Notes - SEAS O’Day 28 Operating Manual

SEAS O'Day 28 Operating Guidelines Revision 14 (5/15/2014)

NOTES:

1. The Safety Briefing to the Crew should cover the general hazards associated with sailing
such as: Watching out for the boom, holding on to hand rails when moving about, slippery
decks when wet, not relying on life lines for support, watching fingers around winches and
the traveler, not standing on companionway ladder when underway and not being forward
on deck when tacking. The briefing should also cover the location and operation of all
Safety Equipment and the boat operation including: Life Jackets, Flares, Air Horn, Manual
Horn, Charts, VHF DSC Emergency button, Emergency Tiller, Bolt/shroud Cutters, Life
Sling, Rescue Throw Rope, Throw Cushions, Fire Extinguishers, Tool Box, First Aid Kit,
Seacocks, Sea Cock Plugs, Starting & shutting down engine, Reefing Main Sail, Reefing
and Furling Jib, spare dock lines, raw water strainer, engine raw water seacock, 12 Volt DC
Breaker Panel - Running Lights, Steaming Lights, Bilge Pump, Main Battery Switch, Search
Light, Flash Light, boat poles, emergency knife.
2. The keys to the Companionway and Cockpit Locker locks are the same. Each skipper is
issued a key. Place all locks in the navigation station drawer after unlocking them. Lock up
the cockpit locker and companionway before leaving the boat.
3. During the Summer Sailing Season the Marina Dock Ramp Gate keys may be kept in a
Realtors Key Lock Box on the Marina Property. Only skippers are allowed to retrieve this
key and no non-skippers are to be given the combination information. The restrooms are
locked after office hours; a key to the Marina rest rooms is kept on the boat in the Nav
Station Drawer attached to a lanyard and float.
4. Before departure the Forward Spring Line should be unsnapped from the stanchion and
laid out on the dock behind the piling. If someone is available to hold the boat against the
dock at the dock side Shrouds, the bow-lines and Port Spring Lines can be released and
laid on the dock. The Helms-person can release the Stern Line before the boat moves back
out of the slip.
5. Departure procedures from the slip are at the discretion of the skipper taking wind and
current conditions and the Port prop walk in reverse into consideration. The skipper should
brief the crew on the planned procedure and the roe of each crewmember. From South
facing slips two methods have been successful. 1: Pull boat out of slip using stern spring
line while keeping engine in neutral then drive forward while turning boat between docks; 2:
Pull boat back several feet with stern spring line, drive boat backward in reverse between
docks toward outside wall, turn before reaching wall and drive forward out of marine.
6. Set engine speed using RPM Gauge, desired boat speed and sound and vibration of
engine as a guide. If there is vibration at high rpm, reduce rpm, if there is vibration at idle
increase throttle just slightly until vibration is reduced. As a general rule the speed under
engine power should not exceed five (5) knots. Water current strength and direction as well
as wind strength and direction impact the speed of the boat under power.
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