straps and the sleeves with threaded are intended for fixing of floats to the bridge.
  • Page 4 Cargo nets are made from a nylon ribbon and intended for placing of luggage and crew. Cargo net is put on bow and stringer beams by sleeves and tensioned by lacing to the submast beam. Bow cargo net’s sleeves are put on the bow and stringer beams and is tensioned by lacing to submast beam.

  • Page 5: General View

    GENERAL VIEW Sail (Main) Mast Batten Spreader Shroud Forestay Boom Mainsheet Bow Cargo Net Tiller Crossbar Rudder Box Float Sheet Gusset Sheet Beam Submast Gusset Bow Beam Submast Beam Bow Gusset Stringer...
  • Page 6 CATAMARAN ASSEMBLY Duffel Bag with Sails Packing 3 Packing 4 Note: Some parts of your catamaran may differ from those shown on the photos. A catamaran is packed into four packing. In packing 1 and 2 there are pipes of bridge, mast, boom, rudder boxes, centerboard, cargo nets and trampoline.
  • Page 7 2. From the rest of four gussets find out two pairs: submast and Sheet sheet gussets of starboard and submast Gussets and sheet gussets of port. Every pair of gussets is interconnected by cable (guy bridle). Submast Gussets Shroud and Forestay 3.
  • Page 8 5. Insert the sheet beam ("bare" pipe with diameter of 52 mm and length of 1950 mm) into trampoline transverse sleeve. Join the sheet beam and the stringer middle parts with sheet gussets. Trampoline Sheet Stringer Middle Sheet Beam Sheet Beam Transverse Sleeve Gusset Part...
  • Page 9 6. Assembly the submast beam from two parts and centerboard box. Submast Beam Submast Centerboard Beam Centerboard Centerboard Submast Beam Join the submast beam and the stringer middle parts with submast gussets. Make sure that straight surface end of centerboard box is oriented towards the bow.
  • Page 10 8. Join the stringer bow parts with the stringer middle parts. For doing so just fully insert the stringer bow parts into the stringer middle parts. Stringer bow part is a pipe with diameter of 48 mm having on one end the riveted peace of pipe with diameter of 45 mm, which has a plastic cap with screw.
  • Page 11 10. Fix the bow beam on stringer bow parts with bow gussets. Bow Beam Bow Gusset 11. Connect the bow and stern parts of lower bridle cables. For this put the threaded bush (which is connected to turnbuckle of bow part of lower bridle) into centerboard box and secure it with screws of stern part of lower bridle.
  • Page 12 12. Tighten the turnbuckle to remove slack of cables. No need to make a strong tension, the mild level will be enough! Too hard tension will adversely affect the shape of the floats. Turnbuckle 13. Expand and inflate the floats, but not completely, about 90-95%, that in the future will facilitate the operation of attaching floats to the bridge and lacing of trampoline and cargo net.
  • Page 13 Rigid Bridle Rigid Centerboard Centerboard Bridle Axle Axle 15. Lace up the trampoline and then the bow cargo net to the submast beam. When lacing the cargo net up, try to make sure that the trampoline lacing and cargo net lacing are not cross each other. Bow Cargo Net Trampoline Submast Beam...
  • Page 14 Secure the cables of float farms with screws. Bolt Float Farm Cable Stringer Bow Part Pocket Stringer Bow Part 17. Insert the plugs, which are on cables of float farms, into semi-archs of submast frames. Float Farm Cable Float Farm Cable Submast Frame Submast Frame Plug Plug 18.
  • Page 15 19. Put stern beam and stringer stern parts into slevees of stern cargo net. Stringer Stern Part Stringer Stern Part Stern Cargo Net Stern Beam 20. Join the stern beam with stringer stern parts. Stringer Stern Part Stringer Stern Part Stern Beam Stern Beam 21.
  • Page 16 22. Thread the strapping beam through the stern cargo net. Sheet Beam Strapping Beam Stern Cargo Net 23. Tension the stern cargo net by banding of strapping beam to sheet beam in three places: at the ends and in the middle. Strapping Beam Sheet Beam Strapping Beam...
  • Page 17 25. Assemble the mast. For doing so interconnect the four mast segments. Mast Segment Mast Segments Mast Segment Mast Segment 26. Unravel the jumper stays and place them along the mast. Put two rear side jumper stays on the eccentrics, which are on the lower mast segment. Fix the central jumper stay. For this, tighten the turnbuckle, one part of which is on the central jumper stay and another - on the mast.
  • Page 18 27. Mount the spreader on the mast. For doing this, align the spreader spars with the corresponding holes in the second from bottom mast section. Spreader Spreader Spars 28. One by one, starting from side rear jumper stays, and finishing with central front jumper stay, pull a jumper stay like bow-string and put it on spreader spar.
