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Charter Ship Check-In Checklist
Charter Ship Check-In Checklist
Oded Shir-On

Charter Ship Check-In Checklist

Professional marine surveyors can do away with pen-and-paper and use this customizable digital checklist to certify a boat's seaworthiness and generate complete reports. Items in this boat inspection checklist can be modified and made specific to the surveyor's firm's best practices. Reference guides, annotated images, and electronic signatures are also easily appended to this digital boat inspection checklist.

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Free Charter Ship Check-In Checklist Checklist

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Title Page

  • Conducted on

  • Location

  • Prepared by

  • Ship's Registered Name

  • Ships Model

  • LOA - Length Over All

  • Mast high from DWL - Design Water Level

  • Beam

  • Draft

  • Ship's License Number

  • Ship's Port of Registration

  • Hull Identification Number

GENERAL EXTERNAL CHECK

  • Disconnect the shore power cable

  • Switch on the refrigerator

  • Switch on all the electric power consumers

  • External VHF Antena

  • Wind direction indicator

  • Wind gauge

  • Radar reflector

  • Stays are complete, all the safety pins are complete, and in places

  • The railing is complete and stable

  • All hatches and windows are complte and can be closed

  • Sprayhood and/or Bimini are complete

  • Gangway board and ropes to tie it to the ship

  • Cockpit table

  • Checked hull for evidence of damage or repairs

  • Checked stern for evidence of damage at water level and below

ENGINE CHECK

  • Oil level

  • Water level

  • The belt is tide and stretch

  • General check during engine running

  • Seawater exhaust

  • Leaks

  • Vibrates

  • Engine battery charging

  • Gear check forward and backward

  • Prop walk

  • Increasing RPM in neutral gear

  • Manual engine shutdown

  • Priming handle location

  • Take a picture of the engine hour meter

ANCHOR SYSTEM

  • Check the connection between the anchor, chain, rope, and the hull

  • Secure the anchor by tying it to a stable spot on the ship

  • Winch test by downloading and lifting the anchor

  • Shutdown the engine

  • Try to operate the anchor winch with a turned-off engine

  • Operate?

  • Manual operation of the anchor winch, and check the suitable handle

  • The length of the anchor chain in meters

  • What is the marking system on the chain?

  • Operating the quick-release system

  • Location of the anchor winch fuse breaker

BATTERIES & ELECTRIC PANEL

  • Location of all batteries

  • Consumers

  • Engine

  • Thrusters

  • Consumer's batteries with electric load is 12-14V

  • Engine starter battery is 12-14V

  • Familiar with all switches and main electric panel

  • Location of all main switches

  • Consumers

  • Engine starter

  • Thrusters

  • Solar panels

  • No damage

  • Charging the batteries

  • 12V and USB sockets are working properly

  • 220V sockets are working properly

PUMPS

  • Location of the electric bilge pump

  • Check manual status

  • Switch to automatic status and float is working

  • Location of the manual bilge pump and it's handle

  • Location of the dipping electric pump

  • Check the operation of the pump

  • The water pump is working properly

  • In bathrooms

  • In toilets

  • In kitchen

  • The seawater pump is working properly in the kitchen sink

  • Showers and toilets pumps are working properly

INSTRUMENTS

  • Depth gauge: from where does it measure?

  • Speedometer

  • GPS or Plotter

  • Locks on satellites

  • Check language

  • Compass

  • Test the VHF by establishing communication with other ships or any radio station

  • Autopilot

  • Thrusters

  • Bow thruster

  • Stern thruster

LIGHTS

  • Navigation lights

  • Port side - Red light

  • Starboard side - Green light

  • Stern - White lite

  • Steam light

  • Anchoring light

  • Interior lights

  • All cabins

  • Salon

  • Showers

  • Toilets

  • Cockpit

SHOWERS & TOILETS

  • Water is going down in all lavatory seats

  • PositionCheck leaks from all taps

  • Boiler location and operation

HOLDING TANKS

  • Way of operation - opening and closing

  • Instructions and rules - Where should the holding tanks be closed and where be opened

