Owner`s manual

ENGLISH 14/05/2014 8/87 DUFOUR 560 Grand Large

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Design category

Your DUFOUR 560 comes under the OCEAN-GOING design category A.

Under conditions of normal use, your boat is designed to sail in waves with a significant height

exceeding 4 m and winds of force 8 or above on the Beaufort scale, and to withstand the severest

conditions.

This sailing capability is equally dependent on the skills of the crew, their physical capacities, the

maintenance of the boat and its equipment.

So always take care before putting to sea.

DUFOUR YACHTS is not able to guarantee perfect functioning of the boat in exceptional sea

conditions (violent storms, hurricanes, cyclones, waterspouts, etc.)

SUMMARY OF DESIGN CATEGORIES

Check weather information before putting to sea: Take to the sea, don’t take risks!

In port: every day, the Harbor Master's Office posts weather bulletins and forecasts over the

next few days.

Météo France on 0836 68 08 08

Navifax - direct on 0836 70 18 52

VHF: CROSS transmit several bulletins per day, preceded by an announcement on Channel

16.

Certification

DUFOUR YACHTS has chosen the Institut pour la Certification et la Normalisation dans le

Nautisme as the notified body for verifying that your boat complies with European directive CE

94/25, in accordance with module B.

Identification

The hull identification number is located on starboard side of transom. It contains a series of letters

and numbers that begin with FR-DUF...

Design