Circumnavigation To-Do List

No better way to keep myself honest with my circumnavigation prep, than to publish my current To-Do list for all to see and critique. I’ll keep this updated as I cross things off. If I haven’t checked anything off in awhile, feel free to post a comment about how lazy I’m being.

Misc Prep List

  • Apply for new Passport (old one out of visa pages)
  • Purchase camera equipment + laptop protection (11/26/16 – Tamrac Nagano)
  • Purchase Ocean Signal PLB1

Boat Prep List (1970 Hallberg-Rassy 33)

  •  Electrical (24 October 2017)
    • Install Blue Sea DC Breaker Panel (August 2017)
      • Re-Label (10/11/17)
    • Install Blue Sea AC Breaker Panel (August 2017)
      • Install AC Outlet (August 2017)
      • Rewire Shore Battery Charger (July 2017)
      • Re-Label (10/11/17)
    • Install Rule 2000 Bilge Pump (+new hose & thru-hole) (9/24/2017)
    • Install Rule 600 Bilge Pump
    • Install Vesper XB-8000 AIS (9/26/2017)
    • Install Standard Horizon GX2200 (July 2017)
      • Female connector on antenna cable (9/26/2017)
    • Re-wire Garmin GPS441s (9/26/2017)
    • Wire Charging Locker (9/26/2017)
    • Install Iridium Go! (October 2017)
      • Power
      • External Antenna
    • Install new LED lighting
      • Cabin
        • Main (July 2017)
        • Galley (July 2017)
        • Chart table (9/26/2017)
      • Running
        • Fore starboard/port
        • Stern
      • Head (August 2017)
      • V-Berth
        • Port side
        • Starboard side
    • Electrical Generation/Storage
      • Install new GC2 batteries (August 2017)
      • Install solar panels (10/9/2017)
        • Electrical (October 2017)
        • Mount
      • Install Aquair 100
        • Electrical
        • Mount
    • Wire Mast Lighting
      • Anchor Light
      • Foredeck Light
      • Steaming Light
    • Sound system
      • Install Head unit
      • Install cabin speakers
        • Fore
        • Aft
      • Install cockpit speakers
      • Install selector switch
  • Rigging/Auxiliary (10/26/2017)
    • Install Hydrovane (September 2017)
    • Install new gooseneck (10/11/17)
      • Adapter 10/5/17
      • Gooseneck (10/11/17)
    • Sort dinghy retention (10/24/2017)
    • Install outboard mount
    • Install Lewmar Self-Tailing Winches
    • Install mast sheaves (10/24/2017)
    • Loft
      • Third reef on mainsail
    • Perkins 4-108 (10/26/2017)
      • Diesel leak
        • Teflon on fittings
        • Test
      • Water leak
        • Rebuild Jabsco Pump
        • Test
      • Oil leak
        • Replace/reseat crankshaft seal
        • Test
      • Install new panel (10/25/2017)
        • Tachometer
        • Water temperature
        • Oil Pressure
        • Voltage
        • Starter Switch
        • Decompression
    • Borg Warner Velvet Drive
      • Slipping in forward
        • Check/fill fluid level
        • Test
  •  Deck/exterior (10/9/2017)
    • Sand all wood
    • Varnish cabin sides
    • Oil cockpit wood + toe rail
    • Replace portlights
    • Overhaul rudder/tiller shaft output
  • Ground Tackle
    • Install deck pipe
    • Install Lofran Royal windlass
    • Splice anchor chain to line
  • Cabin
    • Retrofit kerosene burners into stove
    • Plumbing
      • Fresh
        • Install new fresh water pump
        • Install new fresh water lines
        • Install new galley faucet
      • Raw
        • Install Perko Strainer
        • Galley faucet
          • Install new Whale Flipper pump
          • Install electric booster pump
        • Install Pur 40E desalinator
          • Plumbing
          • Electrical
        • Install washdown pump (10/10/17)
          • Plumbing (10/10/17)
          • Electrical (10/10/17)
    • Install Nature’s Head composting toilet
      • Lower head platform
      • Run fan power
      • Run exhaust hose
    • Install Engel Fridge
      • Slider
      • Electrical

Deferred

  • Install Roller Furling
  • Luff tape + sacrificial strip on jibs
  • Install inner forestay
  • Spreader Lights
    • Diagnose inoperation
  • Replace masthead antenna
    • Install Windex
  • PSS Shaft Seal
    • Install Vent

2 Comments

  1. Fred
    January 10, 2017 at 3:26 am — Reply

    Where did you learn to do all this? By yourself?

    • Jacob
      January 10, 2017 at 8:13 am — Reply

      Hello Fred – Yes I learned this on my own. I grew up in a desert racing family and for this reason became very comfortable around mechanical/electrical systems, and separately taught myself to work on computer hardware/software. Although I only recently became involved in sailboats, I found that things come naturally. There was a steep learning curve with the vernacular (e.g. stay, chainplate, tabernacle, windlass, stanchion, etc) but their engineering made sense once the scope was understood.

      It also helped to only have junk cars early in life…I was forced to [constantly] work on them myself (in my family, driving was a privilege not a right). I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in a situation which prepared me for this undertaking.

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