Preparing for your inspection

Preparing for your inspection

  You have been working all winter and spring on your yacht preparation using the NOR and OSRs as a checklist.  You have done some sailing practice, demonstrated the effectiveness of you emergency rudder and your crew has participated in several “quick stop” MOB drills. You have just a few more items to complete before you are ready to sail to Kaneohe.  At this point you are likely ready to let your inspector know your situation and to make an inspection appointment.

Once you have an inspection appointment there are a few things you can do to make your inspection most efficient.  First and foremost please remember that your inspector is a volunteer, and is there as a resource to assist you in your preparation.  He or she is an experienced sailor and has sailed in the Pacific Cup in the past (and is possibly sailing this year).  The inspection is a courtesy to assist you in fulfilling your yacht preparation responsibility.

  First download the following documents:

  Skipper's Combined Certification (below)

Crew Resume (one copy for each crewmember) (below)

2008 Pacific Cup Inspection Report (below)

Energy Plan

  1.                  Have each of your crewmembers complete the crew resume.  A representative sample of your crew is adequate for your inspection.  The final crew resumes will need to be turned in by the Skippers Meeting. 

2.                  If you have not done so, create an energy plan for your passage and make a copy to for your inspector.

3.                  Complete as best you can the Skipper’s Combined Certification including crewmembers signatures.  If there are requirements of the OSRs or NOR that remain to be completed or equipment not yet available (this is likely the case, and is ok) make a list of these and the expected completion dates and attach a copy to this certification.  You will be required to certify that these have been completed prior to the start.

4.                  Make copies of all certificates from outside services, for your life raft, EPIRB, MOM, etc.

5.                  The Inspection report has several sections that need to be completed by the person responsible for preparing the yacht.  This also needs to be signed.  The inspector will use this form to document and report on the results of the inspection and to note any additional requirements remaining to be completed.

  With the above items complete you will be ready for inspection day.  The Inspection Report contains instructions for preparing the boat on inspection day.  In general the inspector will want to see all the required equipment and will go through the NOR and OSR requirements as they apply to your particular yacht.  Your yacht should be as close to ready to start as possible with heavy items secured etc.

  You can expect to have a few items inspected upon your arrival in Kaneohe.  This inspection will occur immediately upon your yacht being secured to the dock.  Again remember your inspectors are volunteers and at that time they may be as sleep deprived as you might be, so courtesy is essential, also the inspector will be all that stands between you a Mai Tai, Lei and dry land.  The Kaneohe Inspector may check any item(s) required by the OSR or NOR.  However it is likely they will be most interested in items that were not complete at the time of the mainland inspection, and performance related items.  For instance if both anchors and your storm sails disappeared in a freak giant squid encounter you had better have clear video of the thieving squid and two other racing yachts as witnesses.

 
Mahalo,

 
Skip Ely

Chief Inspector