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X-Dimension vessel documentation

2014-04-11T15:06:38Z

Bussolari: /* Document Images */

''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:PHRFNE_Certificate_KGYWPF-2014_14-04-11.pdf | PHRF-NE 2014 Certificate]]
* [[Media:XD_Certificate_of_Documentation.pdf | X Dimension Certificate of Documentation]]

File:PHRFNE Certificate KGYWPF-2014 14-04-11.pdf

2014-04-11T15:05:44Z

Bussolari: 2014 New England PHRF Certificate for X Dimension

2014 New England PHRF Certificate for X Dimension

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T17:02:31Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here:[[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/a/a5/Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf]]

The courses can be found here:[[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/3e/Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf]]

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T17:01:20Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here:[[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/3e/Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/a/a5/Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf]]

The courses can be found here:[[Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf‎]]

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T17:00:37Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here:[[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/3e/Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/a/a5/Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:[[Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf‎]]

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:59:45Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here:[[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/3e/Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:[[Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf‎]]

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:59:01Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here:[[Link title]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:[[Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf‎]]

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:57:36Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:[[Rogue_Courses_2013.pdf‎]]

File:Rogue Courses 2013.pdf

2013-09-17T16:56:53Z

Bussolari:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:56:31Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎ [[Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:55:55Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:‎[[Preset_Rogue_Start_Times_2013-2.pdf‎]]

The courses can be found here:

File:Preset Rogue Start Times 2013-2.pdf

2013-09-17T16:55:08Z

Bussolari:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:54:26Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" racing series, sponsored by the Constitution Yacht Club begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:

The courses can be found here:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:53:54Z

Bussolari:

Our formal bluewater racing season is over, but an informal "rogue" series begins on 25 September and goes through 30 October. This is a pursuit format where each boat is given a start time based on their handicap.

It's a great opportunity to come out and see what bluewater racing is all about. The last race on October 30 is in costume followed by a party (in true rogue style, last year, most boats abandoned the course short of the windward mark to get to the party early). If you have a current sailing card, please sign up for one or more of the races on the MIT Sailing web site. Some bluewater experience is desirable and we will include as many as we can during the series.

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

The table of start times can be found here:

The courses can be found here:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:53:36Z

Bussolari:

Rogue Racing Series

2013-09-17T16:52:05Z

Bussolari:

Our Letter of Marque can be found here: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/8/87/Letters_of_marque_10_edited.pdf]]

File:Letters of marque 10 edited.pdf

2013-09-17T16:50:48Z

Bussolari:

Bluewater

2013-09-17T16:48:07Z

Bussolari: /* Orientation and Education */

'''Welcome to the MIT Bluewater Sailing Wiki'''

Please visit the [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/ MIT Bluewater Sailing] page for general information about the coastal sailing program at MIT. This wiki is used as a reference and administrative tool.

== Administration ==

[[Contact Info]] - pavilion staff, MITNA skippers, SeaTow emergency, local marinas

[[Systems Status]] - current status of systems on the boat

[[Task List]] - ongoing list of things that need to be done

[[Shopping List]] - things needed for the boat

== Technical Info ==

[[X-Dimension_systems | Systems Descriptions]] - detailed enumeration of systems

[[Safety Requirements]] - official requirements for equipment aboard the boat

[[X-Dimension_vessel_documentation | Vessel Documentation]] - U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Documentation, registration, license, PHRF-NE Certificate

[[X-Dimension_documents | Documents]] - tabulation of technical documents, user manuals, and other reference materials

[[X-Dimension_inventory | Inventory]] - what is on the boat and where is it stowed

[[X-Dimension_history | History]] - boat construction, history, previous owner

== Orientation and Education ==

[[Departure_checklist | Departure Checklist]] - things to do before you get underway

[[Return_checklist | Return Checklist]] - things to do before you leave the boat

[[Standard_operational_procedures | Standard Operational Procedures]] - various operational best practices

[[Winterization]] - things to make the boat secure for the winter

[[De-Winterization]] - things to make the boat ready for the sailing season

[[Maintenance]] - regular maintenance activities

[[Radio Channels in Boston Harbor]] - useful channels to know

[[Bluewater Ratings]] - ratings and skills

[[Sailing Terminology]] - just when you thought you knew English

[[Offshore Sailing Course]] - IAP 2013

[[Rogue Racing Series]] - September 25 to October 30, 2013

== Bluewater History ==

These are previous MIT Nautical Association bluewater boats:

*''X-Dimension'' - C&C 43 -- '''Thanks to David Collins '59 !!''' -- Built 1973; sailed at MIT 2011-present.

*[[nevermore | ''Nevermore'']] - Tartan 37 -- '''Thanks to Ralph Reis '48 !!''' Built 1980; sailed & raced at MIT 2007-2010.

*''Hermes'' - San Juan 24 -- Sailed at MIT at least 1984 - 1989

*''Aleida'' - Hinckley 38 -- '''Thanks to Albert Hopeman '34 -- !!''' Built 1970; sailed at MIT 1981-2005, raced 2001-2005.

These are the tracks and notes from various bluewater trips and events:

*[[xd_event_history | X-Dimension]]

*[[Nevermore_Trips | Nevermore]]

*[[Aleida_History | Aleida]]

== Links ==

[[Links|Web Links]] to vendors, boating organizations, official regulations, terminology, and various instructional sites.

[[wikiinfo|Wiki Info]] - how to use the bluewater wiki

X-Dimension engine maint log

2013-08-22T20:50:27Z

Bussolari:

Feb-May 2013

An extensive engine maintenance program was carried out to address:

Lube Oil leaks:
 
Both the front and rear crankshaft oil seals were replaced. The timing cover gasket was replaced as well. As of 6-May-2013 there is still a slight oil leak from the timing cover.

