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 Clean hull thoroughly.
 Touch up boot and cove stripe where required
 Wax topsides
 Check installation of anodes. Refer to your to your engine manual for care and maintenance of
anodes.
Interior:

Charge and inspect batteries. (NOTE: Batteries are shipped from our plant with only partial
charge.)
 Check hose clamps on ALL thru-hull hoses and tighten as required. Check that engine and head
have been de-winterized and that all drain plugs are in place.
 Check oil level in engine and transmission.
 Boats with pedestal steering: Emergency tiller fitted and tested; Rudder gater checked for leakage
with boat underway.
 Flush bilge area thoroughly with fresh water and run pumps to flush out excess building dust
which settled during the shipping of the boat.
 Clean bilge pump and sump pump strainers. (This will need to be done quite often in the first
several weeks)
Mast Stepping:
 Attach upper shrouds loosely.
 Attach backstay, leave turnbuckle extended.
 Chock mast in partners. Refer to SPARTITE instruction for procedure.
 Tighten the mast tie down rod(s) if necessary.
 Attach headstay to stem fitting.
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Use either main halyard or main boom topping lift to measure from side to side in vessel and
tighten upper shrouds so masthead is centered in boat. Before final tightening of upper shrouds,
check that proper upward angle of the spreaders has been maintained and go aloft to correct if
needed
 Tighten backstay turnbuckle.
 Tighten lower shrouds so mast is straight athwartships.
 Tighten intermediate shrouds.