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Owner’s Manual For Single Handed Dinghies,

Small Craft and Catamarans

Owner’s Manual

Contents

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Introduction

Capsize, Inversion and Entrapment

Mast Float Usage & Fitment Recommendations

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Single Handed Dinghy

Principal Dimensions for Single Handed Dinghies

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-person Small Craft

Principal Dimensions for Small Craft

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-hull

Principal Dimensions for Catamarans

Towing Points

Declaration of Conformity of Recreational Craft

Essential Requirements

LaserPerformance Limited Warranty

Introduction

This manual has been compiled to help you to operate your craft with safety and pleasure: It is assumed that you

have obtained sufficient expertise to rig and sail your new boat. If this is your first boat and you have not received

approved instruction then we would strongly recommend that you contact a certified sailing school and obtain

appropriate training and instruction.

Please keep this manual in a secure place, and hand it to the new owner when you sell the boat.

Please take note of the following dangers:

The mast is metal and is an electrical conductor, contact with overhead electrical wires could be fatal,

please exercise extreme caution when raising the mast, launching and sailing.

Always wear a suitable C.E. approved personal buoyancy jacket.

Always ensure that the rudder retaining clip is operating correctly and the split ring is fitted,

so that the rudder cannot fall off in the event of a capsize.

All wire rigging, ropes, spars and fittings should be regularly inspected for ‘wear and tear’

or damage.

Always ensure that shackles are done up tight and split rings are not distorted.

Always check that the transom bung and hatches are done up tight and all fittings are secure.

If transporting your boat on the roof of your car ensure that you do not exceed the maximum roof

rack load of your car.

If transporting your boat by road trailer ensure that the load does not exceed the permitted

axle weight of the trailer.

Always ensure that you sail with the minimum number of people to recover the boat after

a capsize.

Always inform someone else of your intentions before going afloat.

Do not exceed the maximum number of persons OR the maximum load as detailed in this manual.

Do not puncture air tanks with additional fittings.

Always rig your craft in accordance to the rigging manual provided separately with your craft.

In the sport of sailing there is a risk of finger or toe entrapment between moving components.

Ie. Rudder stock, rudder blade and tiller. Centrboard/Keel and casing, boom and mast, traveller and car,

mast heel hinge piont and gate or step location, blocks and running rigging. Appropriate care and caution is

required.

Sailing barefoot can lead to injury. LaserPerformance recommend that suitable shoes are worn when using

LaserPerformance products.

In the sport of sailing there is a risk of being hit on the head with the boom whist rigging or manoevering

the boat. Appropriate care and caution is required.

Capsize, Inversion and Entrapment

Capsize - With all sailing dinghies and catamarans there is a risk of capsize. Capsizing is part of the sport of

sailing and part of the risk and fun. The following guide lines will help you recover from a capsize. However,

LaserPerformance strongly advise that you obtain professional training from approved sources to ensure

competency.

Inversion - When a boat capsizes there is a risk of inversion. The guide will show you how to recover and

re-board successfully.

Mast head floatation - To reduce the speed of inversion LaserPerformance offer 3 optional forms of mast head

bouyancy. Mast head bouyancy will not prevent inversion, but slow it down to give you more time to stop

the boat inverting before you pull it up-right. (See table for boat specific applications)

Entrapment -It is possible when a boat inverts to get trapped under the up-turned hull. This can be

dangerous particulaly if your limbs or clothing get entangled with ropes or the trapez gets caught on

standing or running rigging. To reduce the risk of entrapment LaserPerformance would draw your

attention to the following guidelines provided by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA):

 Keep control lines short, tidy and maintain shock cord elastic so it does its job.

2 Carry a very sharp knife, easily accessable, preferably serated knife.

 Always ensure good housekeeping and seamanship.

4 Always use a trapeze harness with a quick release hook.

Mast Float Usage & Fitment Recommendations

The greater the volume of the mast float used, the higher the inversion resistance it will provide.

9 Litre Inflatable Mast Float

(Heavy duty fabric construction)

Part Code # 90718

e single eyelet at the top of the ﬂoat

should be tied directly to the sails mast

head cap webbing using a short piece

of 4mm diameter rope.

A second piece of the same rope

should then used to tie a small bow-

line loop which passes through both

the eyelets at the bottom of the ﬂoat.

e resulting rope tail should then

be passed down the front face of the

mast before being tensioned and

cleated or tied to the bridge piece of

one of the clam cleats in the region

of the gooseneck.

40 Litre Inflatable Mast Float

(Heavy duty fabric construction)

Part Code # 90720

With the mainsail ready to hoist:

Form a short loop in the end of the

halyard and pass the loop through

the eye in the head of the mainsail.

Pass the loop through the stainless

“D” ring on the end of the mast ﬂoat.

Pass the bobble (on the very end of the

halyard) through the aforementioned

emerging loop and pull the body of the

halyard backwards ﬁrmly to secure.

Hoist the mainsail to the desired

height before cleating. (You may

be reefed).

Note: is mast ﬂoat only supports

attachment at one end so ﬁtment

parallel to the mast is not possible.

15 Litre Mast Float

(Heavy Duty Rotor Moulded

Construction)

Part Code # 90530

Apply the self adhesive neoprene

strip to the top of the mast. is

should be butted up to the top edge

of the aluminium and not onto the

mast head ﬁtting.

Place the mast head ﬂoat onto the

mast head with the narrow end

to the front of the mast. read

the rope through the lacing eye

on the front of the mast head

ﬂoat and the front of the mast.