Fuel Oil leaks:
 
The lift pump was replaced. The O-rings in the injector pump sealing the throttle and cut-off shafts were replaced. The cut-off lever was reversed so that the T-handle is now pulled to stop the engine.

Filters:
 
The lube oil filter was changed from a cartridge filter to a spin-on filter. The new spin-on mount needed the fabrication of a 2-inch aluminum spacer (Thanks Keith W.!). The primary fuel oil filter was mover from the bottom of the stbd cockpit locker to the port side of the engine compartment (under the stairs). The primary fuel filter element was changed from a 30-micron filter to a 10-micron filter (the same size as the secondary fuel filter mounted on the engine) so that a clogged filter will be easy to change (assuming the first filter will become clogged first). The secondary fuel filter element was replaced.

Also:
* The Jabsco raw water pump was rebuilt (new lip seals), and the impeller replaced.
* Intake and exhaust valves adjusted.
* The copper tube assembly of the Bowman heat exchanger was flushed with Simple Green (no real build-up of scale noted). The rubber boots were replaced.
* Engine idle and anti-stall body adjusted.
* Prop aligned
* Throttle and transmission shift cables replaced.
* Various hoses replaced.

21 August 2013

Severe fuel leak developed at interface between fuel governor and injector pump. Two hold-down bolts on governor had loosened and the gasket failed. This note is to document how the fuel governor is removed.

The governor is located on top of the injector pump. It is a casting that contains both the throttle and cut-off shafts and is tucked under the engine heat exchanger on the port side of the engine. Removing the governor is made difficult by the tight clearance between the top of the injector pump and the engine heat exchanger and the numerous fuel lines that pass through the area. The following is the procedure:

* Remove the throttle pushrod from the throttle lever (the lever on the outboard side of the governor).
* Loosen the fuel line that is on the top of the injector pump, just forward of the governor.
* Loosen the large fuel line that is on the port side of the injector pump.
* Remove the engine cutoff pushrod from the lever on the inboard side of the governor.
* Remove the safety wire from the two hold-down bolts on the top of the governor.
* Using a 1/4" box wrench, loosen and remove the two hold-down bolts on the top of the governor.
* Pull the throttle shaft from the governor and set it aside.
* Lift the governor and, moving the fuel lines as necessary, rotate the governor 90 degrees clockwise as viewed from the top.
* Tilt the governor top outboard and lift to disengage the vertical shaft from its socket in the injector pump.
* If possible, reach under the governor to lift the spring-loaded vertical shaft up to gain more clearance.
* Remove the governor and set it aside.
* To reinstall the governor, both the throttle and engine cutoff control shafts must be inserted.
* Note: the

X-Dimension engine maint log

2013-08-22T20:34:31Z

Bussolari:

X-Dimension documents

2013-07-17T11:45:08Z

Bussolari: /* FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY */

* GENERAL DATA and DISCUSSION
** [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']], dated Aug 2011 Previous owner's information about many of X-Dimension's systems and advice for sailing her. This report intermixes various helpful hints concerning various deck hardware, electrical circuitry, machinery, and other systems.
** [[X Dimension QUESTIONS to Manual of Useful Info | QUESTIONS to above ''Manual of Useful Info'']] questions and assumptions about the above document, to ask prior owner about and/or to research aboard.

== POWER TRAIN ==

* Engine Manuals:
** Perkins Parts Book: hardcopy and PDF, generated on engine serial #ED70058U630095P, dated 2011/10/14 (i.e., when document was ordered), 122 pp; pdf file dated 2011/11/14 (i.e., when PDF made from H/C). Note that this is a computer-generated manual that looks like its definining data is in a parts-breakdown database; the list data are related to drawings of engine assemblies, but they may not be strictly correct drawings for any particular engine.
*** Ordered via Kraft Power Corp., Woburn, MA, 781-938-9100 x 2251, Shawn
*** ThomS is not putting the PDF on the wiki until Perkins approves doing so, because the manual states that we can't duplicate material without prior permission of Perkins. Kraft Power Corp is requesting this permission.
*** Until we see how well this manual identifies parts and relates them to what we see on the engine, the older manuals we've found on the web are considered POSSIBLE sources of info about our engine.
** Engine Tech Manual: [http://www.bluemoment.com/manuals/Perkins-4.107_4.108_4.99-WorkshopManual.pdf Engine Workshop Manual for 4.108 Diesel Engine] dated 1983, Pub. 601 SER 0383 1072, 114 pages.
*** note 1: This manual provides some information of use to sailors operating the engine and transmission and troubleshooting them from "outside" the units. However, it also contains a lot of data for mechanics who are dis-assembling and overhauling or repairing internal parts which are not applicable to operation or the ship's maintainers.
*** note 2: Perkins has been subsumed by Caterpillar and others, and we can't get info directly from Perkins. Our local representative, KraftPower, Woburn, confirmed that the 1983 manual was the last printing before our circa 1989 engine was installed (it was "new in 1989" per the donor's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf | "Useful Info"] manual, and was manufactured in 1987 per the serial number. 
** web: 1981: [http://www.capedory.org/manuals/Perkins4-108M_PartsBook.pdf "Core and Option Parts Book"], NAP000265 Issue 1, October 1981; Perkins Engines Inc, North American Division, 4.108 M; 106 pages
** web: 1975:[http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/Perkins4-108/4-108parts.pdf (no title)] dated 1975, NAPB#54, 41 pages (of unknown # of pages in complete document); this partial manual is referenced by several non-dealer websites, usually indicated as "(partial)", gets into 16th of 22 sections.
*** note 1: These manuals are helpful in locating parts pictorially and giving their names (thus a hint at their function) for 20 different related group of parts. Although many of these parts are of interest only to mechanics overhauling engines, SOME parts are of great interest to users of the engine.
*** note 2: removed, replaced by note 4 below.
*** note 3: The 1975 version PDF file only has 15-1/2 of the 22 groups of parts listed in the contents page; ones we see which we obviously want include electrical equipment, wiring harness, throttle control kit, instrument panel, temp & oil-press transmitters, etc.
*** note 4: We requested revision info and availability of this manual from Kraft Power, but are informed that a published manual is not available; they are now made specifically from the serial numbers embossed on the engine.
TODO: Disambiguate our notes about the two TYPES of parts-lists above; the 1975 list is a more "classic" parts list, whereas the 1981 "Core and Option Parts" book has drawings of many parts WITHOUT coding them, and some parts WITH coding, because they seem to be identifying only the parts identified by a particular modification.
 

