Summering List 3.30.08

As promised...here's our summer securing list.


Ahea Kali summer securing list


- Remove & dispose of all food not in bags - pack food for storage in the plastic tub
- Pump holding tank - partially fill with fresh water & enzyme treatment
- Clean dodger, bimini, & MOB rings
- Arrangements for work to be done while gone
- Fabrication or Repair
- Maintenance
- Procurement List
- Two small fans for below
- Foil window coverings
- Fabric Softener (for laying up lines)
- Any drug/rodent stuff required – bay leaves, two gallons of bleach
- Take procurement list home for return parts
- Have originals & copies of key documents for parts reentry: Boat documentation & Import permit, rubber stamp for invoices, “Repair parts for vessel in transit”
- Roll out sails, fresh water wash, prep for removal & storage
- Secure both chain pipes for water-tightness
- Secure stern anchor chain pipe for water tightness
- Remove all items from topside
- Speakers
- Seal hatch in main salon for leaks
- Put sweaters, etc. into freezer ziplock bags
- Remove running rigging, label & stow below
- Put on winch covers & tie down
- Put on helm cover & tie down
- Take batteries out of everything – flashlights, MOB lights, hand held radios, handheld GPS, night binocs
- Install extra fenders
- Chaffing gear on all mooring lines
- Clean primary bilge pump filter
- Clean water maker filter
- Pickle watermaker
- Remove all aerosol cans & lighters
- Remove lead for SSB antenna
- Close all overboards – put instructions by main engine thru hull & generator start switch
- Grease water & diesel cap
- Clean heads
- Remove & Stow Dive Tanks
- Have info available for ….
- All contact info
- Instructions for main engine, generator
- Have duplicate instructions on the boat with a sign-in log
- All keys & combinations
- Log for engine starts, cleanings, etc.
- Spare storm lines
- Get info from …. On how payments are made
- Get marina contact info – address, fax, phone, & e-mail

- Fill Fuel Tanks & add treatment
- Clean out refrigerator & freezer - prop doors securely open
- Clean & cover dinghy
- Stow dodger, bimini, & MOB rings
- Put out bug & rodent protection: bay leaves, cockroach cookies, bleach buckets, mousetrap
- Remove dorades & install dorade covers
- Shut off propane at tanks & secure locker
- Block blower outlet
- Pack personal items – stage at Hotel
- Clothing
- Computers, chargers, cables
- Camera’s, chargers, cables, books
- Jewelry
- Prescription Meds
- Checkbooks, other financial stuff
- Passports, shot records, visas, TIP’s
- Address books
- Cell phones & chargers
- Return-to-boat procurement list
- Sunglasses
- MP3
- Copy of boat documentation, Original boat import permit.

- Lock lazarettes – have keys labeled & available
- Check dogs on all hatches & windows
- Open cabinet doors, drawers, etc. for air flow
- All panel circuits off (A/C feed to fans & dehumidifiers from separate line)
- Install reflective (aluminum foil) window shields up on all outside ports/long windows
- Prop up cushions on bunks for good air flow
- Remove lead for VHF antenna
- Unplug TV & DVD Player, computer, etc.
- Have extra storm lines available below
- Have all spare zincs on galley counter
- Line up & start dehumidifier & fans
- Disconnect & stow 50 amp & 30 amp power cables
- Drain shower sump
- Clean bilge
- Remove, clean & stow surfboards, fishing gear, etc from dinghy davit
- Have dinghy engine serviced