Photo: Members smile for a picture after all the boats have been cleaned and their masts dropped at the end of the 2000 season.

Decommissioning - Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Bruce Hagan Memorial Regatta

Photo: Working on the boats to dry the cushions and begin the process of decommissioning.

On the last weekend of the season, the Bruce Hagan Memorial Regatta is held on Saturday and the Fleet Decommissioning is held on Saturday.  On Sunday, club members are encouraged to come down to the docks to help with the decommissioning of the fleet.  The decommissioning work is done at North Cove.

Volunteers are also needed to bring food.  You can be creative and bring anything.  The club will provide free drinks.

Special Notes for Decommissioning

Over the past few years, we have substantially improved the quality of our fleet.  Almost all boats have been through a top to bottom reconditioning which included new awlgrip paint of the topsides and decks.

Because of this progress, the Decommissioning will focus on cleaning of the boats.  Our main goals will be to get the lazarettes & cabins, including all lockers and bunks, clean and salt free.

We will accomplish these goals by setting up teams of members to work on a specific J/24.  The suggested order or items is as follows:

1. Pump bilge dry (it will fill up again as you clean lazarettes & cabins)
2. Clean starboard lazarette, remove any debris or items inside first
3. Check that lazarette drains properly into cabin bilge, put small amount of water into lazarette to see if it drains out.  If not, clean drain hole of debris so lazarette does drain before proceeding.
4. Use hose, Simple Green and sponge to clean, be sure to get channels below lazarette cover.
5. Keep pumping cabin bilge as needed.
6. Remove gas tank from port lazarette and do same cleaning process, first making sure lazarette drains properly.
7. Clean bottom and sides of gas tank using Simple Green and taking care not to spill any gas out of vent cap.
8. Put gas tank back in lazarette.
9. Remove cushions from boat and put on deck to dry if they are wet.  Feel bottom side to determine if they are wet.  If not wet, then put cushions in forepeak for time being.
10. Remove cooler from boat, place on dock in front of boat and fill immediately with fresh water (so it does not blow overboard).
11. Remove all sheets from rope locker and place into water in cooler to begin rinsing out salt.
12. Remove rope locker from boat and clean insides and bottoms with Simple Green and sponge.  Be sure to remove any mildew.  After finishing rope locker, put rope locker back into cockpit right away.  Do not leave on dock as it sinks if it falls in water.  Very expensive!
13. Remove all bunk boards from cabin.
14. Clean all surfaces in cabin including areas below bunk boards as well as cabinets.
15. Allow boat to dry below decks.  Then reinstall bunk boards and put cushions back in place (if they are dry).
16. Remove sheets from coolers on dock and drape them over traveler bar to dry (do not drape them over the stern pulpit as they can fall off and sink).
17. Run halyards using electrical tape and yellow line.  After taking halyard out of mast, be sure to remove all black electrical tape.
18. Put halyards into fresh water in cooler to remove salt.
19. After halyards have been rinsed, drape over traveler bar to dry.  Allows halyards and sheets to dry outside overnight.
20. Once the boats are fully clean, we will begin removing the sails and booms.
21. Start by removing the bunk boards in the forepeak and placing to one side (so we can remove the mast later once sails are stored).
22. Jibs and genoas should be refolded so that the windows are not kept creased all winter.  Please fold the sails as small as possible.  Then store in their bags in the forepeak.  Mainsails can be rolled and stored in forepeak.
23. Remove the boom and store in forepeak.  Leave the boomvang on the boom.  Disconnect it from the mast.
24. The tape around the shrouds and mast boots can be removed from all boats
25. The cotter pins can be removed from the masts. 
26. Then the mast dropping crew will come in to drop the mast.
27. Remove the wind indicator and put in cabin shelf on port side.
28. Tie mast to bow and stern pulpits.

RSVP Here

Yes, I will come to help with the Decommissioning from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Boat assignments (& goodies members will bring)

Andy Zangle
tj shea, my award winning chocolchip cookies, I am bringing the judging panel this year, who will be more partial to me.
Ellen Liberty, I will bake my infamous chocolate fudge cake for the soiree
Renee Orona
Nadine Stephens, Let the competition begin TJ!   Annual Chocolate chip cookie bake-off is on!
Pat Kozu, homemade biscotti
Note from TJ Shea - Mike, Nadine and I would like to run another chocolate chip cookie cook-off at the decommissioning.  If its ok, then could you modify the web page so that members are not asked to bring anything.  (It is rather hard to eat cake and wash a boat at the same time.)  We will arrange for everything, to include contestants, judges, etc.  We could add that if they are interested, to contact one of us so that we don't have an overload of cookies. 
Lori Ruderman
Frank Hoppensteadt
Mike Blood
Noelle Toland
Isabelle Kerneuzet
Jesper Erichsen
Philippe Foucher

Thank You for your Great Help!!!!

Helpful Tools Members Can Bring:
2 adjustable crescent wrenches
Philips screw driver
Flathead screw driver
needlenose pliers
knife
Dishwashing gloves
Good quality sponge
Plastic bucket

Clothing:
Wear old clothes which you can get dirty.  Depending on temperature, be sure to bring enough clothes to stay warm (it can be chilly in the boatyard).

Decommissioning Supplies
Polypropylene Rope - Hollow Diamond Braided, order from McMaster-Carr, 3/16", #3856T14, order 200ft per boat (6000 ft in 2004)
3M Super 33+ electrical tape, order from McMaster-Carr, 66' roll #76455A12, use for  for running halyards. (20 pieces in 2004)
Sponges - Cellulose 7x4.5x2, 12.29 per pkg of 6, order from McMaster-Carr, #7356T13, (5 packages in 2004)
Simple Green Crystal Cleaner - order from McMaster-Carr, #7360T11, 24 oz spray bottle (15 bottles in 2004)

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