Owner's Manual
WM 77
Abbreviations
Abbreviation
Full Meaning
AC
Alternating current
AVS
Angle of Vanishing Stability
BM
Metacentric Radius
BV
Bureau Veritas (French Notified Body)
CD
Crew Density
CD
Committee Draft
CEN
European Committee for Standardisation
CIN
Craft Identification Number (same as HIN)
CL
Crew Limit
DC
Direct current
DCB
Depth of Canoe Body
DEC
Directive Exemption Certificate
DGIII
Directorate General III (responsible for RCD administration within EU Commission)
DIS
Draft International Standard
DNV
Det Norske Veritas (Norwegian Notified Body)
DoC
Declaration Of Conformity
DWL
Design waterline
EBA
European Boating Association
EEA
European Economic Area
EMC
Electro Magnetic Compatibility
EN
European Norm = Standard
ESR
Essential Safety Requirements
EU
European Union
FBD
Beam-Displacement Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FDF
Downflooding Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FDIS
Final Draft International Standard
FDL
Displacement-Length Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FDS
Dynamic Stability Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FIR
Inversion Recovery Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FKR
Knockdown Recovery Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FRE
Energy Righting Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
FWM
Wind Moment Factor (from STIX stability calculation)
GL
Germanische Lloyds (German Notified Body)
GM
Transverse Metacentric Height - and indication of the boat's stiffiness
GPS
Global Positioning System
GT
Gross Tonnage
GZ
Righting Lever
HIN
Hull Identification Number (same as CIN)
ICOMIA
International Council of Marine Industry Associations
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IMCI
International Marine Certification Institute (Belgian Notified Body)
IMO
International Maritime Organisation
ISA
Irish Sailing Association (Notified Body)
ISO
International Organisation for Standardisation
LCB
Longitudinal Centre of Buoyancy
LCG
Longitudinal Centre of Gravity
LPG
Liquid Petroleum Gas
LR
Lloyds Register (British company with RCD Notified Body in Germany)
MAMAW
Maximum Advised Mean Apparent Windspeed
MARPOL
Marine Polution (Prevention of, IMO Convention)
MCT
Moment to Change Trim
MIC
Manufacturers Identification Code (part of the HIN/CIN)
M
LDC
Mass in Loaded Displacement Condition (ie max load)
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