FARRIER MARINE F-22, Руководство по парусному спорту

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be easily led to the windward jib sheet winch, making this
very easy to do.
After capsize both crew surfaced under the wingnets,
but found plenty of space to breathe due to the high
floating position. There appears to be little danger in
being trapped here. They were then able to get on to the
upturned boat (now a safe 19' wide raft), which was towed
ashore, and righted, with little damage, the next day.
The procedure using the folding system can be seen
on the Owners Page of the Farrier Marine website.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
There have been exhaustive efforts to mini-
mize the risk of personal injury, loss, or any
other form of damage, while operating a Far-
rier designed trimaran, but obviously it is im-
possible to completely eliminate every risk.
Winches cannot be made trip proof, nonskid
can wear and cause slipping, rigging wires can
be kinked while rigging and later fatigue, life-
lines can be fallen over, frequent groundings at
speed can cause eventual daggerboard or
rudder failure, neglect of proper maintenance
can cause early failure, and lack of experience
can cause accidents in congested areas, or
bad conditions. Sailing can be hazardous at
times, and the boat operator should accept
responsibility for all such hazards
Many of these risks have been covered in
this manual, but it is impossible to cover them
all. Some recommended procedures may not
even be the correct ones in certain situations.
The operator should therefore always be vigi-
lant against all possible safety hazards and
correct or warn the crew against any possible
danger immediately.
SAFETY IN GENERAL
Capsize should always be a concern, but a capsize is
simply very difficult to do, and the capsize rate for Farrier
trimarans is much less than the serious accident rate for
light aircraft. Luffing up slightly, or
bearing away (if on a
reach) is usually all that is required. The risk of capsize
can be virtually eliminated simply by
reducing sail
according to the conditions , and hand holding sheets.
If under spinnaker in winds of over 20 knots it should
always be a matter of policy to never leave the spinnaker
sheet unattended. It should be hand held, not even
cleated.
Avoid continuous spinnaker sheets , and never
cleat the spinnaker in self-tailing winches
. Cruisers
shouldn't even use the spinnaker in over 20 knots.
Fortunately it is very hard to capsize a Farrier trima-
ran, but this can lead to overconfidence. Don't fall into this
trap - always be aware that it is possible to capsize, and
reduce speed accordingly
to suit the conditions .
This F-22 is doing a little surfing, something most multihulls
can do relatively safely, whereas monohulls have to be very
careful, many having been lost in such conditions
Not so safe, this F-22 is being pressed to the limit, but it
does have an experienced racing crew on board.
An F-39 motoring folded - plenty of stability here!