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HANDLING
1. ANCHORING AND TOWING
1.1 Anchoring
Folding boats: use the buoyancy tube's lateral rings.
Semi-rigid boats: use the bow ring.
NOTE:
When at anchor for prolonged periods, the self bailers can be opened to
evacuate water in case of heavy rain.
1.2 Towing
To tow the boat in the water, use a mooring line passed to make a "V" through the two side rings of the
buoyancy tube provided for this purpose. (For semi-rigid boats, moor directly to the hull's bow ring).
Towing non-rigid boats:
Towing semi-rigid boats:
Use the bow ring
Unload the boat (bags,
feeder, engine, oars)
before towing.
CAUTION
The boat must be towed at low speed and under favourable meteorological
conditions (calm sea, little wind) and the hull limit speed during towing should
never be exceeded.
A tow cable must always be moored so as to be able to be released under
load.