Corsair 28R Bedienungsanleitung

SAILING MANUAL

For Corsair Trimarans

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Sailing manual applicable to

Corsair Trimarans

This manual has been compiled to help you to operate your craft with

safety and enjoyment. It contains details of the craft, the equipment

supplied or fitted, its systems, and information on its operation and

maintenance. Please read it carefully and familiarize yourself with the

craft before using it.

If this is your first craft, or you are changing to a type of craft you are

not familiar with, for your own comfort or safety, please ensure that

you obtain handling and operating experience before assuming

command of the craft. Your dealer or national sailing federation or

yacht club will be pleased to advise you of local sailing schools or

competent instructors.

PLEASE KEEP THIS MANUAL IN SECURE PLACE, AND PASS ON

TO THE NEW OWNER WHEN YOU SELL THE CRAFT

Model: __________________________

Hull Number: ______________________________

Owner1:_____________

____________________

Owner2: _____________

____________________

Owner3: _____________

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Built by:

Corsair Marine International

7 Go O Moi Street, Phu Thuan Ward, District 7, HCMC, Vietnam

Tel: +84.8.3873.3620, Fax: +84.8.3873.3621

Email: [email protected]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL ............................................................................................................................. 4

PREPARATION ..................................................................................................................... 4

LOADING ............................................................................................................................. 4

SAFETY COMPARTMENT ..................................................................................................... 5

OUTBOARD MOTOR............................................................................................................ 6

TRAILERING ......................................................................................................................... 7

RIGGING .............................................................................................................................. 8

LAUCHING ......................................................................................................................... 14

MAST RAISING ON THE WATER ........................................................................................ 18

RUDDER............................................................................................................................. 19

DAGGERBOARD................................................................................................................. 19

MAST SETUP...................................................................................................................... 20

SAILING.............................................................................................................................. 21

THE BASICS.................................................................................................................... 21

ROTATING MAST CONTROL .......................................................................................... 25

WINDWARD PERFORMANCE ........................................................................................ 26

REACHING ..................................................................................................................... 27

SCREACHER ................................................................................................................... 27

SPINNAKER.................................................................................................................... 28

SPINNAKER JIBING ........................................................................................................ 29

SPINNAKER SAILING DOWNWIND ................................................................................ 29

SAFE SAILING RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................. 30

SAILING HINTS............................................................................................................... 33

ANCHORING ...................................................................................................................... 34

BEACHING ......................................................................................................................... 35

RETRIEVING TO TRAILER ................................................................................................... 35

DE - RIGGING..................................................................................................................... 38

LIFTING OUT...................................................................................................................... 40

MARINA DOCKING ............................................................................................................ 40

SAFETY............................................................................................................................... 40

UNSINKABILITY.............................................................................................................. 41

OFFSHORE SAILING ....................................................................................................... 42

CAPSIZE ......................................................................................................................... 42

RIGHTING ...................................................................................................................... 43

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY .......................................................................................... 46

SAFETY IN GENERAL ...................................................................................................... 46

TECHNICAL NOTES ............................................................................................................ 47

WINCH LINE................................................................................................................... 47

SPRING RETAINING CLIPS.............................................................................................. 47

LAUNCHING................................................................................................................... 47

BEAM BOLTS ................................................................................................................. 47

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HOISTING MAINSAIL ..................................................................................................... 47

BEARING AWAY............................................................................................................. 47

HEAVY HELM ................................................................................................................. 48

RUDDER/DAGGERBOARD HUM .................................................................................... 48

RUDDER VENTILATION.................................................................................................. 48

COMPRESSION PADS..................................................................................................... 49

WING NETS.................................................................................................................... 49

FLOAT/BEAM VENTS ..................................................................................................... 50

RUST .............................................................................................................................. 50

CLEANING FLOATS......................................................................................................... 50

CLEAN BOAT HINT......................................................................................................... 50

COLLISION ..................................................................................................................... 51

HURRICANE SURVIVAL .................................................................................................. 51

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 53

CORSAIR SAIL PLANS: ........................................................................................................ 55

CORSAIR ACCOMODATION PLANS.................................................................................... 62

CORSAIR DECK LAYOUTS................................................................................................... 68

TYPICAL TRAILER SETUP .................................................................................................... 92

