Heya guys. the 28th i'll loose myself from the dock and here's what i know i'm going to do. make sure i'm not missing something ya?
Motor
Quickstart on board
Fuel in tank
Oil additive for gas (outboard)
Sheets inspection
Main
Halyard
Downhaul
Outhaul
Main
Vang
Jib
Halyard
Jybe sheets
Furler
Backstay
Safety gear
New flares
Replace rotted type iv
Boat already has 6 life preservers on board, and 3 fire extinguishers
Nav light check
Handheld radios
the intention is to do a dock depart, loop and redock, then depart motor out and get clear and pull up sails and do a thirty minute shakedown and return.
if that goes well, recheck everything, and if there's time sail to the end of the lake i'm on and back again... the lake being lake macatawa and approx 10 nautical miles long and 2 wide, giving at least a 5 hour trial.
thoughts?
here's a wide view chart of the lake
View attachment 153803
blue pen shows where i'm docked vs the long route. roughed in of course
i don't have opencpn on the machine i'm posting from today.