annual maintainence/walkthrough checklist checklist

[Bruce Colley]

looking for an annual maintainence/walk through checklist someone else has for a twin engine boat. hopefully in excel, something you step through methodically to make sure all systems are working properly,

 

[Stee6043]

Not even a please or thank you? Man I must be getting old...

 

[sbw1]

Not even a please or thank you? Man I must be getting old...

Have you seen the ad with two guys at the mailbox? One guy asks his neighbor to get him three bids for roof work and have them back in a week?

 

[Phasma]

Manners.... Manners.... MANNERS people... work with me will ya???
Gimme gimme gimme

 

[Phasma]

We aren’t trying to be rude Bruce. A lot of us are just old school. You wouldn’t believe the total number of years experience on here. Most are even wore out....lol. If you keep your posts in a way that you would normally interact with friends you will typically get more help than you can imagine. Ya don’t want to get on the “that guy” list...lol

 

[Bruce Colley]

My apologies you are right a little courteous goes along way, so humbly I ask for some help, and offer a please and thank you in advance.

 

[Phasma]

I tried to u-load an Excel spreadsheet but it kept telling me it wasn’t an allowed extension

 

[Bruce Colley]

Totally understand I didn’t take it in a bad way, sometimes a gentle reminder is needed for all of us. I wrote the post rushing out the door boat part shopping as I just picked Jonny boat on Friday and just checking to see what mess I got myself into. Bought a partial project one engine ran the other didn’t seen the starter smoke, no props, so trying to get in the best shape I can starting right with a binder owners manual log book, expenses logs etc, serial numbers all of it, going to start off slowly and organized. So any assistance is greatly appreciated. I have lots of years experience on fishing boats but this is a whole different beast, twin engines etc,

 

[Phasma]

The following is a spreadsheet from a couple of years ago. It’s more for end of year but you will get the picture:

Done Day of Pull Out
Wash boat
clean A/C strainer
pull batteries from clock, dingy lights, alarm clock, sound machine
Vacuum hold, deck, engine area - dog hair
Add Stabil to gas - if not added with gas before
Drain water and hot water
Pull water hoses - take home
defrost beer frig.
Wash garbage can & put on boat
Defrost refrigerators / take food home / brace open after moved
take port aft line off before moving boat (both lines)
take power cords and lines - put on boat or take home?
Take towels/bedding home
Put umbrella on boat
Clean out A/C condensate sump
Wash boat under rub rail when out - take brush & bucket
Take brush home to dry out
Last week
Wash/wax dock box
Put any liquids in dock boxes on boat or take home
Clean bilge
Wash & wax as much as possible
Condition Strata glass
Wash non-skip surfaces with "black streak" remover
Wash inside deck
Wash head floor/walls
clean groove in front window w/swifter etc.
Take manuals, power pack, cloths box, etc home
Mid September
Wash/condition vinyl seats
Clean grill
Take grill home
Wax cockpit areas as appropriate
Pull dingy motor
Pull dingy

Wash dingy
Take dingy home
Get gas and add Stabile
Change oil on boat
Once in storage
Wax below rub rail
Vac out excess water from bilge/next to bilge, etc.
Disconnect batteries
Distribute Damprid after boat moved - Gally, aft, front bed, head
Wax as much as possible if not done last weekend
Vac any remaining dog hair
Prepare bottom paint
Apply new bottom paint

 

[Phasma]

Center of list blank spot was a reference for to the Admiral. In the interest of staying out of trouble I removed it....lol

 

[Little Ducky]

Manuals, Manuals, Manuals.

Some great maintenance list's in the Engine, Outdrive and Generator manuals...... along with the general Sea Ray owners manual.

 

[Bruce Colley]

little ducky I downloaded the owner manual and i agree very informative, but could you possible direct me to engine, drive, etc manuals.

 

[Bruce Colley]

Thanks Phasma for you list, greatly appreciate

 

[Little Ducky]

little ducky I downloaded the owner manual and i agree very informative, but could you possible direct me to engine, drive, etc manuals.

Grab the serial numbers off your engine cover(s) and post them up.

Best way to do that is to take a nice picture of them so you can zoom in once downloaded. Mine were hard to read until doing so.

There are a few resources online where you can download the entire engine and outdrive manuals for free.

Knowing the S/N will direct you to the correct manual.

If you want to see what a manual looks like just click the link to the manuals I've collected from online or received from other CSR members for my boat. #24 is the engine manual and #14 is the outdrive manual.