* Transmission Manuals:
** [[Media:x_dim-PRM_Delta_gearbox-shop_manual_1996.pdf | PRM DELTA MARINE GEARBOX Workshop Manual]]: revision: Pub No Delta Man/3/96; manufacturer: Newage Transmissions Limited, Coventry, England.

== ELECTRONICS ==
:: Manuals available online for several electronics devices are listed in X Dimension's [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_systems#Electronics | Systems Description] section; more complete descriptions of hardcopies (aboard) and web-resident versions (often newer versions) will be entered into THIS document list.

* '''GPS:''' Garmin 541 Chartplotter GPS (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead)
** Owners Manual (detailed operations):
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual, May 2009, p/n 190-01074-00 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_OwnersManual.pdf], May 2010, p/n 190-01230-10 Rev.A
** Quick Reference Guide:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide; May 2009, p/n 190-01074-01 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide:[http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_421s_QuickReferenceGuide_EN_.pdf], May 2009, 190-01074-01 Rev.A
** Installation manual:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions, Sep 2009, 190-01074-02 Rev.B, 12 pages (8.5x11 sheets stapled)
*** web: TBF

* '''MULTI-DISPLAY:''' Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead) (displays numeric, gauge, or graph formats via NMEA network)
** Operating Instructions
*** h/c: No hard-copy aboard
*** web: none listed by [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin]
** Quick Start Manual
*** h/c: GMI 10 Quick Start Manual, p/n 190-01015-01, Rev.A
*** web: [http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/GMI10_quickstartmanual.pdf Quick Start Manual for Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument]: June 2009, p/n 190-01015-01 Rev.B, 20 pp.
*** We note that this "quick start" manual contains 16 pages of what looks like operating instructions.
** Installation Instructions
*** h/c: GMI 10 Installation Instructions, Jan 2008, 190-00892-02 Rev.B + xerox single sheet, page 6, appears to be same as Jan 2008 web copy, but (as of Feb 2012) haven't proofed it in detail
*** web: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GMI10_Installation_Instructions-S_N19wxxxxxx.pdf GMI 10 Installation Instructions], 2008, p/n 190-01892-02 Rev.B NOTE: [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin] lists 2 install manuals, for unit S/N 19Wxxxx (C/R 2008) or S/N 1Y3xxxxxx (C/R 2000)

* NAVMAN instruments (navigation and/or sailing) mounted in starboard cockpit bulkhead are not used, and are only there to fill the holes in the bulkhead

== FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY ==

First Aid Kit Inventory: [[Media:X-Dimension_first_aid.pdf]]

Medical Kit Inventory: [[Media:X-Dimension_medical_list.pdf]]

== DOCUMENT REFERENCES NOT PLACED YET ==

*TEMPORARY LIST OF NON-ELECTRONIC DEVICES' DOCUMENTS ABOARD:

* Max-Prop Instruction book, distrib in USA by PYI, Edmonds, WA 98020 206-670-8915/8918 
**CANNOT OPEN BOOK, water soaked and pages stuck together, some printing already lost QUESTION: what is size, etc., of our prop
* SAILTEC hydraulic backstay adjuster
** Owner's Guide and Warranty, 2 pp memo form, not dated (good operations info); Sailtec, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 920-233-4242, sailtec@juno.com; Model 108I Serial# 050041, c.1986 warranty info
* Harken MKII Jib Reefing & Furling System - Unit 2, Oct 1994
** Instruction Manual
*** note: penned-in data: back page: pin-to-pin headstay length (ref page 8) is 59-ft 07-in
*** note: found pdf on web for [http://www.harken.com/pdf/FurlingManuals.php Mark III and above], but not Mark II (is discontinued); Harken shows how to [http://www.harken.com/charts/identify.php identify your model] and its unit sizes
* Refrigerator - Adler / Barbour
** Installation & Operating Manual, doc version Dec 1998, 36 pp, 8.5x11 stapled
* Power Inverter, PROwatt 800
** Owner's Manual, Ver 1.0 (not dated)
* External Voltage Regulators [for] conventional battery system
** QUESTION: who is manufacturer?
** Owners Manual, Feb 1999; "Mod 23-40; 14v, 150 amp SAE, 130 amp @ 200F
* Stove, Gourmet Galley Range - Installation, 3 pp; Doc ENG-0037 Rev.B

