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CE Ratings

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by wotan98, Sep 14, 2005.

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  1. wotan98, Sep 14, 2005
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    wotan98

    wotan98 New Member

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    Would someone please explain CE Ratings as they relate to a boat's seaworthiness? I see Aicon and Uniesse, among others, touting their "A" rating, as opposed to Azimut's "B" rating, and implying that their boats can handle 22-foot seas versus Azimut's 12-foot seas. Are these ratings meaningful? reliable? worth paying attention to? Many thanks.
  2. AMG, Sep 15, 2005
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    AMG

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    It all depends what you compare to. In Sweden we used to have safety rules that most manufacturers were building to before the CE-rules. They were much more into both safety and production quality and we experience the CE-rules as often land-based ideas, also restricting imports of used boats we have imported in the past with no problems.

    But of course a CE class A boat is safer than a class B in certain situations. But it doesn´t mean that the quality is necessarily better.