[PCW] Fountaine Pajot Cumberland 44 & Cat A rating

[Roger Bingham]

Michael

Your unfortunate experience with your Fountaine-Pajot dealer does not appear
to be universal.

Your dissatisfaction with your boat is well known on this list but your
comments have little relevance to EU RCD ratings: See below-

The Regulation

The RCD Essential Safety Requirements state that 'The craft shall have
sufficient stability and freeboard considering its design category. and the
manufacturer's maximum recommended load', and 'The craft shall be
constructed to ensure that it has buoyancy characteristics appropriate to
its design category. and the manufacturer's maximum recommended load.'
The RCD introduced Design Categories to ensure that craft have acceptable
minimum stability, freeboard and buoyancy to cope with the environmental
conditions for which the boat is designed.

And for further detail

http://www.ibinews.com/ibinews/ebb/tech_6.html

The standard also covers design, construction and materials but the emphasis
is on stability.

Regards

Roger Bingham
France

> 
> Power Catamaran List,
>        I find that hard to believe,
>          I am the owner of a Maryland 37 which has a
> BCDE rating and I don't believe that either. How can a
> vessel that has no mechanical attachments between the
> hulls and the deck receive that kind of rating ? Also
> the hull material is so thin it seems that it would
> disintegrate when it hit anything or would come apart.
>                 Unhappy owner,
>                                   Michael