Maintenance Guide; Pre-Use Maintenance; Monthly Maintenance; Seasonal Maintenance - Catalina 250 Owner's Manual

Catalina 250 Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE GUIDE

PRE-USE MAINTENANCE:

RIGGING
1. ____ Inspect turnbuckles - adjust, if necessary.
2. ____Inspect clevis pins and cotter pins.
3. ____Visually inspect spreader tips and other areas where sails may chafe during sailing; replace
tape as necessary
4. ____Halyards free and not tangled.
5. ____Inspect mast hardware attachment bolts; tighten as required.
HULL AND DECK INSPECTION
1. _____Tiller moves freely, gudgeons and pintles tight.
2. _____Bilge's and compartments are dry.
3. _____Through hulls, hoses and clamps, OK.
4. _____Check running lights.

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE

RIGGING
1. _____ Inspect chain plates; fastenings and bolts; tighten as necessary.
2. _____ Inspect blocks, shackles and coffer pins.
3. _____ Check rigging tune, rigging wire condition.
4. _____ Check turnbuckles and locking pins.
HULL AND DECK
1. _____ Check cockpit drains, clear debris.
2. _____ Inspect hull valves, open and close freely.
3. _____ Winches turn freely, lubricate as per manufacturer's recommendations.
4. _____ Clean and wax gel coat surfaces as necessary.

SEASONAL MAINTENANCE:

RIGGING
1. _____ Mast head pins and sheaves turn freely.
2. _____ Spreader tips and bases mast fittings.
3. _____ all shroud terminations and swedged fittings.
4. _____ Gooseneck assembly and boom assembly.
5. _____ Mast, boom and spreaders cleaned and waxed.
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