Securely tie the mast head ﬂoat

onto the mast.

bug N/A N/A

funboat N/A N/A

sunﬁsh N/A N/A

laser N/A

laser vago   

laser bahia   

dart 16   N/A

z420   N/A

c420   N/A

vanguard 15   N/A

club fj   N/A

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WARNING: Mast floatation devices are only an aid to slow the rate of inversion in the event of

a capsize. They do not guarantee to stop complete inversion of your craft. Also, be aware that

prevailing conditions including tide, wind, swell, waves and/or incorrect fitment can have an

adverse effect on their performance.

1 2

1 Stand on the lip of the hull. Holding onto the centreboard, lean backwards to pull the hull upright.

2 Continue to hold the centreboard as the mast rises out of the water.

3 As the boat comes upright, reach into the cockpit and pull yourself back into the boat.

4 To reboard, if you are agile, you can climb onto the centreboard as the boat capsizes.

5 Step back into it from the centreboard as it comes upright. If you are not, climb in over the transom.

Always keep hold of the boat.

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Single Handed Dinghy

Principal Dimensions for Single Handed Dinghies

A1 m2 4.7 – 7.06 5.14 – 6.33 4.8 6.97 3.8 – 5.3

A2 m2 –– 1.09 –– –– ––

LH m 4.21 3.58 3.90 4.24 2.64

BH m 1.37 1.38 1.25 1.25 1.3

Dkg 81 90 94 80 60

ML kg 175 175 175 160 160

CR kg 78 63 72 68 68

CL 2 2 2 2 2

*MRE N/A N/A N/A NA 1.5kw/13kg

*ECN HPiVS/R1179-001-I-01 HPiVS/R1179-001-I-05 HPiVS/R1179-001-I-04 HPiVS/R1179-001-I-08 HPiVS/R1179-001-I-07

*DI 05/31/17 05/31/17 05/31/17 05/31/17 05/31/17

model / type laser pico funboat sunﬁsh bug

category C C C C C

A1 m² Main sail area

A2 m² Jib area

LH mLength of hull

BH mBeam of hull

D kg Unladen weight

ML kg Maximum load

CR kg Minimum crew for capsize

CL Maximum number of persons

*MRE Maximum recommended engine

*ECN EC type-examination certificate number

*DI Date of issue

Category C: Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions

up to and including, wind force 6 and signiicant wave height up to and including, 2m may be experienced.

Category D: Sheltered designed for voyages on sheltered coastal waters, small bays small lakes, rivers and

canals where conditions up to and including wind force 4 and significant wave heights up to and including

0.3m may be experienced, with occasional waves of 0.5m maximum height.

ML: Maximum Load. This is the total weight in kg of all the crew and their luggage. The maximum load

should never be exceeded.

CL: Maximum number of persons. This should never be exceeded. Note: The total weight of all the persons on

board should never exceed the maximum load (ML) in kg.

1 To recover from a full inversion. One crew member should hold onto the centreboard and

pull backwards. The other crew member can take a jib or genniker sheet over the top side

of the hull and pull backwards whilst standing on the lip of the hull.

2 When the boat is on its side, one crew can pull the boat upright with the help of the righting

line or jib sheet.

3 At the same time the other crew positions themselves inside the cockpit. They will get

“scooped up” into the boat as it comes upright.

4 To reboard – The other crew can either climb over the edge of the boat as it comes upright

or climb in over the transom.

Always keep hold of the boat.

12 3

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-person Small Craft

A1 m2

A2 m2

A3 m2

LH m

BH m

Dkg

ML kg

CR kg

*MRE

*ECN

*DI

A1 m² Main sail area

A2 m² Jib area

A3 m² Gennaker area

LH mLength of hull

BH mBeam of hull

D kg Unladen weight

ML kg Maximum load

CR kg Minimum crew for capsize

CL Maximum number of persons

*MRE Maximum recommended engine

*ECN EC type-examination certificate number

*DI Date of issue

Category C: Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions

up to and including, wind force 6 and signiicant wave height up to and including, 2m may be experienced.

Category D: Sheltered designed for voyages on sheltered coastal waters, small bays small lakes, rivers and

canals where conditions up to and including wind force 4 and significant wave heights up to and including

0.3m may be experienced, with occasional waves of 0.5m maximum height.

ML: Maximum Load. This is the total weight in kg of all the crew and their luggage. The maximum load

should never be exceeded.

CL: Maximum number of persons. This should never be exceeded. Note: The total weight of all the persons on

board should never exceed the maximum load (ML) in kg.

Principal Dimensions for Small Craft

7.40

2.8

8.83

4.24

1.68

136.0

262

N/A

7.40

2.8

8.83

4.24

1.68

136.0

262

81.0

N/A

HPiVS/R1179-001-I-02

05/31/17

9.32

2.66

4.25

1.56

125

235

N/A

HPiVS/R1179-001-I-06

05/31/17

10.5

3.75

4.65

1.8

183

425

166

2.5kw / 15kg

HPiVS/R1179-001-I-02

05/31/17

7.2

4.6

N/A

4.6

1.71

86.1

262

N/A

model / type v15 cfj c420 z420 vago bahia

category C C C C C C

5.9

3.4

7.43

4.05

1.25

100.0

262

N/A

Capsize Recovery and Reboarding – Multi-hull

1 To recover from a full inversion sink the leeward hull.

2 As the hull comes up move forward. Take a jib sheet or righting line and lean back to pull

the boat upright.

3 One crew should stay under the boat and hold onto the righting line or handles in the

trampoline to stabilise the boat. The other crew can climb onto the platform over the front

beam as the boat comes upright.

4 To reboard – the other crew should climb aboard over the rear beam.

Always keep hold of the boat.

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