Washington Yacht Club: Keel Boat Maintenance and Projects for Snooze and Cruise
General
- Wash boats.
- Check batteries (Total: 5 (3-grp27, 2-grp24)) (Retrieve battery from small whaler).
- Check keel boat equipment, buy and redistribute as needed.
- Check portable, manual bilge pumps replace as needed.
- Caravel: Built-in and bucket. Need portable
- Columbia: Portable and bucket. OK.
- Charlotte: Portable and bucket. OK.
- Check winch handle condition and distribution -- redistribute and replace as needed.
- Caravel -- OK
- Columbia -- OK
- Charlotte - check
- Check lines, redistribute as needed.
- Caravel: Should be 2 50' lock lines on board in their bag.
- Columbia: Should be 2 50' lock lines on board in their bag.
- Charlotte: Should be 2 50' lock lines on board in their bag.
- Cut off loops on all non-50' lines.
- Clean Gas Locker
- Check that tanks are full.
- Re-assign tanks as needed.
- Replace hoses, fittings, and bulbs as needed.
Charlotte a Catalina 27'
- General repairs
- Replace rode on light medium anchor (5/8") add depth markers.
- Check electric bilge pump operation.
- Thoroughly scrub out bilge and storage lockers (use bleach/or other strong disinfectant.)
- Sails / Rigging
- Add tell tales to jibs.
- Add tell tales to leach of main.
- Engine
- Check oil level and condition. Change if needed.
- Check operation of engine.
- Hull
- Electrical
- Identify all bulbs and fuses.
- Install fuse for anchor/steaming lamp.
- Plumbing
- Check holding tank level.
- Check Y-valve operation.
- Check seacock operation.
- Check hoses.
- Add holding tank deoderizer
Columbia 26'
- Remove all non-essential stuff
- Scrub inside
- Scrub hull
- Scrub deck
- Find teak cutting board that belongs on the boat.
- Find tank and pump for alcohol stove.
- Oil interior wood.
- Sand and oil exterior wood.
Bristol Caravel 22'
- Replace registration numbers.
- Bed the port side stanchions -- top side only.
- Paint the transom
- Check seacock condition
- Refill tool box: Check.
- Bed new coaming pieces. -- Only top edge and around screws.
- Adjust forestay / backstay to allow proper genoa tension
- Repair battery connections -- install ground and power bars.
- Add telltales (3) to the leech of the main.