* Bilge Pumps
** deep forward bilge:
***Jabsco Electric, Model 34600-0000 12v, revised Mar 2005
**** datasheet: [http://www.pumpagents.com/pdf/JabscoPumps/34600-0000.pdf pump-agent]
*** float-switch TODO: identify its float switch
** shallow aft bilge:
*** Rule model 25S Automatic Bilge Pump, 500 GPH

* Marine Toilet, Manual, Jabsco
** head model 29090-2000 (compact bowl & seat, NOTE: don't confuse with 29120-2000 household size)

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Bussolari: /* FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY */

* GENERAL DATA and DISCUSSION
** [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']], dated Aug 2011 Previous owner's information about many of X-Dimension's systems and advice for sailing her. This report intermixes various helpful hints concerning various deck hardware, electrical circuitry, machinery, and other systems.
** [[X Dimension QUESTIONS to Manual of Useful Info | QUESTIONS to above ''Manual of Useful Info'']] questions and assumptions about the above document, to ask prior owner about and/or to research aboard.

== POWER TRAIN ==

* Engine Manuals:
** Perkins Parts Book: hardcopy and PDF, generated on engine serial #ED70058U630095P, dated 2011/10/14 (i.e., when document was ordered), 122 pp; pdf file dated 2011/11/14 (i.e., when PDF made from H/C). Note that this is a computer-generated manual that looks like its definining data is in a parts-breakdown database; the list data are related to drawings of engine assemblies, but they may not be strictly correct drawings for any particular engine.
*** Ordered via Kraft Power Corp., Woburn, MA, 781-938-9100 x 2251, Shawn
*** ThomS is not putting the PDF on the wiki until Perkins approves doing so, because the manual states that we can't duplicate material without prior permission of Perkins. Kraft Power Corp is requesting this permission.
*** Until we see how well this manual identifies parts and relates them to what we see on the engine, the older manuals we've found on the web are considered POSSIBLE sources of info about our engine.
** Engine Tech Manual: [http://www.bluemoment.com/manuals/Perkins-4.107_4.108_4.99-WorkshopManual.pdf Engine Workshop Manual for 4.108 Diesel Engine] dated 1983, Pub. 601 SER 0383 1072, 114 pages.
*** note 1: This manual provides some information of use to sailors operating the engine and transmission and troubleshooting them from "outside" the units. However, it also contains a lot of data for mechanics who are dis-assembling and overhauling or repairing internal parts which are not applicable to operation or the ship's maintainers.
*** note 2: Perkins has been subsumed by Caterpillar and others, and we can't get info directly from Perkins. Our local representative, KraftPower, Woburn, confirmed that the 1983 manual was the last printing before our circa 1989 engine was installed (it was "new in 1989" per the donor's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf | "Useful Info"] manual, and was manufactured in 1987 per the serial number. 
** web: 1981: [http://www.capedory.org/manuals/Perkins4-108M_PartsBook.pdf "Core and Option Parts Book"], NAP000265 Issue 1, October 1981; Perkins Engines Inc, North American Division, 4.108 M; 106 pages
** web: 1975:[http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/Perkins4-108/4-108parts.pdf (no title)] dated 1975, NAPB#54, 41 pages (of unknown # of pages in complete document); this partial manual is referenced by several non-dealer websites, usually indicated as "(partial)", gets into 16th of 22 sections.
*** note 1: These manuals are helpful in locating parts pictorially and giving their names (thus a hint at their function) for 20 different related group of parts. Although many of these parts are of interest only to mechanics overhauling engines, SOME parts are of great interest to users of the engine.
*** note 2: removed, replaced by note 4 below.
*** note 3: The 1975 version PDF file only has 15-1/2 of the 22 groups of parts listed in the contents page; ones we see which we obviously want include electrical equipment, wiring harness, throttle control kit, instrument panel, temp & oil-press transmitters, etc.
*** note 4: We requested revision info and availability of this manual from Kraft Power, but are informed that a published manual is not available; they are now made specifically from the serial numbers embossed on the engine.
TODO: Disambiguate our notes about the two TYPES of parts-lists above; the 1975 list is a more "classic" parts list, whereas the 1981 "Core and Option Parts" book has drawings of many parts WITHOUT coding them, and some parts WITH coding, because they seem to be identifying only the parts identified by a particular modification.
 

* Transmission Manuals:
** [[Media:x_dim-PRM_Delta_gearbox-shop_manual_1996.pdf | PRM DELTA MARINE GEARBOX Workshop Manual]]: revision: Pub No Delta Man/3/96; manufacturer: Newage Transmissions Limited, Coventry, England.

== ELECTRONICS ==
:: Manuals available online for several electronics devices are listed in X Dimension's [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_systems#Electronics | Systems Description] section; more complete descriptions of hardcopies (aboard) and web-resident versions (often newer versions) will be entered into THIS document list.

