The ratio of the float buoyancy is relative to the total weight falling. A higher ratio is faster and safer. Always be conscious of weight and take care not to carry unnecessary items. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The wire should be run along the top transom. The rudder blade can be removed and stowed for of the boat, looped around the foredeck cleat and then transport. connected to the towing vehicle. Independent wiring CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The mast foot is connected to the mast step as CAUTION follows: Always park into the wind or uphill to help the mast stay in line while being winched up. Trailer should remain hooked to towing vehicle. Dash/Sprint 750 MKII yoke CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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Check to see that all rigging wires are clear and have not snagged anywhere, particularly aft chain plates on the Cruze 970. Raising wires should initially be slightly loose and tighten slightly on the way up. Raising wire eye on cabin top CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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Once initial adjustment has been done, the forestay turnbuckle does not need to be undone during normal rigging or de-rigging, only the clevis pin is removed or inserted. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The Cruze 970 also has a secondary wider folded beam of 9’ 6” which improves folded stability, and if you intend motoring very far while folded you should use this position. Submerge trailer to inward bend CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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After a few tries you will find it easy to do. Beam bolts must always be tightened firmly before sailing CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
Event at low speeds, grounding can cause the crew Mainsail should then be cut to suit this. to be thrown forward and care should be taken to prevent this, or to be prepared for it. Slow down in shallow water. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
This is a line hooked to the headsail clew, and led to a block attached to an eye on the float deck and then back to a camcleat on the cockpit coaming. Two barber haulers give a wide Roller furled mainsail C31 CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
SCREACHER excellent. Once you have achieved good boat speed, then This is an optional roller furling wire or kevlar luff experiment by tightening sheets very slightly, pointing combination genoa/screacher, flown from the spinnaker bow pole. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
All Corsair SPINNAKER SAILING DOWNWIND models use an asymmetric spinnaker which are the easiest to use, and the fastest if used correctly. On first using an asymmetric spinnaker you may be CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The only time to luff up is while hard on the wind. Do well proven method for a multihull to survive even the not bear away in this case, feathering the sails until any worst offshore storm. It appears to virtually eliminate the gust passes by. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
Always keep the sheet in hand ready for instant release accelerate away. The above procedures will give a high margin of safety and should always be observed whenever safety is paramount. If absolute performance is required and an CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The advantages of a multihull with shallow draft can easily be the load. You will then have a well behaved boat. seen. Sometimes you don’t even need an anchor, just pull up to the nearest beach CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
It is important down until the last minute otherwise any crosswind that this is done now, otherwise when lowering the mast makes it very difficult to keep on center. Once fully CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
On long trips it is also a good idea to pad between the boat with sterilized water, preventing growth. wires and the mast or remove the wires altogether. SAFETY The modern trimaran with its enormous stability and unsinkability is a very safe craft and has now CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
It should be in a sealed unit and should only be undertaken by experienced sailors thereby eliminating the danger of acid or gas. and well prepared vessels. If offshore, the crew outside can use the recommended re-entry hatch to shelter inside. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
Stand on the wing net and pull on the shroud tensioner. The float on the side you are standing on will fold up, your weight helping. Once folded, insert the beam locking pins. Repeat process with other side float. Smaller CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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If you find your weight is insufficient to cause righting, then additional weight such as the outboard motor or battery can be sent down the mast line to assist. If assistance is available, then a tow sideways tow will work. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
If this is not the problem then rudder may not be raked far enough forward. This can be changed by SPRING RETAINING CLIPS filling the pivot hole in the rudder blade and re-drilling slightly further forward (say ¼”). CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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In the case of capsize, these tubes are designed to points may fail. extend above the floats flooded waterline so as to prevent any water entering and consequent loss of beam buoyancy. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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Damage here may not be visible initially, but it may grow to eventually fail later, so continue to monitor. The boat still holds together should this tape delaminate, but obviously sailing should cease until it is repaired. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
CORSAIR ACCOMODATION PLANS C28 RS C24 MKII accommodation plan accommodation plan C28 CR Sprint 750 MKII accommodation plan accommodation plan C28 CE accommodation plan Dash 750 MKII accommodation plan CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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Cruze 970 C31 RS accommodation plan accommodation plan C37 CR/RS C31 CR accommodation plan accommodation plan C31 UC accommodation plan CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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60. Vent gas tank chrome Pad spacer beam retaining 20. Rope clutch single XC 61. Deck fill water Seadog 37. Hinge deck 90° 21. Spinlock jammer SUA/3 62. Deck fill waste Pin detent 1/4” x 1-1/2” CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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11. Vent gas tank chrome zinc 27. Rail bow net 88” 37. Winch handle pocket Seadog 12. Winch B40.2 STA self tailing Spacer cabin wing net rail 38. HDPE hatch guide wide vertical Nut barrel flange & knurled 1/4” Eye strap CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
The following Maintenance safety check sheet has thus been developed and it is strongly recommended that a full check be undertaken every 6 months. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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On early model F-31s check around main hull/ deck join flange just under forward beams for any cracking in joint. Check all deck fitting for any cracks or wear. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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Rubber stops should be replaced if worn excessively. Check that floats do not bear directly on to the main hull. There should be a bumper on the hull side or a minimum 1/8” gap. CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
PO10 8DD, UK c.malardeau@corsairmarine.fr Vanni Gori multihullworld@hotmail.co.uk Multi SRL Via Mazetta 2, Firenze, 50125, Italy Germany North and Central Russia info@multiscafi.com Christoph Wentland Eugene Burusov Yacht-Netze Chernomor company Bahnhofstr. 3, Gronau (Leine), burus@linorusso.ru 31028, Germany Info@Yacht-Netze.de CORSAIR MARINE SAILING MANUAL...
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SOUTH AMERICA Chile Columbia Rest of World Patricia Letellier Hugo Berrio Jimenez Corsair Marine International Pro-Nautica ltd. Oficina Cra 100 # 5-169 309-B, Cali, 7 Go O Moi Street, Phu Thuan Ward, AV. 8506 Las Condes Colombia, South America District 7, HCMC, Vietnam Santiago, Chile hugoberrio7@gmail.com...
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. c o r s a i r m a r i n e . c o m SAILING MANUAL CORSAIR MARINE 7 Go O Moi § PHU THUAN Ward § District 7 § Ho Chi Minh City § Vietnam...
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