[Rhodes22-list] Commissioning

[daniel snyder]

Julie, thank you for this checklist.  It is extremely helpful.  Dan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Thorndycraft" <julie at circle7.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Commissioning


> Here is our launch checklist as it stands currently, please note that we 
> do have the bale attached to the mast for use with the mast hoist - others 
> may not.
>
> Launch Checklist  7/05
>
>
>
> WARNING: Never let anyone stand under the mast during the hoisting
>
> Note: If the pop-top slider has been removed from mast, it needs to be 
> re-installed before raising
>
> Note: Check tilt on motor to ensure that it is locked down
>
>
>
> Mast Raising - Need chain extenders & mast hoist
>
>  1.. Inspect masthead, check shroud and stay connections to mast
>  2.. Attach wind indicator to mast
>  3.. Remove all tie downs from mast
>  4.. Slide hatch closed
>  5.. With the mast resting on the mast crutch roller, walk the mast, boom 
> and jib aft and connect the mast to the tabernacle
>  6.. Connect hoist crane to cabin top block
>  7.. Tie the crane winch line to the bow cleat
>  8.. Attach line from crane to mast bail and connect aft lowers to their 
> chain plates
>  9.. Connect back stays to their chain plates, making sure back stays are 
> in front of stern rail
>  10.. Connect upper shrouds to their chain plates
>  11.. Put the 8" extensions on the forward lower shrouds and connect to 
> their
>  chain plates (3rd link from deck)
>  12.. Begin raising the mast, continually checking for any shrouds or 
> stays getting snagged or kinked, making sure the turnbuckles aren¹t fowled 
> and tending the jib as it comes forward
>  13.. Raise the mast all the way up, keeping tension on the winch until 
> you connect the bow stay to its chain plate
>  14.. Disconnect the mast hoist crane (stow in vehicle) and attach aft 
> lower shrouds to their chain plates
>  15.. Remove forward lower shroud extensions and connect shrouds to their 
> chain plates (stow chain in cabin)
>  16.. Adjust shroud turnbuckles as needed
>  17.. Connect traveler bar between back stays
>  18.. Lower the boom and connect it to the traveler
>  19.. Install backstay adjuster and tighten the back stay tensioning line
>  20.. Disconnect mast caddy (stow in vehicle)
>  21.. Run jib furling line thru small block below furler, run to padeye on 
> starboard side of cabin, 2nd padeye and then thru jam cleat on starboard 
> cabin top
>  22.. Attach VHF and masthead light connections
>  23.. Connect pop top to mast slider
>  24.. Run main sheet through blocks on boom/traveler bar
>  25.. Put plug in drain
>
>
>
>
> Prep for haul-out:  make sure centerboard is at least partially down on 
> haul-out, motor is up, and rudder is up
>
>
>
> Mast Lowering - Need chain extenders, mast hoist, and mast caddy
>
>  1.. Raise centerboard
>  2.. Attach mast hoist to plate and attach support rope from mast bale to 
> mast bale
>  3.. Attach mast hoist support to bow cleat
>  4.. Disconnect VHF and masthead lights
>  5.. Attach mast caddy to stern, attach lines to forward portion of stern 
> cleats and attach center to stern rail
>  6.. Remove traveler and stow in cabin
>  7.. Remove backstay adjuster
>  8.. Remove topping lift from cleats and raise boom to mast with topping 
> lift and cleat on  port side of mast
>  9.. Remove pop-top slider from mast and move to upper position on mast
>  10.. Slide pop-top closed
>  11.. Secure Velcro strap around jib and remove jib sheets, coil and tie 
> to jib
>  12.. Put chain on lower forward stays (3rd link from deck)
>  13.. Loosen outer sidestays slightly
>  14.. Remove plastic sidestay protectors
>  15.. Snug the hoist to slack the bow stay and remove pin
>  16.. Lower mast watching stays for excessive tightness or snags
>  17.. Remove all stays
>  18.. Remove mast hoist and stow in vehicle
>  19.. Remove mast base bolt and slide mast forward to rest on bow pulpit
>  20.. Make sure jib is as far forward alongside mast as possible
>  21.. Wrap jib outhaul around mast and bow pulpit to secure, use remainder 
> to snug the jib to mast
>  22.. Tie down mast to bow cleat, spreader arms, mast base
>  23.. Coil back stays with Velcro and hang from mast and then to tiller 
> arm
>  24.. Secure motor
>  25.. Secure ladder
>  26.. Tie rudder to port side
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DCLewis1 at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 11:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Commissioning
>
>
>>
>>
>> Slim,  I'm with ya, it's not a contest.  But as a newbe it is 
>> interesting to
>> learn that a reasonable expectation is about 1 hr not 12 - I  learned
>> something.
>>
>> Julie:  Your attachment didn't make it through the Email  system, would 
>> you
>> please resend?
>>
>> Bill:   As a follow-up to your post I looked for a commissioning  list in 
>> the
>> FAQ and also Googled the archives, no luck.  Can you point me  to an 
>> existing
>> list, or perhaps we should see what Julie posts.
>>
>> Dave
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