MAINTENANCE & SAFETY CHECKLIST ............................................................................... 93

MAST ............................................................................................................................. 93

RUNNING RIGGING ....................................................................................................... 93

STANDING RIGGING ...................................................................................................... 94

HULLS ............................................................................................................................ 94

BEAMS........................................................................................................................... 94

FOLDING SYSTEM.......................................................................................................... 95

TRAILER ......................................................................................................................... 95

CORSAIR DEALERS WORLDWIDE....................................................................................... 96

USA................................................................................................................................ 96

EUROPE ......................................................................................................................... 97

ASIA ............................................................................................................................... 98

SOUTH AMERICA........................................................................................................... 99

OTHER ........................................................................................................................... 99

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GENERAL

This manual contains important information about the safe operation and maintenance of your

Corsair built trimaran. Read it carefully, become familiar with the procedures described, and

follows the recommendations to help make your sailing enjoyable and trouble-free.

Corsair trimarans are designed and built as high performance cruising trimarans, which

when used as intended, with their enormous stability and unsinkability, are among the

safest and fastest trimarans afloat.

PREPARATION

Before going sailing, you will need to provide the proper safety equipment as required

by local regulations. This will usually include life jackets for all crew members, safety

harnesses for children, anchor, compass, bilge pump, fog horn, First Aid kit, fire

extinguishers, flashlight and batteries, life buoy, flares, a chart of the area to be sailed,

food, water, and adequate fuel.

Also check weather forecast, know what you might be sailing into.

Multihulls should be treated like aircraft when it comes to loading. Corsair trimarans are

light, responsive craft, and due to their narrow waterline do not have an unlimited load

carrying ability. Overloading can affect performance and handling, while excessive

overloading can also affect safety margins, the ratio of float buoyancy relative to the

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total weight falling. A higher ratio is faster and safer. Always be conscious of weight and

take care not to carry unnecessary items.

The load-carrying capacity of the different Corsair models is listed in the back of this

manual. Some overloading is acceptable for general sailing in sheltered waters, the only

adverse affect being a loss in performance. However, an overloaded boat offshore in

large waves can become dangerous due to greater loads generated in the structure, and

the sluggishness which can prevent the boat from rising to go over, or with the waves,

as it should.

When storing supplies, try to keep all heavy items located as low down as possible and

in the forward end of the cabin. Avoid storing any heavy items inside aft of the main

entry hatch, as too much weight aft can cause transom drag, affecting performance.

Corsair models have a very buoyant bow, which actually lifts at speed, and additional

weight should always be kept forward rather than aft.

Should your model have float storage, avoid heavy loads in the floats. These should only

be used for light bulky items such as sails, fenders etc. Heavy weight in the ends of any

boat, be it the bow, stern, or floats, can adversely affect the general motion.

To maintain a light boat, and that sparkling edge to performance, it is highly

recommended that you go through everything on board several times a year, and take

off any items that do not get used. This prevents the gradual buildup of unnecessary

weight.

SAFETY COMPARTMENT

Before sailing, it is important that the safety compartment be loaded with the

appropriate safety gear. This compartment is accessible from top or bottom and is

usually located in a cockpit coaming,or under the cockpit seat.

Its purpose is to keep important safety equipment that should be available to the crew

in any emergency situation, including a capsize. The equipment stored here should

include flares, a handheld VHF radio, EPIRB (offshore), extra line, spare tools, cutting

implements etc. in watertight bags (this is not a watertight compartment). No multihull

should venture offshore without safety gear in such a compartment.

(Bottom safety compartment hatch C28 & Sprint 750 MKII.)

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(The original prototype Dash 750, with outboard and under lugs rudder system. This type of

rudder can be removed altogether for long distance trailering. Aft cockpit models all now use

transom hung rudders.)

OUTBOARD MOTOR

The recommended motor size is given in the specifications at the back of this manual

and this is more than adequate for most circumstances.

A long shaft motor is the minimum required, and the extra long 25” shaft motors are

the best. A remote control can also help make operation very easy with aft cabin

models. With weight being important, try to choose a light outboard.

