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CATANA SAS - Zone Technique du Port - 66140 CANET EN ROUSSILLON (FRANCE)
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1. DESIGN CATEGORY OF THE BOAT
Your
BALI CATSPACE
comes under the design category CAT A.
In normal usage conditions, your boat is designed to sail in waves with a significant wave height of less than
7m and winds lower than Beaufort Force 10, and to withstand more severe conditions.
This capacity is equally dependent on the competence of the crew, their physical ability, the upkeep of the
boat and its equipment.
Take all necessary precautions before putting to sea.
CATANA SAS
cannot guarantee perfect functioning of the vessel in exceptional sea conditions (violent
storms, hurricanes, cyclones, waterspouts, etc.)
DESIGN CATEGORIES
Category A
:
Boats which are designed to sail in winds which are less than Beaufort Force 10 and in seas
with a significant wave height of less than 7 m (see Note 1 below). Abnormal conditions such as hurricanes
are excluded. Such conditions can be encountered on long passages, for example ocean crossings, or near
coastlines where there is no protection from wind and waves for several hundred nautical miles.
Category B
:
Boats which are designed to sail in winds which do not exceed Beaufort Force 8 and in
corresponding sea states: a significant wave height of less than or equal to 4m (see Note 1 below). Such
conditions as may be encountered when sufficiently far offshore, or near coastlines where there is no
protection from wind and waves for several tens of nautical miles. These conditions can also be
encountered on inland seas of sufficient size to be capable of seeing such wave heights.
Category C
:
Boats which are designed to sail in winds which do not exceed Beaufort Force 6 and in
corresponding sea states: a significant wave height of less than or equal to 2m (see Note 1 below). Such
conditions as may be encountered on exposed inland waters, in estuaries and in coastal waters with
moderate weather conditions.
Category D
:
Boats which are designed to sail in winds which do not exceed Beaufort Force 4 and in
corresponding sea states (occasional waves with a maximum height of 0.3m). Such conditions as may be
encountered sheltered inland waters, and in coastal waters in fine weather conditions.
NOTE 1
: Significant wave height means the mean height of the highest third of the waves, which
correspond approximately to the height of the wave as estimated by an experienced observer. Certain
waves may have a height of double this value.