* '''GPS:''' Garmin 541 Chartplotter GPS (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead)
** Owners Manual (detailed operations):
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual, May 2009, p/n 190-01074-00 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_OwnersManual.pdf], May 2010, p/n 190-01230-10 Rev.A
** Quick Reference Guide:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide; May 2009, p/n 190-01074-01 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide:[http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_421s_QuickReferenceGuide_EN_.pdf], May 2009, 190-01074-01 Rev.A
** Installation manual:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions, Sep 2009, 190-01074-02 Rev.B, 12 pages (8.5x11 sheets stapled)
*** web: TBF

* '''MULTI-DISPLAY:''' Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead) (displays numeric, gauge, or graph formats via NMEA network)
** Operating Instructions
*** h/c: No hard-copy aboard
*** web: none listed by [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin]
** Quick Start Manual
*** h/c: GMI 10 Quick Start Manual, p/n 190-01015-01, Rev.A
*** web: [http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/GMI10_quickstartmanual.pdf Quick Start Manual for Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument]: June 2009, p/n 190-01015-01 Rev.B, 20 pp.
*** We note that this "quick start" manual contains 16 pages of what looks like operating instructions.
** Installation Instructions
*** h/c: GMI 10 Installation Instructions, Jan 2008, 190-00892-02 Rev.B + xerox single sheet, page 6, appears to be same as Jan 2008 web copy, but (as of Feb 2012) haven't proofed it in detail
*** web: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GMI10_Installation_Instructions-S_N19wxxxxxx.pdf GMI 10 Installation Instructions], 2008, p/n 190-01892-02 Rev.B NOTE: [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin] lists 2 install manuals, for unit S/N 19Wxxxx (C/R 2008) or S/N 1Y3xxxxxx (C/R 2000)

* NAVMAN instruments (navigation and/or sailing) mounted in starboard cockpit bulkhead are not used, and are only there to fill the holes in the bulkhead

== FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY ==

First Aid Kit Inventory: [[Link title]]

Medical Kit Inventory: [[Media:X-Dimension_medical_list.pdf]]

== DOCUMENT REFERENCES NOT PLACED YET ==

*TEMPORARY LIST OF NON-ELECTRONIC DEVICES' DOCUMENTS ABOARD:

* Max-Prop Instruction book, distrib in USA by PYI, Edmonds, WA 98020 206-670-8915/8918 
**CANNOT OPEN BOOK, water soaked and pages stuck together, some printing already lost QUESTION: what is size, etc., of our prop
* SAILTEC hydraulic backstay adjuster
** Owner's Guide and Warranty, 2 pp memo form, not dated (good operations info); Sailtec, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 920-233-4242, sailtec@juno.com; Model 108I Serial# 050041, c.1986 warranty info
* Harken MKII Jib Reefing & Furling System - Unit 2, Oct 1994
** Instruction Manual
*** note: penned-in data: back page: pin-to-pin headstay length (ref page 8) is 59-ft 07-in
*** note: found pdf on web for [http://www.harken.com/pdf/FurlingManuals.php Mark III and above], but not Mark II (is discontinued); Harken shows how to [http://www.harken.com/charts/identify.php identify your model] and its unit sizes
* Refrigerator - Adler / Barbour
** Installation & Operating Manual, doc version Dec 1998, 36 pp, 8.5x11 stapled
* Power Inverter, PROwatt 800
** Owner's Manual, Ver 1.0 (not dated)
* External Voltage Regulators [for] conventional battery system
** QUESTION: who is manufacturer?
** Owners Manual, Feb 1999; "Mod 23-40; 14v, 150 amp SAE, 130 amp @ 200F
* Stove, Gourmet Galley Range - Installation, 3 pp; Doc ENG-0037 Rev.B

* Bilge Pumps
** deep forward bilge:
***Jabsco Electric, Model 34600-0000 12v, revised Mar 2005
**** datasheet: [http://www.pumpagents.com/pdf/JabscoPumps/34600-0000.pdf pump-agent]
*** float-switch TODO: identify its float switch
** shallow aft bilge:
*** Rule model 25S Automatic Bilge Pump, 500 GPH

* Marine Toilet, Manual, Jabsco
** head model 29090-2000 (compact bowl & seat, NOTE: don't confuse with 29120-2000 household size)

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Bussolari: /* FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY */

* GENERAL DATA and DISCUSSION
** [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']], dated Aug 2011 Previous owner's information about many of X-Dimension's systems and advice for sailing her. This report intermixes various helpful hints concerning various deck hardware, electrical circuitry, machinery, and other systems.
** [[X Dimension QUESTIONS to Manual of Useful Info | QUESTIONS to above ''Manual of Useful Info'']] questions and assumptions about the above document, to ask prior owner about and/or to research aboard.

