Dufour Yachts Dufour 385, Owner'S Manual

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Your
DUFOUR 385 comes under the OCEAN-GOING design category (category A).
In normal conditions of use, your boat is designed for sailing with effective wave heights up to
4 m and winds of Beaufort Force 8 or less, and to withstand the severest conditions.
This sailing capability is equally dependent on the skills of the crew, their physical capacities,
the maintenance of the boat and its equipment.
So always take care before putting to sea.
DUFOUR YACHTS is not able to guarantee perfect functioning of the boat in exceptional sea
conditions (violent storms, hurricanes, cyclones, waterspouts,...)
DESIGN CATEGORIES
Design
category
Type of sailing Wind strength
(Beaufort)
Wind Speed Effective height
of wave to be taken
into account
A Ocean-going More than 8 More than 21 m/s More than 4 m
B Open sea Up to and
including 8
Up to 21 m/s Up to and
including 4 m
C Inshore Up to and
including 6
Up to 17 m/s Up to and
including 2 m
D Sheltered waters Up to and
including 4
Up to 13 m/s Up to and
including 0.3 m
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CE regulations impose all boat hulls longer than 12m to comply with category A bis (=auto-
certification, stability and floating capacity to be evaluated by a recognised institution).
It is the
IMCI ( International Marine Certification Institute ) who has been charged to carry out
this certification (see Document of Conformity = Déclaration de Conformité )
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The hull’s identification number is situated on the hull, at starboard side, close to the stern.
The number is composed of a series of characters and numbers starting with FR-DUF….