For the Record
Dull, dry stuff now, unless you’re a cruiser detail junkie.
Here’s a list of (almost) all the decommissioning tasks we accomplished back in September when we prepped the boat for winter layup in South Freeport. They’re archived here.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH
- Disconnect whisker pole
- Take down sails
- Remove running rigging
- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH
- Remove pushpit MOB gear
- Remove nav lights
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH
- Disconnect mast electrical
- Wash and pack dinghy
- Add fuel stabilizer to diesel tank
- Disconnect SSB antenna cable from backstay
- Disconnect & stow Furuno & VHF Command MIC
- Remove knot meter
- Remove wind generator blades
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH
- Soak, dry and store running rigging
- Wash & dry bimini & binnacle canvas
- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH
- Winterize engine
- Clean & organize deck lockers
- Top off battery water
- Fill propane tanks
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
- Exercise Webasto heater
- Polish stainless
- Treat and flush galley and head sink drains
- Remove batteries wherever possible
- Remove and store misc deck hardware, e.g., blocks
- Lube all zippers
- Open deck flushing pump line and clean screen – blow out with air
- Deep clean head
- Winterize shower drain pump
- Clean raw water system strainer
- Plug air intake with oily rag
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND
- Flush water tank & lines
- Disconnect boom
- Disconnect rod kicker
- Deep clean boat interior
- Treat bimini and liferaft canvas with 303 Fabric Guard spray
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD
- Haul boat, including mast removal
- Charge batteries
- Wash deck
- Wash & dry dodger extension canvas
- Wash & dry liferaft canvas – Treat with 303 Fabric Guard
- Remove bilge plug
- Oil/store tools
- Remove outboard mounting board
- Remove carpet
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH
- Disconnect propane tank, cover threads, close valve
- Clean/lube bikes
- Clean grill
- Winterize outboard – change oil, spray linkages and carburetor with lanolin
- Store outboard
- Cycle & lubricate through hulls
- Install winch covers
- Disconnect water system & bilge pump lines
- Dispose of outboard gas
- Inspect & fold sails
- Plug exhaust with oily rag
- Identify and pack whatever needs to be stored on shore
- Backflush and clean watermaker sea strainer
- Winterize/biocide watermaker
- Winterize fresh water system – take out filters, drain/bypass hot water tank, add anti-freeze
- Flush bilge
- Disconnect shore power
- Disconnect battery negative cables
- Perform battery voltage test & record results
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
- Laundry
- Purge/organize holds
- Inventory boat contents
- Silicone hatch seals
- Perform battery voltage test and record & evaluate results
- Final below decks organization
- Document decommissioning in Maintenance Log
- Boracol teak
After we left the Yard, the folks at Brewer South Freeport Marine installed a vented shrink-wrap cover on the boat.
When we get back to the boat in May, 2016, here’s a tickler of some of the things we can’t forget to get done during Spring commissioning:
- Ask Brewer South Freeport Marine for report on various work and document results, e.g., raw water system inspection, Webasto inspection (check about heater exhaust hose arrangement – is it mounted vertically per HR User Group recommendation?)
- Pick up three boxes and outboard motor from Lisa Fink’s house
- Test EPIRB & PLBs
- Replace water maker gear oil; replace pre-filters and finishing filter
- Install windlass switches
- Install power winch switch
- Burp & lube stuffing box
- Install new carpet
- Exercise Webasto heater
- Install zincs
- Clean & lube Flex-o-fold propeller
- Clean bow thruster housing & props
- Search for corrosion on electrical terminals and any other area and spray Corrosion Block on them
- Connect propane tank hose
- Inspect & grease steering linkages
- Inspect and lube throttle and gear shift cables
- Spray PTFE on mast whisker pole track, traveler track, & jib car tracks
- Top off outboard engine oil with 10W30
- Soak & dry dock lines & gennaker sheets & tack line
- Mount MOB gear and outboard bracket board to pushpit
- Replace head hoses, disassemble, clean & rebuild head – black water head hose total length needed is 10 feet. Run from deck to tank is 65”, head to valve is 24”, valve to thru hull is 28”; Hose is 2” O.D.
- Paint dinghy seat and anchor locker shelves
- Replace diesel sampling pump valve
- Replace coolant
- Rotate outboard mounting board
- Repair head shower area door edge seals – TP door and washing machine compartment door
- Clean and install knot meter
- Replace fuel filters
- Flush Katadyn hand held ditch bag water maker with biocide
- Varnish companionway dings & flagstaff – John Brewer says tape off areas needing touch up, apply many coats, then remove tape and feather a coat or two to blend. Call HR for brand/type of varnish
- Rotate outboard mounting board
- Update MFD8 software
- Clean and lube winches
- Replace gearbox ATF
- Top off diesel engine oil with Shell Rotella T 15W40
- Top off outboard engine oil with 10W30
- Replace 90 wt. gear oil in outboard
- Replace plastic beer tube lifeline/stanchion protectors
- Assemble wind generator blades – use new nuts bolts washers and allen wrench provided
- Attach mast base wires
- Attach SSB cable to backstay
- Remove air intake and exhaust plug rags
- Install running rigging
- Burp & lube stuffing box
- Bend on sails
- Reconnect pump hoses
- Deck wash flushing pump under head sink – both sides of screen housing, upstream of pump
- Emergency bilge pump outlet
- Manual bilge pump inlet and outlet
- Regular bilge pump inlet & outlet
- Head raw water inlet
- Watermaker low pressure lines
- Treat dodger extension canvas with 303 Fabric Guard spray
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