== POWER TRAIN ==

* Engine Manuals:
** Perkins Parts Book: hardcopy and PDF, generated on engine serial #ED70058U630095P, dated 2011/10/14 (i.e., when document was ordered), 122 pp; pdf file dated 2011/11/14 (i.e., when PDF made from H/C). Note that this is a computer-generated manual that looks like its definining data is in a parts-breakdown database; the list data are related to drawings of engine assemblies, but they may not be strictly correct drawings for any particular engine.
*** Ordered via Kraft Power Corp., Woburn, MA, 781-938-9100 x 2251, Shawn
*** ThomS is not putting the PDF on the wiki until Perkins approves doing so, because the manual states that we can't duplicate material without prior permission of Perkins. Kraft Power Corp is requesting this permission.
*** Until we see how well this manual identifies parts and relates them to what we see on the engine, the older manuals we've found on the web are considered POSSIBLE sources of info about our engine.
** Engine Tech Manual: [http://www.bluemoment.com/manuals/Perkins-4.107_4.108_4.99-WorkshopManual.pdf Engine Workshop Manual for 4.108 Diesel Engine] dated 1983, Pub. 601 SER 0383 1072, 114 pages.
*** note 1: This manual provides some information of use to sailors operating the engine and transmission and troubleshooting them from "outside" the units. However, it also contains a lot of data for mechanics who are dis-assembling and overhauling or repairing internal parts which are not applicable to operation or the ship's maintainers.
*** note 2: Perkins has been subsumed by Caterpillar and others, and we can't get info directly from Perkins. Our local representative, KraftPower, Woburn, confirmed that the 1983 manual was the last printing before our circa 1989 engine was installed (it was "new in 1989" per the donor's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf | "Useful Info"] manual, and was manufactured in 1987 per the serial number. 
** web: 1981: [http://www.capedory.org/manuals/Perkins4-108M_PartsBook.pdf "Core and Option Parts Book"], NAP000265 Issue 1, October 1981; Perkins Engines Inc, North American Division, 4.108 M; 106 pages
** web: 1975:[http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/Perkins4-108/4-108parts.pdf (no title)] dated 1975, NAPB#54, 41 pages (of unknown # of pages in complete document); this partial manual is referenced by several non-dealer websites, usually indicated as "(partial)", gets into 16th of 22 sections.
*** note 1: These manuals are helpful in locating parts pictorially and giving their names (thus a hint at their function) for 20 different related group of parts. Although many of these parts are of interest only to mechanics overhauling engines, SOME parts are of great interest to users of the engine.
*** note 2: removed, replaced by note 4 below.
*** note 3: The 1975 version PDF file only has 15-1/2 of the 22 groups of parts listed in the contents page; ones we see which we obviously want include electrical equipment, wiring harness, throttle control kit, instrument panel, temp & oil-press transmitters, etc.
*** note 4: We requested revision info and availability of this manual from Kraft Power, but are informed that a published manual is not available; they are now made specifically from the serial numbers embossed on the engine.
TODO: Disambiguate our notes about the two TYPES of parts-lists above; the 1975 list is a more "classic" parts list, whereas the 1981 "Core and Option Parts" book has drawings of many parts WITHOUT coding them, and some parts WITH coding, because they seem to be identifying only the parts identified by a particular modification.
 

* Transmission Manuals:
** [[Media:x_dim-PRM_Delta_gearbox-shop_manual_1996.pdf | PRM DELTA MARINE GEARBOX Workshop Manual]]: revision: Pub No Delta Man/3/96; manufacturer: Newage Transmissions Limited, Coventry, England.

== ELECTRONICS ==
:: Manuals available online for several electronics devices are listed in X Dimension's [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_systems#Electronics | Systems Description] section; more complete descriptions of hardcopies (aboard) and web-resident versions (often newer versions) will be entered into THIS document list.

* '''GPS:''' Garmin 541 Chartplotter GPS (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead)
** Owners Manual (detailed operations):
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual, May 2009, p/n 190-01074-00 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_OwnersManual.pdf], May 2010, p/n 190-01230-10 Rev.A
** Quick Reference Guide:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide; May 2009, p/n 190-01074-01 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide:[http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_421s_QuickReferenceGuide_EN_.pdf], May 2009, 190-01074-01 Rev.A
** Installation manual:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions, Sep 2009, 190-01074-02 Rev.B, 12 pages (8.5x11 sheets stapled)
*** web: TBF

* '''MULTI-DISPLAY:''' Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead) (displays numeric, gauge, or graph formats via NMEA network)
** Operating Instructions
*** h/c: No hard-copy aboard
*** web: none listed by [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin]
** Quick Start Manual
*** h/c: GMI 10 Quick Start Manual, p/n 190-01015-01, Rev.A
*** web: [http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/GMI10_quickstartmanual.pdf Quick Start Manual for Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument]: June 2009, p/n 190-01015-01 Rev.B, 20 pp.
*** We note that this "quick start" manual contains 16 pages of what looks like operating instructions.
** Installation Instructions
*** h/c: GMI 10 Installation Instructions, Jan 2008, 190-00892-02 Rev.B + xerox single sheet, page 6, appears to be same as Jan 2008 web copy, but (as of Feb 2012) haven't proofed it in detail
*** web: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GMI10_Installation_Instructions-S_N19wxxxxxx.pdf GMI 10 Installation Instructions], 2008, p/n 190-01892-02 Rev.B NOTE: [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin] lists 2 install manuals, for unit S/N 19Wxxxx (C/R 2008) or S/N 1Y3xxxxxx (C/R 2000)

* NAVMAN instruments (navigation and/or sailing) mounted in starboard cockpit bulkhead are not used, and are only there to fill the holes in the bulkhead

== FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY ==

First Aid Kit Inventory: [[Link title]]

Medical Kit Inventory: [[X-Dimension_medical_list.pdf]]

== DOCUMENT REFERENCES NOT PLACED YET ==

*TEMPORARY LIST OF NON-ELECTRONIC DEVICES' DOCUMENTS ABOARD:

* Max-Prop Instruction book, distrib in USA by PYI, Edmonds, WA 98020 206-670-8915/8918 
**CANNOT OPEN BOOK, water soaked and pages stuck together, some printing already lost QUESTION: what is size, etc., of our prop
* SAILTEC hydraulic backstay adjuster
** Owner's Guide and Warranty, 2 pp memo form, not dated (good operations info); Sailtec, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 920-233-4242, sailtec@juno.com; Model 108I Serial# 050041, c.1986 warranty info
* Harken MKII Jib Reefing & Furling System - Unit 2, Oct 1994
** Instruction Manual
*** note: penned-in data: back page: pin-to-pin headstay length (ref page 8) is 59-ft 07-in
*** note: found pdf on web for [http://www.harken.com/pdf/FurlingManuals.php Mark III and above], but not Mark II (is discontinued); Harken shows how to [http://www.harken.com/charts/identify.php identify your model] and its unit sizes
* Refrigerator - Adler / Barbour
** Installation & Operating Manual, doc version Dec 1998, 36 pp, 8.5x11 stapled
* Power Inverter, PROwatt 800
** Owner's Manual, Ver 1.0 (not dated)
* External Voltage Regulators [for] conventional battery system
** QUESTION: who is manufacturer?
** Owners Manual, Feb 1999; "Mod 23-40; 14v, 150 amp SAE, 130 amp @ 200F
* Stove, Gourmet Galley Range - Installation, 3 pp; Doc ENG-0037 Rev.B

