- Sails
We will leave our headsails on deck: #1 for light air, #3 (most likely to use) for heavy air and #4 for storm. We will attach them to the rail in their bag to protect them from the sun.
The blast reacher will probably also be up there...
Spinnakers:
We will leave the spinnakers inside the boat,* possibly one on the V-berth * since they don't weigh much and on the port quarter berth. We will bring all 4 of Elise's spinnakers. 3 light ones (old, pretty new and completely new) and a heavy one (France). Also, very soon, we will have one up...We will rig the spinnaker net and the chicken stay. The spinnaker net will be taken down on the jibes, but just attached to the rail somewhere convenient. We will keep the spinnaker sock on the port quarter berth.
The pole and the spare pole will be in the pole sleeve along the boom
Mainsails:
The main will be hosted and the trysail will be kept on the port quarter berth
- Communication Devices
The spare VHF antenna is at the pulpit
The SSB tuner will be at the stern, close to where the antenna gets into the boat
The VHF antenna is at the top of the mast. We might take a spare just in case a bird decides to sit on it again
The main SSB unit will be bolted and braced on the right-hand side of the nav table. We will have stickers with the numbers of the weatherfax stations and the emergency stations all over it. We can easily read the GPS from there so it'll be easy to give our position
The hand-held VHF will be in the waterproof grab bag
The satellite phone will be fully charged and in the grab bag
The EPIRB will be in the grab bag
The personal EPIRB will be with our night personal gear/close to our personal and safety gear
The laptop will be in a water and bullet proof sealed hardcase, attached to one of the settees with bungee cords or velcro. The laptop will sit on the nav table when in use or when being charged
The VHF is bolted onto the cabin top, inside the cabin
- Navigation Equipment
The hand-held GPS will be in the grab bag
The SF bay and CA coast charts will be in the nav table
The Ocean and Kanehoe charts will be rolled up next to the nav table behind the starboard settee
The hand-bearing compass is in the nav table
The starfinder and almanach, reduction tables and universal plotting sheets will be in the nav table
The divider, compass, rulers and other various navigation instruments are in the nav table
The rules of the road, flag table and nav lights recap are in the nav table
Tricolor nav lights are sitting at the top of the mast
Spare (regular) nav lights are at deck level
Emergency hand-held nav lights are under the sink
The anchor ball and motoring cones are under the sink
The weather faxes will be received via the SSB and viewed on the computer
My blog entries will probably come from the satellite phone
My watch will be firmly attached around my wrist
The magnetic compasses are on the bulkhead in the cockpit
The NKE instruments are to the right of the starboard compass
The TakTik is mounted on the mast
The autopilot is fitted below deck with the commands with the rest of the NKE instruments (compass, depth sounder, speedo) and we can carry a wireless remote as well
The barometer is on the port bulkhead
- Other emergency items
The mirror will be in the grab bag
The flares will be in the waterproof sealed hard case specifically designed for flares
The personal strobe will be attached to our lifejackets
Our sailing knife will be in our pocket with us on deck
The boat knife will be by the sink
The emergency epoxy will be in the emergency drawer
Whistle will be attached to our lifejackets
Tethers will be either attached to our lifejackets or hung over lines designed for this purpose and running over the port settee
Our lifejackets have in-built harnesses
Our spare lifejackets will be stored around the MOB tube along the port-side quarterbirth. We will have one type I spare PFD each
A spare harness will be next to this spare PFD
A harness to go aloft will be next to the spare sailing harness (for tethers)
The tow line will be under the port settee
The engine will be attached to the stern post under the cockpit, alongside its mount
The emergency water bladders will be velcro'ed to resined-in light planks of wood at the head of each quarter berth
The gas tanks will be attached to the stern pulpit on both sides
The emergency auto pilot will be attached behind the engine to the engine post along with its electrical cable
The emergency tiller will be next to the emergency autopilot
The emergency rudder will be attached to the stern of the boat ready for deployment
The banding tool will be sitting between the two quarterberths
Some of the first aid kit will be in the safety drawer, some in the grab bag. The grab bag will be right at the beginning of the starboard quarterberth, ready to be pulled out
Fenders will be stowed as far behind as possible, wherever they fit...They won't need to be accessed for a couple of weeks...
The anchor will be stowed under the starboard settee
The stove will be at the V-berth, port-side bulkhead
The main bucket will be at the central "head" location
The second emergency bucket will be behind the engine and will contain cleaning equipment
We don't know yet where the liferaft is going to go...somewhere on deck. Maybe stern pulpit, maybe down in the cockpit ahead of the traveler
Flash light will be in the nav table
Spot light will be under the sink
Horseshoe will be mounted to the stern pulpit
Lifesling + strobe + drogue + man overboard pole will be mounted to the stern pulpit and fitted inside its stern tube
The phone numbers to the Hawaii and SF Coast Guards will be in the grab bag and the nav station
The phone numbers of every single doctor I know around the world will be in the nav station and the grab bag (always good to have someone up at any time of day and night)
The paddle and the boat hook will both be attached to the rail with quick release knots
Through-hull plugs are next to the throughhull holes under the V-berths (Elise has only two of those, for the speedo...)
