We divide the chores into two groups: Those that can or must be done while we are in the water, and those that must be done after we haul out and move off the boat. Some chores are necessary to maintain the boat's systems in good order while we are gone, for instance putting preservative in our watermaker. Some are just routine maintenance, and we use this time each year to perform them. And finally, many chores are simply getting everything clean and (more or less) tidy for our return.
We don't overdo the latter. The boat is always pretty cluttered while we are gone, since so many things that normally live outside are brought inside for storage (e.g. sails). Plus, boatyards are dusty places, and that dust will accumulate inside and out while we are gone.
This year we had 46 items on the to-do list, 33 of which are pre-haul, and the rest post-haul. This isn't quite complete, since we always remember important things to do that never made it onto the list. We have allotted five days in the water, and two days in the yard to complete all this. We will move off the boat as soon as we haul, so that means two nights in a hotel.
Our cruising friends think this is packing way too much into a too limited time. We certainly don't have any time for sightseeing, etc., while we're working. But we prefer to get it over with. The transition between boat life and land life is pretty disruptive, and we are eager to get it behind us.
Anyway, here's our list for 2015:
| Clean & Stow Dinghy | 17-Mar |
| Fill Diesel | 17-Mar |
| Add Additive to Diesel | 17-Mar |
| Check water in starter battery | 17-Mar |
| Stow MOM-8 and Lifesling | 18-Mar |
| Stow flags | 18-Mar |
| Reset Solar Charge Controller | 18-Mar |
| Pull Solar Panel fuse | 18-Mar |
| Tie off D400 | 18-Mar |
| Oil Screen Hinges | 19-Mar |
| Clean Bilge | 19-Mar |
| Final Rinse of Wetsuits & BCs | 19-Mar |
| Launder towels & Rugs | 19-Mar |
| Final Polish Stainless | 19-Mar |
| Unbend Sails | 19-Mar |
| Meet with yard manager | 19-Mar |
| Fog outboard, drain gas lines & carb | 20-Mar |
| Store Running Rigging | 20-Mar |
| Copies of Boat Papers | 20-Mar |
| Papers, Credit Card Info to Office | 20-Mar |
| Flush heads with fresh water | 20-Mar |
| Remove Davis lift on outboard | 20-Mar |
| Pickle Watermakers | 20-Mar |
| Stow Liferaft | 21-Mar |
| Install Hatch Covers | 21-Mar |
| Remove & clean BBQ grid | 21-Mar |
| Vacuum Lockers | 22-Mar |
| Replace roach tablets | 22-Mar |
| Clean Heads | 22-Mar |
| Change oil in Honda | 22-Mar |
| Drain Honda gas lines & carb, oil cylinder | 22-Mar |
| Food Storage | 22-Mar |
| Pack Suitcases | 22-Mar |
| Close LPG valve | 23-Mar |
| Oil cockpit table and stow | 23-Mar |
| Drain seawater inlets & strainers | 23-Mar |
| Clean shower strainers | 23-Mar |
| Disconnect starter battery | 23-Mar |
| Remove Canvas | 23-Mar |
| Keys to office | 24-Mar |
| Clean Galley | 24-Mar |
| Vacuum | 24-Mar |
| Stow clothing | 24-Mar |
| Lower Dining Table | 24-Mar |
| Empty water tanks | 24-Mar |
| Stand up cushions | 24-Mar |
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