* Bilge Pumps
** deep forward bilge:
***Jabsco Electric, Model 34600-0000 12v, revised Mar 2005
**** datasheet: [http://www.pumpagents.com/pdf/JabscoPumps/34600-0000.pdf pump-agent]
*** float-switch TODO: identify its float switch
** shallow aft bilge:
*** Rule model 25S Automatic Bilge Pump, 500 GPH

* Marine Toilet, Manual, Jabsco
** head model 29090-2000 (compact bowl & seat, NOTE: don't confuse with 29120-2000 household size)

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Bussolari: /* DOCUMENT REFERENCES NOT PLACED YET */

* GENERAL DATA and DISCUSSION
** [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']], dated Aug 2011 Previous owner's information about many of X-Dimension's systems and advice for sailing her. This report intermixes various helpful hints concerning various deck hardware, electrical circuitry, machinery, and other systems.
** [[X Dimension QUESTIONS to Manual of Useful Info | QUESTIONS to above ''Manual of Useful Info'']] questions and assumptions about the above document, to ask prior owner about and/or to research aboard.

== POWER TRAIN ==

* Engine Manuals:
** Perkins Parts Book: hardcopy and PDF, generated on engine serial #ED70058U630095P, dated 2011/10/14 (i.e., when document was ordered), 122 pp; pdf file dated 2011/11/14 (i.e., when PDF made from H/C). Note that this is a computer-generated manual that looks like its definining data is in a parts-breakdown database; the list data are related to drawings of engine assemblies, but they may not be strictly correct drawings for any particular engine.
*** Ordered via Kraft Power Corp., Woburn, MA, 781-938-9100 x 2251, Shawn
*** ThomS is not putting the PDF on the wiki until Perkins approves doing so, because the manual states that we can't duplicate material without prior permission of Perkins. Kraft Power Corp is requesting this permission.
*** Until we see how well this manual identifies parts and relates them to what we see on the engine, the older manuals we've found on the web are considered POSSIBLE sources of info about our engine.
** Engine Tech Manual: [http://www.bluemoment.com/manuals/Perkins-4.107_4.108_4.99-WorkshopManual.pdf Engine Workshop Manual for 4.108 Diesel Engine] dated 1983, Pub. 601 SER 0383 1072, 114 pages.
*** note 1: This manual provides some information of use to sailors operating the engine and transmission and troubleshooting them from "outside" the units. However, it also contains a lot of data for mechanics who are dis-assembling and overhauling or repairing internal parts which are not applicable to operation or the ship's maintainers.
*** note 2: Perkins has been subsumed by Caterpillar and others, and we can't get info directly from Perkins. Our local representative, KraftPower, Woburn, confirmed that the 1983 manual was the last printing before our circa 1989 engine was installed (it was "new in 1989" per the donor's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf | "Useful Info"] manual, and was manufactured in 1987 per the serial number. 
** web: 1981: [http://www.capedory.org/manuals/Perkins4-108M_PartsBook.pdf "Core and Option Parts Book"], NAP000265 Issue 1, October 1981; Perkins Engines Inc, North American Division, 4.108 M; 106 pages
** web: 1975:[http://www.alberg37.org/Project%20DB/Perkins4-108/4-108parts.pdf (no title)] dated 1975, NAPB#54, 41 pages (of unknown # of pages in complete document); this partial manual is referenced by several non-dealer websites, usually indicated as "(partial)", gets into 16th of 22 sections.
*** note 1: These manuals are helpful in locating parts pictorially and giving their names (thus a hint at their function) for 20 different related group of parts. Although many of these parts are of interest only to mechanics overhauling engines, SOME parts are of great interest to users of the engine.
*** note 2: removed, replaced by note 4 below.
*** note 3: The 1975 version PDF file only has 15-1/2 of the 22 groups of parts listed in the contents page; ones we see which we obviously want include electrical equipment, wiring harness, throttle control kit, instrument panel, temp & oil-press transmitters, etc.
*** note 4: We requested revision info and availability of this manual from Kraft Power, but are informed that a published manual is not available; they are now made specifically from the serial numbers embossed on the engine.
TODO: Disambiguate our notes about the two TYPES of parts-lists above; the 1975 list is a more "classic" parts list, whereas the 1981 "Core and Option Parts" book has drawings of many parts WITHOUT coding them, and some parts WITH coding, because they seem to be identifying only the parts identified by a particular modification.
 

* Transmission Manuals:
** [[Media:x_dim-PRM_Delta_gearbox-shop_manual_1996.pdf | PRM DELTA MARINE GEARBOX Workshop Manual]]: revision: Pub No Delta Man/3/96; manufacturer: Newage Transmissions Limited, Coventry, England.

== ELECTRONICS ==
:: Manuals available online for several electronics devices are listed in X Dimension's [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_systems#Electronics | Systems Description] section; more complete descriptions of hardcopies (aboard) and web-resident versions (often newer versions) will be entered into THIS document list.

