Spring commissioning includes:
1.
Cleaning deck and hull.
2.
Painting bottom.
3.
Oiling teak parts.
4.
5.
Waxing and polishing plastic surfaces.
Engine and gear should be checked and adjusted.
Tie her
up right
Fenders
The plastic models which can be blown up with air are very good.
A
size of at least
10 c m x 4 0 cm ( 4 " ~ 1 6 ' ' ) will give adequate protection if 3 are used on each side.
Make them fast with a bowline o r a round turn and two half hitches. Fenders should
be put out when arriving at the quay and taken in as the mooring is left. Never have
the fenders out when underway.
Lines
Suitable material for mooring lines and anchor lines are polyester (Terylene, Dacron),
polyamid (Nylon, Perlon) and polypropylene. For an anchor line long fibre Polyamid
is best, Polypropylene is least expensive. Between the anchor line and the anchor
you should use
2 to 3 metres of chain.
Polypropylene is suitable and economical for use as mooring lines but the diameter
used should be larger than a polyester o r polyamid. A
lighter line of 8 mm diametre
would be heavy enough for temporary mooring. A
large eyesplice in one end
of
the
26
www.jonesboatyard.co.uk
