Pre-launch checklist

RonM

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I thought I had read a post here within the last couple of months that contained a kind of pre-launch checklist , but I have tried searching the forum with a bunch of relevant keywords and can't seem to find it. Can anyone recall this and point me to it? Thanks,
 
I thought I had read a post here within the last couple of months that contained a kind of pre-launch checklist , but I have tried searching the forum with a bunch of relevant keywords and can't seem to find it. Can anyone recall this and point me to it? Thanks,
What do you need in the way of a checklist? When I go sailing, I just run it through in my head.

outhaul, clew tie down, downhaul, vang, centerboard bungee, rudder
 
The list had stuff like "Remember to close the drain plug" and "Make sure the tiller is under the traveler line"

Simple stuff, but I'm about to go out in a Laser for the first time in about 15 years, so I need all the help I can get. :)
 
Make sure battens are in sail
Make sure mast is tied down to deckplate
Make sure drain plug is in
Make sure the tiller is under the traveller line
Make sure clew strap is on
Make sure the bungee keeper is over the vang key
Make sure the stopper knot in the mainsheet is at the right point for the winds
Make sure the rudder is up before moving the dolly to launch

Have a plan for how you are going to get rudder down and tied, and the cunningham & vang tails tied to the centerboard - depending on the winds (when I first started sailing this was not easy to get done!)
 
Make sure battens are in sail
Make sure mast is tied down to deckplate
Make sure drain plug is in
Make sure the tiller is under the traveller line
Make sure clew strap is on
Make sure the bungee keeper is over the vang key
Make sure the stopper knot in the mainsheet is at the right point for the winds
Make sure the rudder is up before moving the dolly to launch

Have a plan for how you are going to get rudder down and tied, and the cunningham & vang tails tied to the centerboard - depending on the winds (when I first started sailing this was not easy to get done!)

-Get the rudder tied down nice and tight on shore, then pop it off and slip under traveler. No hassle once you get on the water.

-Tie tails to centreboard before you hit the water, as well. Again, no hassle once on the water.

-Also, make sure main sheet is tangle free and tied to back of hiking strap.
 
I would add the mainsheet is run correctly. I have missed running the mainsheet through the boom faieread and wondered why I have got hooked on the mainsheet on the first tack or jib :eek:. Also I have seen sailors forgetting to run the mainsheet through the forward boom block and many variations. So check that you have run you mainsheet correctly.

HiTime
 
Hi time, You got that right done the mainsheet several times and #1 is drainplug
what an experience that was.
 

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