FAIRLINE Squadron 48 IPS 700, Руководство пользователя

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General Information
1.5
Recreational Craft Directive - Design Category
B
This craft is designed to operate in winds up to Beaufort force 8 and the associated wave heights
(significant wave height up to 4m*) Such conditions may be encountered on offshore voyages of
sufficient length, or on coastal waters when unsheltered from the wind and waves and the distance
from the coast is sufficient to allow the conditions to develop. These conditions may also be
experienced on inland seas of sufficient size for the wave height to be generated.
* The significant wave height is the mean height of the highest one third of the waves, which
approximately corresponds to the wave height estimated by an experienced observer. Some waves
will be double this height.
Ensure that the anticipated wind and sea conditions will correspond to the design category of your
craft and that you and your crew are able to handle the craft in these conditions.
Even when your craft is categorised for them, the sea and wind conditions corresponding to the
design categories A, B and C range from severe storm conditions for category A, to strong conditions
for the top of category C, open to the hazards of a freak wave or gust of wind. These are, therefore,
dangerous conditions, where only competent, fit and trained crew using a well maintained craft can
safely operate.