J/Boats J/109, Owner'S Manual

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1. VESSEL DESIGN CATEGORY
1.1. GENERAL
Your J 109 falls under the HIGH SEAS design category (Category A) in European Directive
94/25/CE amended 2003/44 CE relating to the design and construction of pleasure boats.
Your vessel is therefore designed to sail in normal conditions of use with wind could be upper
than Beaufort Force 8 and significant wave heights upper than 4m.
Your vessel’s ability to sail also depends on the skills of your crew, their physical capabilities,
your vessel’s maintenance and how it is equipped.
It is the skipper’s responsibility to keep himself informed of the state of the sea and the
meteorological conditions as well as the forecasts in the area in which he envisages sailing in order to
keep within the limits described in the table below.
J EUROPE cannot warranty that the vessel will perform perfectly in exceptional wind and sea
conditions (violent storm, hurricane, cyclone, waterspout, etc.).
Design
categories
Type of navigation
Wind strength
(Beaufort scale)
Wave height to consider
significant
A High sea More than 8 More than 4 m
B Off-shore Up to and including 8 Up to and including 4m
C Coastal Up to and including 6 Up to and including 2m
D Sheltered waters Up to and including 4 Up to and including 0.3m
This boat has been assessed using the Stability Index (STIX), which is a measure of the overall
stability safety and considers the effects of boat length, displacement, hull proportions, stability
characteristics and resistance to downflooding. This assessment has yielded the following data:
Minimum operating condition Maximum load condition
STIX 32.08 32.63