I've noticed that Hunter list the CE rating on their boats. I'm new to boating so does anyone know what this rating stands for?
- Status
CE Certificate
CE stands for Conformité Européenne, it sets minimum standards for an array of products, including recreational vessels. It became law in the Eu (in 1998 if memory serves) that all products with established standards must have the CE certification if offered within the EU. http://www.rbbi.com/folders/cemark/cemark.htm The CE certification as it is required by law has subsequently made the tighter and more specific certification of "Germanischer Lloyd" GL all but obsolete. Some vessels still carry the GL cert voluntarily; it seems to be the better standard.
CE stands for Conformité Européenne, it sets minimum standards for an array of products, including recreational vessels. It became law in the Eu (in 1998 if memory serves) that all products with established standards must have the CE certification if offered within the EU. http://www.rbbi.com/folders/cemark/cemark.htm The CE certification as it is required by law has subsequently made the tighter and more specific certification of "Germanischer Lloyd" GL all but obsolete. Some vessels still carry the GL cert voluntarily; it seems to be the better standard.
Morski Krastavac
What a great name. Govorim malo Hrvatski, so I understand what it is. My mother has a house on Korcula where my family and I go every summer for 2-3 weeks. Be well, Sretna Nova Godina!
What a great name. Govorim malo Hrvatski, so I understand what it is. My mother has a house on Korcula where my family and I go every summer for 2-3 weeks. Be well, Sretna Nova Godina!
Hvala Chris
Hvala, Hey, Chris, just was on the island of Korcula (Korcula city and Vela Luka) in September and October: http://www.byoa.org/VoyageNepomuk/index.html I too have some connection to Hrvatska; my dad was born in Osijek and I grew up in Germany and Dalmatia. The story to "Morski Krastavac": You are obviously familiar with Croatian customs; every Dalmatian water-man wants a real intimidating nickname, like "sea-wolf" or "sea-devil". On my sailboat Nepomuk's inauguration trip from Izola, SLO to Biograd, CRO we moored in the village of Ist on the island of Ist, nobody was there, clear cold sky in March, thousands of stars. One of my Croatian friends was crew-member; he is a chef, cooked a delicious dinner and we were all sitting around the salon-table with some Pelinkovac and a bottle of Plavac (or two..
). The topic of the nicknames came up and I became a bit zynical saying that most of these self-proclaimed "sea-devils" are just fair-weather sailors and are probably scared if the Bora exceeds a lazy BF 3 or 4, they would then sit in the Marina and not move, just like sea-cucumbers sit on the bottom of the Adriatic... That was the day I became "Kapitan Morski Krastavac". Bok.
Hvala, Hey, Chris, just was on the island of Korcula (Korcula city and Vela Luka) in September and October: http://www.byoa.org/VoyageNepomuk/index.html I too have some connection to Hrvatska; my dad was born in Osijek and I grew up in Germany and Dalmatia. The story to "Morski Krastavac": You are obviously familiar with Croatian customs; every Dalmatian water-man wants a real intimidating nickname, like "sea-wolf" or "sea-devil". On my sailboat Nepomuk's inauguration trip from Izola, SLO to Biograd, CRO we moored in the village of Ist on the island of Ist, nobody was there, clear cold sky in March, thousands of stars. One of my Croatian friends was crew-member; he is a chef, cooked a delicious dinner and we were all sitting around the salon-table with some Pelinkovac and a bottle of Plavac (or two..
). The topic of the nicknames came up and I became a bit zynical saying that most of these self-proclaimed "sea-devils" are just fair-weather sailors and are probably scared if the Bora exceeds a lazy BF 3 or 4, they would then sit in the Marina and not move, just like sea-cucumbers sit on the bottom of the Adriatic... That was the day I became "Kapitan Morski Krastavac". Bok.
The main baises
is for it to give a wind speed that a boat is built to withstand judging by the set of standards covering design, materials, construction and stability. I believe a CE rating of A (for unlimited offshore use) is supposed to withstand winds up to 115 MPH. A rating of D is for lake only use. Now I am not sure how they came up with the standards, but most all boats over 32' usually get an A rating, including the production boats which many will swear isn't an offshore boat. Now I will agree that production boats may not be designed for offshore use but I feel they can actually withstand the pressures of offshore because the two have different meanings. The CE rating is not meant to say the boat is designed for offshore use, but to say it can withstand offshore use. Example: My boat has a rating of A, but it also only have a water tank of 75 gallons and fuel of 35 gallons. A boat designed for offshore use would have larger tanks, like 300 for water and 150 for fuel. I can only motor about 300 miles in my boat and sometimes that just doesn't cut it, but could I float around until the wind picked up, if I was very conservative with my water the whole time I was out there, yes. So, my point is this...don't use the rating to decide if it's a blue water boat, but to decide what it is capable of handling (and even that is argued by many forever and forever). Note: there is a table somewhere on the internet that lists the wind speeds each rating can handle but I can't seem to find it right now.
is for it to give a wind speed that a boat is built to withstand judging by the set of standards covering design, materials, construction and stability. I believe a CE rating of A (for unlimited offshore use) is supposed to withstand winds up to 115 MPH. A rating of D is for lake only use. Now I am not sure how they came up with the standards, but most all boats over 32' usually get an A rating, including the production boats which many will swear isn't an offshore boat. Now I will agree that production boats may not be designed for offshore use but I feel they can actually withstand the pressures of offshore because the two have different meanings. The CE rating is not meant to say the boat is designed for offshore use, but to say it can withstand offshore use. Example: My boat has a rating of A, but it also only have a water tank of 75 gallons and fuel of 35 gallons. A boat designed for offshore use would have larger tanks, like 300 for water and 150 for fuel. I can only motor about 300 miles in my boat and sometimes that just doesn't cut it, but could I float around until the wind picked up, if I was very conservative with my water the whole time I was out there, yes. So, my point is this...don't use the rating to decide if it's a blue water boat, but to decide what it is capable of handling (and even that is argued by many forever and forever). Note: there is a table somewhere on the internet that lists the wind speeds each rating can handle but I can't seem to find it right now.
- Status