Sailing Checklist:
Pre-Sailing Checklist
The following check list is intended to aid you in both setting out to sail and in properly securing and storing your boat upon returning.
Checklist of items and reminders before you take the sailboat out - and when you bring it back!
Personal Equipment
Personal flotation for each person (life jackets)
Clothing to match the weather and wind also non marking shoes
Boat Equipment (R) = required equipment; (s)=suggested equipment)
Are the following on board and in their proper place?
Audible Signaling device ( R) , i.e. whistle, air horn.
Throwable Cushion ( R) Type IV
First aid kit (s)
Tools (s)
Anchor and line (s) (attached to mast)
Towline (s) (attached to mast)
Paddle (s) highly suggested
Hand operated bilge pump (s)
Preparing Boat to Sail
Check, wind, tide, weather forecast
Look over the boat to make sure there is no damaged or broken parts
Check to be sure shrouds are tight (should hum slightly when you pluck them
All Cotter rings taped (note: if tape is missing, is the cotter ring also missing? If so the boat is not to be sailed till the cotter ring is replaced)
Check that forestay is tight to the pull.
Check that the scuppers are open water.
Prepare sails, lines, Boom Vang, tiller, bumpers, lines,
Check for visible water after removing the bilge cover.
Pump out the bilge if needed
Post-sailing Checklist:
Boat Mooring
Boats are properly positioned
Inboard boat properly secured to dock
M line properly attached – view the M line configuration illustration
Bumpers in proper position so boats do not touch each other
All lines in both boats neatly coiled and attached to mountings
Jib neatly furled and covered
Main neatly flaked and covered
Action if needed:
Notify Chris Jennings ASAP at 203.895.2026 if you suspect a safety issue. For other issues, please send an e-mail to chris_jennings22@yahoo.com
