Club Boat Defect and Repair Log
Keep a damaged boat off the water until it is repaired, with who found it and who fixed it. The numbered tag ties the boat to its line on the sheet.
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Trailers and marine · TM-24
Dinghy Pre-Sail Rigging Check
A free printable dinghy rigging check card: eight outings of hull, bungs, pins and rings, sails, sheets, rudder and centreboard ticks, with faults for the bosun.
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What this sheet is for
Find the missing split ring or the loose bung in the dinghy park, before the boat is launched. One card per boat builds a record over a season.
Who it is for
Dinghy sailors, club and school fleet managers, bosuns and sailing instructors.
How to use it
- Keep one card with each boat, in a plastic sleeve if it lives outside.
- Before each outing, write the date and the helm at the top of a column.
- Tick each check, or cross it and write the fault at the foot of the card.
- Tell the bosun about any fault before you launch, or before you leave.
- Start a new card after eight outings and keep the old one.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One card per dinghy for eight outings: date and helm at the head of a column, each check ticked before launching.
Write-on lines: Boat name · Class · Sail no. · Club or owner · Bosun and phone
Also printed: Check · Date · Helm and crew (initials) · Hull and foils · Hull and deck: no new damage or soft spots · Bungs in, hatch covers on, tanks dry · Rudder, pintles and retaining clip · Tiller, extension and joint secure · Centreboard or daggerboard runs, not cracked · Mast and rigging · Mast step and gate or chocks secure · Forestay and shrouds: no kinks or broken strands · Clevis pins in, rings or tape on, all round · Gooseneck and kicker fittings secure · Sails, ropes and kit · Sails: no tears, battens in and tied · Halyards made fast, sail right up · Sheets and control lines run free, ends knotted · Toe straps and their fixings sound · Paddle, bailer and painter aboard · Buoyancy aids on and fastened
Table, 3 rows: Outing · Fault and where · Told to · Fixed
Questions
Why is no rig tension printed?
Tension depends on the class, the mast and the conditions, and each class has its own tuning guidance. The card only asks whether the rigging is sound and secure.
Why a card for eight outings rather than a sheet each time?
A boat checked by different people over a season builds its own record on one card, so a fitting that keeps working loose shows up as a row of crosses.
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