  • Page 19 29. Unravel the forestay and shrouds. Forestay should be in the center, and shrouds - by the sides. Put the mast at the ball bearing of submast joint unit. Put a ring with shrouds and forestay on a hook, which is located on the upper section of the mast.
  • Page 20 31. Tighten the float farm cables by lanyard. Put the lanyard with several falls, tighten it and secure with a bend. Lanyard Lanyard Float Farm Cable Float Farm Cable 32. Setup the rudder boxes onto rudder joint units and fix them with locking rings. Rudder Joint Unit Rudder Box Rudder Box...
  • Page 21 34. One by one install both rudder blades into rudder boxes, fix each blade with bolt. Tighten the nuts till the state of free rotation of rudder blade on the axle. Put the locking rings that protect the nuts from unwinding.
  • Page 22 Clam Cleat Rudder Tiller Clam Cleat 36. Put the rubber expanders on each rudder blade. Rubber expander fixes the rudder blade in working position. Rubber Expander 37. Lay the centerboard trim lines. One tackle is used to lower the centerboard into the working position and another is used to raise the centerboard into the moor position.
  • Page 23 Centerboard Lowering Tackle Block with Cam Cleat Rubber Expander 38. The inner end of centerboard lifting halyard is fastened to the spacer bushing of centerboard box. Then the halyard passes through a roller on the centerboard and through a roller on the centerboard box, and then goes into a clam cleat of submast joint unit.
  • Page 24 40. While mainsail is hoisting, insert the battens into batten pockets and fix them with batten tension straps. When the mainsail is fully hoisted up lock the mainsail halyard with the horn cleat, which is located on the mast. Batten Horn Cleat Mainsail Halyard...
  • Page 25 43. Secure the mainsail clew. To do this, first put a loop of line, which is tied the mainsail clew and boom. After that, put the outhaul in several falls and lock it in the stopper. Loop Outhaul Clam Cleat Boom 44.
  • Page 26 46. Hoist the jib (headsail) up. For this, tie the jib halyard to the jib halyard point (upper corner of the jib) and pull the free end of the jib halyard, which emerges from the mast, so the jib will go up. When the jib is fully hoisted up lock the jib halyard with the horn cleat, which is located on the mast.
  • Page 27 48. Set the jib-sheets. To do this, secure two blocks of jib-sheet on both sides of submast beam by means of belts with Velcro. Approximate location of blocks is a midway between the mast and the stringer. Jib Sheet Jib Sheet Block 49.
  • Page 28 The helmsman is responsible for compliance with the rules of navigation and maritime safety. Ducky 17 is simple and easy to control boat that has pinching tendency. You can learn how to control catamaran by yourself. The learning is better to carry out in good weather, and at a small distance from the shore.
  • Page 29 enough, the tack performing will delay, the ship will not have enough inertia to finish the turn and also will stop. As soon as the ship will get rotation power, the rudder angle is gradually increased. At the end of a turn, the angle reaches 30-45º.
  • Page 30 Crew can recover any catamaran of Ducky family within a few minutes. Two people are needed to recover the Ducky 17 from overkil. Before recovery starts, make sure that the mainsheet and jibsheets are not in the stoppers and eased off (very important!).

  • Page 31: Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE The proper care of catamaran is the main condition for its long service life. Avoid excessive pressure in the catamaran's floats when heated by sun; reduce the pressure in case of long term staying under sun. Remove the sand and dirt from the surfaces of floats and dry the catamaran up after usage. Avoid the getting water inside the floats of catamaran.

  • Page 32: Warranty & Service

    WARRANTY SERVICE 1. We guarantee that every catamaran Ducky 17 is free from defects in material and quality of work, but only under the condition that the sale is made by "Yukon - A" or a dealer authorized by "Yukon - A" to make such a sale.

  • Page 33: Warranty Coupon

    WARRANTY COUPON Model Ducky 17 Serial number: UA-UKND17 Certificates / Standards Owner: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Full Name acquainted with these operating instructions and warranties. ………………………………. / Signature of the owner / Date of sale Dealer stamp Warranty repairs № 1 ………………………………………… № 2 …………………………………………...