Don't despair, Christy and Jason are here with our winter decommissioning list! Special thanks to Wayne and Betty for forwarding on their list, without which we might have forgotten a lot of stuff.
You can breathe a big, giant sigh of relief now...here you go :)
- Pull off running rigging
- Sign up for boat watching service
- Interview candidates
- Decide on checklist
- Remove stern anchor and rode - store in anchor locker
- Move chain to top of anchor locker
- Grease windlass
- Look into shrinkwrap options
- Get insurance approval
- Clean deck
- Chafe gear on all dock lines
- Gardenhose flush the scuppers
- Clean canvas
- Washdown anchor/chain with fresh water
- Clean anchor locker out
- Stow dinghy on deck
- Remove all misc items from deck (jerry cans, crab traps, etc)
- Fill fuel tank
- Add biocide
- Winterize inboard engine
- change engine oil and transmission oil
- blow out raw water
- close through-hull
- Turn on utilities
- Stow all sails
- Main - tie down
- Jib and Staysail - remove and stow
- Winterize outboard engine
- drain gas
- blow out raw water
- tef-gel on handles
- stow down below
- Empty holding tank
- Put plastic bags on winches and windlass
- Winterize bilge
- clean out bilge
- put a layer of RV antifreeze in the bilge
- turn the bilge pump on to draw in the antifreeze
- Remove dodger and bimini canvas
- Add helm cover
- Remove portable GPS
- Book flight out!
- Stow dinghy gas can and oars
- Stow canned food below waterline, in plastic
- Clean diesel heater and replace chimney with cap
- Set up utilities on autopay
- Hardware store:
- RV antifreeze
- sandbags for companionway
- tarps
- Clean the boat
- Drain both water tanks
- Winterize:
- washdown pump
- fwd head sink drain
- fwd head inlet
- fwd shower drain
- aft head inlet
- aft head outlet
- aft shower drain
- galley sink drain
- freshwater pump
- hot/cold faucets in galley, aft head, fwd head
- hot water heater
- freshwater foot pump
- Winterize watermaker
- through-hull to boost pump
- boost pump to membrane
- membrane to watertank
- hot water heater to carbon filter
- Clean out and turn off fridge (pull fuse and leave open)
- Clean the finger pier
- Hang cockpit enclosure/dodger/bimini panels in salon
- Move sails into salon
- Move cockpit seat pads into salon
- Open all doors/cabinets
- Pull off doors in starboard side hanging locker
- Open vanity locker door
- Pull off hatches from settee lockers
- Close propane canisters
- Lock cockpit locker
- Remove cushions from side of hull and cover with tarp
- master bed
- quarterberth bed
- settees
- nav desk
- Take out garbage
- Install wood hatchboards
- Put all remaining clothes in a garbage bag
- Put sheets, pillows and linens in garbage bag
- Batteries
- Check water
- Double check that both switches are open on the batteries
- Check starting battery voltage
- Verify electrical
- DC panel is off
- only outlets and charger are on on 120V AC panel
- fridge fuse is pulled
- bilge pump is working
- Close all through-hulls
- Take photos of winterization
- Run oil radiator heater, dehumidifier and fans
- Leave extra antifreeze for boatwatcher to add to bilge if necessary
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