Linda and I were at a weekend “how to maintain your boat” seminar a few weeks ago, given by a local marine surveyor/rigger.
One of the best practices he recommended was to create a diagram of your boat showing all of the thruhulls and seacocks. It’s a good aid to remember where everything is (the systems and seacocks are often behind bulkheads or in the bilges). I had my ipad with me (taking notes) and was able to quickly bring up this diagram. Of course, mine was a little over the top compared to what he was recommending. Anything worth doing is worth doing to an extreme.
I made it when we first got the boat, mainly as a way of learning the boat and getting organized. And although I now know where everything is located, the crew often does not. We keep a laminated version on board as well.
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