Lagoon 440 S2, User Manual

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Category A
This boat is designed for sailing in winds exceeding force 8 on the
Beaufort scale and in waves of a significant height of 4m or more, and
is to a large extent self-sufficient. Unusual conditions such as
hurricanes are excluded.
You may encounter such conditions when you sail long crossings, for
instance trans-ocean passages, or close to the shore when not
protected from the wind or waves over a stretch of several hundred
nautical miles.
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Category B
This boat is designed for sailing in winds not exceeding force 8 on the
Beaufort scale and in waves of a corresponding height (significant
height of 4m or less).
These conditions may be encountered out to sea or near the coastline
when you are not protected from the wind and waves over several
dozen nautical miles. These conditions may also be encountered in
inshore waters of proportions sufficient to give waves as high as
those mentioned above.
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Category C
This boat is designed for sailing in winds that may exceed force 6 on
the Beaufort scale and in waves of a significant height of 2m or less.
Such conditions can be encountered in exposed inshore waters, in
estuaries or in coastal waters in moderate weather.
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Category D
This boat is designed for sailing in winds not exceeding force 4 on the
Beaufort scale and in waves of a corresponding size (occasional
waves of 0.5m maximum).
Such conditions can be encountered in sheltered inshore waters and
in coastal areas in good weather.
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Note:
The significant height of a wave is the average height of the upper
third of the wave. This corresponds approximately to the height of a
wave as assessed by an experienced observer. Some waves will be
twice as high as this value.
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