The others are stored in the safety drawer
Nav table and drawers will be velcro'ed close
The plexiglas double-companionway hatch has lanyard and shackles with quick release to keep them in place
We are thinking of fitting a 'L' shape device through the sliding cabin top hatch so it can be closed and opened from both outside and inside (so we don't get trapped inside)
The forward hatch will be dogged (may be open on really calm days to air out the boat a bit...)
The flare box will be tied to the port settee behind the leecloth (we will be sitting on the starboard side only...)
- Food
2 bowls stored at the same place. Anti-slip mats are there too
American flag, protest flag and StFYC burgees are also stowed there. (we use France as a French flag)
camping cutlery will be stowed there
Camping pots and pans will be stowed under the sink
Plastic plates will be stowed in the sink
Hot flask will be stowed in the sink (we can boil hot water at the beginning of the night and have hot tea or soup all night long without having to use the stove again!)
The kettle will be stowed on the stove, secured with a bungee cord when not in use
We will pack our regular meals in sealed waterproof ziplock bags, organize by day. We will store the last day at the bottom and the most recent days up on top. They will be stored under the quarterberths (and on the port-side quarterberth). The ones we need to access next will be within arm's length. We can move the whole pack forward as time goes by.
We will have a cooler box up on deck (attached with a lanyard) that will contain the snacks of the day: energy bars, nuts, fruits, beef jerky for Nathan, dried snap peas for me, etc...
We will stow the wine bottle next to the anchor wrapped in rags. We will tape the corkscrew to the shelf along the port bulkhead
We won't be using the stove very often and each time, we will make sure that there is enough air flow to make sure that no toxic gas remain below deck
- Water
We will store a lot of bottles of water in the cooler and additional water under the quarter berth
The rest of the water we will be using will be all around the boat
- Spare Parts and repair equipment
One of the spare spinnakers may be sitting on top of the port settee kept in place with a lee cloth
The spare lines will be wrapped around the MOB tube as the regular lines are today (the regular lines will be rigged on deck for the duration of the trip)
The light spinnaker lines and the second set of spinnaker lines will be at that place as well, as well as tag lines
The spare boat hat will be there
Spare sailing gloves will be in the safety drawer
Rigging, mast, duct and electrical tape will be under the nav table, alongside lube, saws and blades and boltcutters
Sail tape will be under the nav table
Instrument and winch covers will be under the port settee
The toolbox will be under the starboard settee, forward of the anchor
Some tools will be stored on the top compartment of the flares box
Spare batteries will be in the nav table and under the starboard settee next to the toolbox - some in the nav table
"toilet" bags, empty garbage bags and ziplock bags will be stowed at the V-berth
Sail ties are in the blue pockets next to the nav table as are the spare regular 14-16' electrical cable spools
- Electricity Devices
Cables will be run through holes and under floorboards
Electrical panel for the NKE system is along the port-side settee (the flux gate is in-between the two berths below deck)
We will place the biggest solar panel at the stern and the two long ones most likely along the lifeline on each side (where they are least likely to get damaged by lined, etc...and probably upright to protect them from lines, etc...Maybe one facing in each direction. It would be great to have the ones on the side able to pivot so we can try to catch as much of the sun as possible every time...Maybe in the future, we can think about wind power. That could even work at night.
We should certainly be able to run the autopilot during the day as the battery depletion rate won't be greater than the replacement rate with the big solar panel...but at night, not sure yet!
- Personal Gear
Our foulweather gear, current gear (gloves, hat, etc...) will be on the port settee and hanging off lines
The mirror is right by the nav table
The portable shower will be stowed in the sink
Comfy mattress will be on the starboard quarter berth (where we will sleep) as well as the boat cushions, unless in use on deck
headlamps will be hanging off that nice port-side line...
Toilet paper is stowed under the V-berth
Kitchen towels stowed next to the sink (around the "faucet")
We might push out the full garbage bags all the way to the stern (it's out of the way, but it's also right where our head will be when we will be sleeping, might not smell super good...
And finally, I will put foam (or some of these dinghy air pockets) at the stern and at the bow to provide additional buoyancy. I sank once and I don't want to sink twice. It is actually also a safety measure. If you can stay on your boat, it will be much safer than if you are drifting in a liferaft some place.
If we have time, might fit some marine loudspeakers around the stern pulpit and find some kind of audio device...iPod-like...I guess AM waves travel pretty far too.
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