  • Appoint a crew member to be responsible for operating the holding tanks

SEACOCKS

  • The location of all seacocks including depth & speed gauges

  • Total number of seacocks

STOVE & OVEN

  • Check that the stove and oven are working properly by lighting them on

  • Gas valves

  • Location of the gas valve in the kitchen

  • Location of the gas valve in the stern

  • Location of the extinguishing blanket

  • Two full gas tanks

BOOKS CHARTS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

  • Naval charts with the coverage of the sailing area

  • Pilot book

  • Binocular

  • Bearing compass

  • Divider

  • Parallel ruler

  • Pencil

  • Eraser

  • Sharpener

DINGHY

  • The dinghy is proper and not loosing air

  • Pump

  • Paddles

  • Repair kit

  • Rope to secure the engine to the ship and/or to the dinghy

  • Strings to secure the paddles to the dinghy

  • Rope for tying the dinghy to the shore

  • Operate the external engine

  • The engine and jerrycan are fully fueled

  • Fuel mixture is

  • Emergency breaker

EQUIPMENT

  • First aid bag

  • Location

  • Life jackets

  • Number of pcs?

  • Inflatable harness

  • Number of pcs.

  • Sailing tethers

  • Number of pcs.

  • Life raft

  • Hydrostatic release system

  • Painter

  • Pyrotechnics location

  • Smoke

  • Parachute

  • Flare

  • Boat hook

  • Toolbox

  • Spare parts

  • Winch handles

  • Flashlight

  • Sticklights

  • Spare bulbs

  • Flags

  • Day signs

  • Plastic backet

  • Horn

  • Signaling mirror

  • Stays cuter

  • Tiller

  • Sea anchore

  • Ladder to the water

  • Wood kleins

  • Mask & snorkel

  • SART

  • EPIRB

  • Replacement anchor

  • Replacement VHF antenna

  • Water hose with adapters

  • Screen covers

  • Quantity

  • Shore power cable

  • Fire extinguishers

  • Quntity

  • Fenders

  • Quantity

  • Fans in cabins

  • Pillows, Blankets, towels, and sheets - number of sets

  • Cooking and dining stuff for all crew members

STRINGS & ROPES

  • Check that there are at least five ropes to tie the ship to the shore

  • Check that there are at least three ropes of 50 meters each

  • Check that there are a few short strings to tie and secure equipment to and in the ship

SAILS

  • Lazy pack is complete and able to be losed

  • Open the main sail, depending on the wind direction

  • Open jib sail, depending on the wind

  • Learn and know all the strings and ropes of the sails

  • Mark all the spinlocks

  • Learn and know the main sail reefing system

  • Check the completeness of all strings, ropes, and knotes

DRINKING WATER

  • Find and sign water tank nozzles

  • Key for the water nozzles

  • Check and learn how to change and switch between the two water tanks

  • Work with one water tank at a time

  • Know the places for water refills along your journey

  • Learn to operate the water boiler

  • Check the capacity of the water tanks

  • Liters

FUEL

  • Find and sign the fuel tank nozzle

  • Key for the fuel tank nozzle

  • Learn and know the places of the fuel valve and the redundant ale

  • Learn and know the place of the fuel tank

  • Check that the fuel tank is full

  • Capacity of liters

  • Location of the gas station before check-out

GENERAL

  • Ship's documents and keyes

  • Check the refrigerator that it can build up a cold box

  • Check batteries level

  • Consumers volts

  • Engine starter volts

  • Conect Shore power cable

  • Check charging indicator

  • Generator operating

  • Oil leel

  • Fuel

  • Air-condition operating

Charter Ship Check-In Checklist
Oded Shir-On

Charter Ship Check-In Checklist

Professional marine surveyors can do away with pen-and-paper and use this customizable digital checklist to certify a boat's seaworthiness and generate complete reports. Items in this boat inspection checklist can be modified and made specific to the surveyor's firm's best practices. Reference guides, annotated images, and electronic signatures are also easily appended to this digital boat inspection checklist.

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