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ENGLISH 14/05/2014 8/87 DUFOUR 560 Grand Large
I.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Design category
Your
DUFOUR 560 comes under the OCEAN-GOING design category A.
Under conditions of normal use, your boat is designed to sail in waves with a significant height
exceeding 4 m and winds of force 8 or above on the Beaufort scale, 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, etc.)
SUMMARY OF DESIGN CATEGORIES
Check weather information before putting to sea:
Take to the sea, don’t take risks!
In port: every day, the Harbor Master's Office posts weather bulletins and forecasts over the
next few days.
Météo France on 0836 68 08 08
Navifax - direct on 0836 70 18 52
VHF: CROSS transmit several bulletins per day, preceded by an announcement on Channel
16.
Certification
DUFOUR YACHTS
has chosen the Institut pour la Certification et la Normalisation dans le
Nautisme as the notified body for verifying that your boat complies with European directive CE
94/25, in accordance with module B.
Identification
The hull identification number is located on starboard side of transom. It contains a series of letters
and numbers that begin with FR-DUF...
Design
category
Type of sailing
Wind strength
(Beaufort)
Wind
speed
Effective height of wave
to be taken into account
A Ocean-going Superior to 8 Up to 28 m/s Higher than 4 m
B Open sea Up to 8 Up to 21 m/s Up to 4 m
C Inshore Up to 6 Up to 17 m/s Up to 4 m
D Sheltered waters Up to 4 Up to 13 m/s Up to 0.5 m