Checklists/Standing Orders

In response to a question on the Latitides and Attitudes forum I’m posting the document I use on Scamper for standing orders and for emergency checklists.  I stole some great ideas from this page that is attributed to John Neal’s website, which I originally found on the Lats and Atts forum. 

I also made up a single page that contains Scamper’s accomodation plan with arrows pointing to various emergency and safety gear.  I have both of these documents, along with the VHF mayday procedures, posted at the nav station.

Crew overboard
  Shout "crew overboard" to alert everyone
  Throw cushions
  Hit "MOB" button on GPS
  Everyone not specifically doing something must keep an eye on MOB
  Disable autopilot
    Lift tensioner
    Hit "standby" button
  Head into wind
  Toss LifeSling
  Circle MOB
  Free winches
  Release mainsheet
  Free main halyard, mainsail will drop
  Check carefully for lines in the water before starting engine
  Engine idle in neutral
  Drop boarding ladder but don't open gate until necessary
  Use spinnaker halyard for lift if necessary, route to cockpit primary winch.

Flooding below decks
  Slow the boat and get it level
  Taste water, if it is fresh there is no danger.
  Make sure electric bilge pump is on (switch on panel over nav station)
  Get bucket out of starboard cockpit locker
  Don't bail to cockpit (cockpit drains could be letting water in)
  Get bilge pump handle out of port cockpit locker
  Close all through hulls except engine intake and electric bilge pump outlet (both on starboard
    side of engine compartment) unless they are the cause of the problem
  Use wood plugs if a through hull has failed
  Use cushions, locker covers, sails, or towels to shore up a crack

Fire
  Shut down blower
  Shut down engine
  Stop boat
  Locate extinguishers
  If fire is aft crew gathers on foredeck after moving dinghy from stern, otherwise gather in cockpit

Grounding
  Drop sails/stop boat
  Locate deep water
  Check for lines in the water
  Engine at idle in neutral
  Check for damage/flooding

Heavy weather
  Secure deck
  Coil halyards
  Stow loose gear
  Latch cockpit lockers
  Latch anchor locker
  Seal head vent
  Seal engine dorades
  Secure dinghy
  Secure cabin
  Stow loose gear
  Close seacocks (except engine intake)
  Lock stove gimbal
  Stow stove top
  Latch icebox lid
  Latch locker tops
  Latch companionway ladder
  Stow table, secure tops
  Secure lamp
  Check bilge
  Close cabin vent
  Close and dog foredeck hatch
  Life jackets/harnesses
  Fill thermos w/hot water

Standing orders
  Log entries every hour
  Check to make sure head is secure (not filling)
  Harness on deck after dark and whenever a reef is tucked in
  Always keep a 360 degree lookout, includes looking astern
  Monitor a change in wind or weather
  At least two crewmembers on deck for sail change

  On watch change
    Communicate course, vessels, lights or land, in sight
    Understand the sail plan
    Tidy sheet and halyard tails
    Check bilge
    Look at engine
    Check gauges

  Alert skipper (wake him up if necessary) if:
    Lights, ships, or objects are sighted
    You notice approaching weather, lightning, or dark clouds to windward
    Increase in windspeed or change in direction
    Unidentifiable sounds
    If in doubt at any time for any reason