There are a number of socialist ‘Sail Boat’ motors now available and some of these are

designed for heavy, hard to push, displacement boats, and their propellers are

effectively ‘geared down’ to give high thrust at low speeds. However, Corsair trimarans

have a very easily driven hull and may not need such a propeller. The result can be the

same as always driving your car in low gear. You will have plenty of thrust, but speed is

low, and economy can be poor. These motors do have advantages, and if used, you may

need to experiment with different propellers to get the best and most efficient

performance. Refer to the engine manual for details of operation, maintenance and

winter storage. Always be sure you have enough fuel for your planned trip.

The motor can be used while the floats are extended for folded and should always be

tilted up when sailing.

The daggerboard should always be down when motoring, to prevent any sideways

movement. If not, the boat will have a hovercraft like motion with wide skidding turns.

With the board down, handling is excellent.

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TRAILERING

The total towing weight can vary considerably, depending on model and options, and

can be determined exactly by using a weighbridge. Check that the vehicle is approved

and equipped as recommended by its manufacturer for towing this weight, and the

capacity of the towing hitch is suitable.

While towing, watch for strong crosswinds. A Corsair is a relatively light boat for towing,

but it still has considerable wind age. For easy, stable towing, the trailer should be

balanced to have 5 to 10% of the total weight on the coupling ball. This can be

measured by a bathroom scale. If you find ‘fish tailing’ occurs, increase this weight. If

necessary, a simple change like shifting the gas tank or outboard forward can make a

considerable difference to trailer behavior.

Trailer lights are fitted either on special brackets or as a separate light bar on the boat’s

transom. They are thus independent from the trailer, and the wiring never gets near the

water, considerably improving reliability. If separate, be sure to fit the correct lights on

the appropriate sides. The wire should be run along the top of the boat, looped around

the foredeck cleat and then connected to the towing vehicle. Independent wiring avoid

the frequent breakdowns that occur with wiring through the trailer being towed on its

own, the lights can be mounted directly to the trailer.

Before trailering, check that tires are inflated correctly, the beam locking pins are in

place, the rudder is fully up and tied to one side, the poptop or hatch is secured, and the

boat is tied down to the trailer. There should be one tie-down per side, these being

looped around the winches or brackets on the cockpit coamings, and tied to the tie-

down loops on the trailer. The bow eye should also be tied down to the winch post, in

addition to the winch line. Check that all the trailer supports always bear equally against

the hulls.

When trailering, be sure to pivot up or remove the trailer jockey wheel, and that the

hitch is locked on to the ball.

Should the mast extend back past the trailer lights by more than the legal amount, the

appropriate warning flag should be tied on the back. The mast can be positioned far

enough forward to eliminate any excessive over this may not be possible if the towing

vehicle is a van.

When trailering, always allow extra distance for stopping. Particularly watch for low

bridges, overhanging trees or awnings etc. if necessary, the boat can be partially

unfolded on the trailer in order to pass under a low bridge.

CAUTION

Measure and know the overall height on the trailer. Care should be taken to avoid all

low, overhead obstacles.

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RIGGING

This procedure has been developed from over hundreds of launchings around the world

and has proven to be safe and easy. Don’t be disheartened if it takes you longer the first

few times. This is not a race. After a few launchings this process will become easier as

you are more familiar with your boat and your confidence builds.

Two people can have a 750, C28 rigged and launched in around 30 minutes. The Cruze

970 may take a little longer as everything is larger and heavier.

CAUTION

Always park into the wind, or uphill to help the mast stay in line while being winched up.

Trailer should remain hooked to towing vehicle.

DANGER

Before starting to rig, check to see that there are no power lines for the mast not to

touch while being raised, or while being moved to the ramp.

Recommended setup procedure is as follows:

1. Remove the trailer tie-downs, and the trailer lights. The tie-downs can be tied

together and used as the bow line for launching. Saves stowing them, and then

finding a bow line.

2. Undo the trailer winch hook, and pull some slack so the hook will pass over the

bow roller. Leave it lying on the foredeck.

3. Place the mast raising pole on the foredeck for use. Climb onto the bow using the

nonskid areas on the float bows as stepping points.

4. Move aft alongside the mast undoing the mast ties (at each end) and the rigging

ties as you go.

5. Lift the forward end of the mast and walk aft, rolling the mast on the aft mast

roller while checking that the rigging wires do not catch. Stop once the mast foot

is over the pivot brackets.

(C28 & C31 pivot brackets.)

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