Preparing to sail
Walk out from WKSC at HW - 2.5 hours
Before water lapping over your feet !
Remove the cockpit cover and roll and remove the sail cover and roll it
Remove the spinnaker, flag/burgee and course card from the stern locker
Stow the cockpit cover and sail cover at the back of the stern locker
Untie the mooring fairlead tie and put the buoy on the deck or over the side of the boat
Inspect rigging to ensure stays and shrouds are secure and halyards are not crossed.
Attach, hoist and 'furl' the jib with a tie
Run the jib sheets through the fairleads and secure with a figure 8 knot
Fit rudder to stern using long metal rod
Hoist the masthead burgee
Attach the gaff burgee if there is one
Pump out if possible
When water at your feet
Wash walking out foot wear and climb in
Stow crew bags and foot wear
Release & fit main sheet, ensure free to run
Secure the tiller
Check for a copy of the course card
Check the spinnaker is in the bucket and 3 corners are visible:
Note which is Head (the top which has a swivel to connect to the halyard),
Tack (with a fitting to connect to the spinnaker boom)
Clew (connected to the spinnaker sheet.
Once yacht floating free
Tension the jib until as tight as possible (this should make the forestay look slack)
Attach main halyard to gaff.
Remove the sail ties and hoist the mainsail
Ensure topping lift secure - no tension
Stow the boom & gaff cradle (crutches/yoke)
Pump out any residual water.
Some boats need to tie the gaff jaws around the mast
Check the spinnaker hoist/halyard is free to work properly
Departing
Ensure centre board plate can go down at least half
Secure plate so don't run aground as leaving
Note landmarks & buoy colour to locate mooring later.
Plan path to leave avoiding other buoys and boats and plan to set sail
Release the mooring from the samson post on the front deck and throw it and attached buoy well clear of the boat so it cannot be caught under the boat (around centreboard or rudder)
Which knots to use for what
Sheets - Figure of eight
Jib head - yacht dependant