Jeanneau MERRY FISHER 655 MARLIN Owner's Manual - Specifications and Warranty
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CATEGORY A
This boat is designed for sailing in winds that may exceed force 8 on the Beaufort scale and in waves of
a significant height of 4 and more, and the boat is to a large extent self-sufficient. Unusual conditions
such as hurricanes are excluded.
You may meet with such conditions when you sail long crossings, for instance across the oceans, or
close to the shore, when you are not protected from the wind or waves over several hundreds of nautical
miles.
CATEGORY B
This boat is designed for sailing in winds that may exceed force 8 on the Beaufort scale and in waves of
a significant height of 4m or less.
You may meet with such conditions when you sail on the open sea or close to the shore, when you are
not protected from the wind or waves over several hundreds of nautical miles. You may also meet with
these conditions on an inland sea with a size sufficient to generate the wave height in question.
CATEGORY C
This boat is designed for sailing in winds that may exceed force 6 on the Beaufort scale and in waves of
a significant height of 2m or less.
You may meet with such conditions in exposed inland waters, in estuaries and in coastal waters with
moderate weather conditions.
CATEGORY D
This boat is designed for sailing in winds not exceeding force 4 on the Beaufort scale and in waves of a
corresponding height (significant height of 0,5m or less).
You may meet such conditions in protected inland waters and in coastal waters when the weather is fine.
Note:
The significant height of a wave is the average height of the upper third of the waves, that
approximately corresponds to the height of a wave an experienced observer can assess. Some
waves will be twice as high as this value.
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