Before you go
• Check the weather forecast.
• Check drinking water for crew. • Check fuel tank level. • Check the power on your batteries are adequate. ( 12V optional )
• Check engine oil on the engine. • When starting up the engine, check and make sure that cooling water is coming out. If not, stop the engine and service it. • Check that both pumps are working, the installed one and the handheld pump.
• Make Ensure all equipment is stowed correctly and secured safely.
• Check that water stays and rigging are intact.
• Check that ALL hatches are closed – especially on the floats.
• Check that there are life jackets for every crew member on board.
• If the boat is new, please note that electronics are not calibrated when the boat leaves the yard.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Beware of the following:
• Make sure that there always are lifejackets and/or life preservers on board for the whole crew – and use them!
• Always as a minimum, we strongly recommend using lifebelts outside the cockpit when sailing or even motoring at night.
• High tension/voltage cables. Mast height above sea level is approx. 14 metres/45 feet – with no antennas. Also, when trailering or moving the boat with the mast up on the trailer.
• For long offshore crossings, we recommend carrying a life raft in case of fire.
• For long-distance offshore sailing, we recommend in the main cabin a watertight flashlight and a bigger type of knife to cut lines.
• Take notice that the boat is not standard equipped with a compass for navigation
• Also, make/prepare a watertight bag with food, a handheld VHF, and necessary flotation devices in case of a capsize.
• If the boat capsizes and you are inside, only dive out if you have a knife to cut the lines if you get caught in them.
• By long-distance sailing, ensure that all on board know the abovementioned procedures.
• For long-distance sailing, make sure to have up-to-date flayers and other safety devices, like Epirp etc.
• We can only strongly recommend storing flares, knife, flashlight, Epirp/mobile/handheld VHF, and a bit of water in the emergency compartment, which is accessible in capsized position on the SB side main hull outside just behind the aft crossbeam (when capsized port side) rear/aft crossbeam.
• Please be aware that the trampolines can be slippery when wet and/or in cold conditions. Further, the trampolines are extra slippery when not pulled tight enough.
• Never walk or be on the leeward trampoline and/or on the leeward float when sailing upwind and beam reach +8 knots true windspeed. • In strong wind conditions, we recommend staying on the center hull only.
