SAFETY EQUIPMENT
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<br>Minimum mandatory equipment to be on board :
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<br>One lifejacket conforming to the rules in force per
<br>person and which are being worn during sailing.
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<br>One distress whistle per person; fitted to the lifejacket.
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<br>At least one knife, suitable to cut the lines found on board.
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<br>The organizers of an event may require participants to carry
<br>additional safety equipement such as towlines and compasses
<br>when the conditions warrant this..
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<br>The reasons why the towline is included in the F18 rules is that the class originated in France and they often sail in big bays where boats somethimes have to sail for 1,5 hours to get to the startline. Alot of thermal wind which can drop in the late afternoon / evenings. Undoing the halyards etc. proved to eb cumbersome. Now to impact everybody the same the rule to carry a min. towline was put in the rules.
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<br>All in agreement on the new wording ?
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