Nautica Boats Nautica 450 RACE User manual

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User’s manual
Nautica 450RACE

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Contents
1. Welcome onboard..................................................................................................................................3
A. This manual......................................................................................................................................3
B. Safety.................................................................................................................................................3
C. Symbols used in craft...................................................................................................................3
2. Description of yacht..............................................................................................................................4
3. Before first sailing.................................................................................................................................5
D. Halyards............................................................................................................................................5
E. Spreaders.........................................................................................................................................6
4. Raising the mast....................................................................................................................................7
5. Attaching genaker pole......................................................................................................................10
6. Attaching the boom.............................................................................................................................12
7. Hoisting the sails.................................................................................................................................13
A. Jib.....................................................................................................................................................13
B. Main..................................................................................................................................................14
C. Genaker...........................................................................................................................................15
8. Attaching foils ......................................................................................................................................16
9. Just before you go ..............................................................................................................................17
10. Launching..........................................................................................................................................17
11. Sailing .................................................................................................................................................17
A. Sailing upwind...............................................................................................................................18
B. Tacking............................................................................................................................................18
C. Sailing downwind.........................................................................................................................18
D. Gybing.............................................................................................................................................19
E. Capsizing........................................................................................................................................19
12. After sailing .......................................................................................................................................19
13. Other tips............................................................................................................................................20

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1. Welcome onboard
A. This manual
This manual was created to help you sail your boat safely and with pleasure. It contains
details of the craft and information on its operations and maintenance.
If this is your first craft, or you are changing to a type of craft you are not familiar with, for
your own comfort and safety, please ensure that you obtain handling and operating
experience before assuming command of craft. Your dealer, national sailing federation or
yacht club will be pleased to advise you of local sailing schools or competent instructors.
Please keep this manual in a secure place, and hand it over to the new owner when
you sell the craft.
B. Safety
Owner/operator should read and understand all contents of this manual with respect to All
the cautions and warnings implied.
Owner/operator uses the boat on their own responsibility. It is also their responsibility to
ensure the safely operation. Irrespective of the weather conditions we recommend using
buoyancy aids.
C. Symbols used in craft
Your boat is fitted with a plate which contains following symbols:
a) warning
b) risk of capsize
c) refer to manual

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2. Description of yacht
Model:
Version:
Design category:
Designer:
Nautica 450
RACE
C
Eugeniusz i Robert Ginter
Yard:
Address:
Phone:
Nautica Boats sp. z o.o.
Ul. Wiolinowa 11
80-298 Gdańsk
[phone]
Main dimensions Sail areas
Lmax
Bmax
Lwl
Bwl
Draft fully loaded
Air draft
Displacement
Displacement fully loaded
Max. no. of people
Max. load (cargo and/or people)
4.50 m
1.92 m
4.40 m
1.26 m
1.20 m
7.00 m
125 kg
300+125 kg
3
300 kg
Main
Jib
Genaker
9,8 m2
4,7 m2
21,8 m2
Part of this information is given on builders plate fitted on the craft. You will find full
explanation of this information in this manual.

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3. Before first sailing
Before first sailing coupe things need to be done. Those are connected with mast
preparation.
D. Halyards
To prevent halyards from being destroyed in transport those hane not been fixed in the
mast. There are three halyards in total:
jib –red
main sail –white or black
genaker –blue or black
Halyards need to be introduced by smal white ropes that are fixe in mast.
Jib halyard need to be feed through block above exit slot and the rope need to be
knotted to the block.
Right and wrong halyard lead.

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Main halyard need to be knotted on top of the mast.
E. Spreaders
Spreaders need to be unpacked and the end tips need to be fixed. Initial setting of the
length is 4th pin.
Spreaders are fixe to the mast as show below by means of screw an one pin. To fix the
screw you need screwdriver and key no 8.

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Shrouds are fixe through spreaders on the whole marked with inscription 3.0
TIP: Tape all the screws and pins. It prevents tearing genaker and also prevents screws
from unscrewing.
4. Raising the mast
After unpacking the boat from the covers it is helpful to choose flat not dusty spot and leave
the cockpit empty.

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Before rising make sure that all shrouds are fixe at their bases and the halyards are not
tangled. Next we rise the mast to upward position.
Second person can enter the cockpit to help get heel locked in its step. Take care that the
mast is all the time in upward position.

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Next fix the main shrouds with “fast-pins” to adjusters that were previously attached to the
boat. The forestay is attached to the block on the bow of the boat with shackle.
Next fix the short shrouds to the small adjuster. Above you can see the base shroud
position.
The top shrouds are to be attached with triple blocks with the cleat that is attached to mast
base. The triple blocks control tension of the top shrouds.

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To introduce the rig tension to main shrouds and forestay tide the triple block on the
starboard side.
5. Attaching gennaker pole
Lead the gennaker pole through the slides on the bow of the boat.
Gennaker pole is equipped with two ropes –tack line (lead through the pole) and the
launching line –fixe to the whole at the end of the pole. Tack line is fixed with the shackle to
heel step.
Tack line controls at the same time how far the pole can be launched. The correct
dimension is 310cm from front side of the mast to the end of the launched pole.