Winter Lay-Up and Launch Checklist
Put the autumn lay-up jobs and the spring launch checks on the same page, so what you did in October is in front of you in April.
TM-09 1 page
Trailers and marine · TM-25
Standing Rigging Inspection Record
A free printable standing rigging inspection record: stays, shrouds, terminals, pins, spreaders, chainplates and masthead checked, with rig age and a rigger brief.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Track worn terminals, missing split pins and the age of the rig from season to season. Page two goes to the rigger with the photographs and the quote.
Who it is for
Yacht and keelboat owners, and anyone briefing a rigger or answering an insurer's question about the age of a rig.
How to use it
- Check the rig each season, part by part, with the mast up or down.
- Tick OK or Fault and write what you found and what you will do about it.
- Photograph anything you are unsure of, and number the photos on page two.
- Keep the rig's age and every part replaced on page two.
- Give page two to the rigger with the request for a quote.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: A part-by-part check of the standing rig each season, from the chainplates to the masthead, with what was found and what was done. Page two keeps the rig's age, the parts replaced and the brief for the rigger.
Look closely, then ask a rigger. No wire life, rig age or tension figures are printed. How old a rig can get before it is replaced is for the rigger, the maker and your insurer, and some insurers set their own limit: ask yours and write it on page two. Look at swage terminals with a magnifying glass, and photograph anything you are unsure of.
Write-on lines: Boat · Rig type · Wire or rod · Checked by · Date
Also printed: Part · Fault · Found · Action · Done · strands, cracks, rust, bent, pins · watch, fix, rigger · date · Stays and shrouds: wire, terminals, toggles · Forestay and its toggles · Furler: drum, foil joints, swivels · Backstay and its adjuster · Cap and intermediate shrouds, port · Cap and intermediate shrouds, starboard · Lower shrouds, port · Lower shrouds, starboard · Running backstays or checkstays, if fitted · At deck level · Rigging screws: threads, bodies, locking · Clevis pins, split pins, rings and tape · Chainplates and their deck seals · Mast step, heel, partners and wedges · Up the mast · Spreaders: roots, ends, wire seated · Tangs and T-terminals at the mast · Masthead: fittings, sheaves, pins · Mast tube: cracks, corrosion at fittings
Page 2
Rig age — from the rigger's invoice or the boat's papers
Write-on lines: Whole rig last replaced · By (rigger) · Replacement age set by insurer or rigger, if any
Parts replaced on their own — so each wire's own age is known
Table, 7 rows: Part · Size or type · Fitted · By · Why · Cost
Photographs — number them on the camera and here
Table, 4 rows: Photo · Part · What it shows · Date
For the rigger
Write-on lines: Rigger · Quote ref. · Work quoted · Price · Accepted? Y / N · Work booked for · Next check due · Signed
Questions
Why is no rig age or wire life printed?
How long wire and terminals last depends on the boat, the sailing and the climate, and insurers and riggers set their own limits. Write theirs on page two and judge your rig against it.
Can the masthead be checked from the deck?
Not properly. Binoculars help, but the masthead and spreader ends are best seen with the mast down or by someone going aloft safely. Leave a line blank rather than ticking what you could not see.
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