* '''GPS:''' Garmin 541 Chartplotter GPS (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead)
** Owners Manual (detailed operations):
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual, May 2009, p/n 190-01074-00 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - owner's manual: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_OwnersManual.pdf], May 2010, p/n 190-01230-10 Rev.A
** Quick Reference Guide:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide; May 2009, p/n 190-01074-01 Rev.A
*** web: GPSMAP 400/500 series - quick reference guide:[http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GPSMAP421_421s_QuickReferenceGuide_EN_.pdf], May 2009, 190-01074-01 Rev.A
** Installation manual:
*** h/c: GPSMAP 400/500 Series Installation Instructions, Sep 2009, 190-01074-02 Rev.B, 12 pages (8.5x11 sheets stapled)
*** web: TBF

* '''MULTI-DISPLAY:''' Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument (mounted in cockpit port bulkhead) (displays numeric, gauge, or graph formats via NMEA network)
** Operating Instructions
*** h/c: No hard-copy aboard
*** web: none listed by [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin]
** Quick Start Manual
*** h/c: GMI 10 Quick Start Manual, p/n 190-01015-01, Rev.A
*** web: [http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/GMI10_quickstartmanual.pdf Quick Start Manual for Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument]: June 2009, p/n 190-01015-01 Rev.B, 20 pp.
*** We note that this "quick start" manual contains 16 pages of what looks like operating instructions.
** Installation Instructions
*** h/c: GMI 10 Installation Instructions, Jan 2008, 190-00892-02 Rev.B + xerox single sheet, page 6, appears to be same as Jan 2008 web copy, but (as of Feb 2012) haven't proofed it in detail
*** web: [http://static.garmincdn.com/pumac/GMI10_Installation_Instructions-S_N19wxxxxxx.pdf GMI 10 Installation Instructions], 2008, p/n 190-01892-02 Rev.B NOTE: [https://buy.garmin.com/support/manuals/manuals.htm?partNo=010-00687-10 Garmin] lists 2 install manuals, for unit S/N 19Wxxxx (C/R 2008) or S/N 1Y3xxxxxx (C/R 2000)

* NAVMAN instruments (navigation and/or sailing) mounted in starboard cockpit bulkhead are not used, and are only there to fill the holes in the bulkhead

== FIRST AID AND MEDICAL KIT INVENTORY ==

First Aid Kit Inventory: [[Link title]]

Medical Kit Inventory: [[Link title]]

== DOCUMENT REFERENCES NOT PLACED YET ==

*TEMPORARY LIST OF NON-ELECTRONIC DEVICES' DOCUMENTS ABOARD:

* Max-Prop Instruction book, distrib in USA by PYI, Edmonds, WA 98020 206-670-8915/8918 
**CANNOT OPEN BOOK, water soaked and pages stuck together, some printing already lost QUESTION: what is size, etc., of our prop
* SAILTEC hydraulic backstay adjuster
** Owner's Guide and Warranty, 2 pp memo form, not dated (good operations info); Sailtec, Oshkosh, WI 54901, 920-233-4242, sailtec@juno.com; Model 108I Serial# 050041, c.1986 warranty info
* Harken MKII Jib Reefing & Furling System - Unit 2, Oct 1994
** Instruction Manual
*** note: penned-in data: back page: pin-to-pin headstay length (ref page 8) is 59-ft 07-in
*** note: found pdf on web for [http://www.harken.com/pdf/FurlingManuals.php Mark III and above], but not Mark II (is discontinued); Harken shows how to [http://www.harken.com/charts/identify.php identify your model] and its unit sizes
* Refrigerator - Adler / Barbour
** Installation & Operating Manual, doc version Dec 1998, 36 pp, 8.5x11 stapled
* Power Inverter, PROwatt 800
** Owner's Manual, Ver 1.0 (not dated)
* External Voltage Regulators [for] conventional battery system
** QUESTION: who is manufacturer?
** Owners Manual, Feb 1999; "Mod 23-40; 14v, 150 amp SAE, 130 amp @ 200F
* Stove, Gourmet Galley Range - Installation, 3 pp; Doc ENG-0037 Rev.B

* Bilge Pumps
** deep forward bilge:
***Jabsco Electric, Model 34600-0000 12v, revised Mar 2005
**** datasheet: [http://www.pumpagents.com/pdf/JabscoPumps/34600-0000.pdf pump-agent]
*** float-switch TODO: identify its float switch
** shallow aft bilge:
*** Rule model 25S Automatic Bilge Pump, 500 GPH

* Marine Toilet, Manual, Jabsco
** head model 29090-2000 (compact bowl & seat, NOTE: don't confuse with 29120-2000 household size)

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Inventory of First Aid Kit

X-Dimension vessel documentation

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''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:2013_PHRF_Certificate.pdf | PHRF-NE 2013 Certificate]]
* [[Media:XD_Certificate_of_Documentation.pdf | X Dimension Certificate of Documentation]]

File:2013 PHRF Certificate.pdf

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2013 PHRF Handicap Certificate for X Dimension

X-Dimension systems

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This is an exhaustive list of X-Dimension's various subsystems.

= Specifications =

[[IMAGE:xdim-keel.jpg|thumb=Xdim-keel-150x113.png|right|Bottom in 2009]]

Specifications provided by David Collins:
<pre>
Length Over All (LOA): 43.4 ft
Waterline Length: 35.9 ft
Maximum Beam: 13.0 ft
Draft: 7.75 ft (7 ft 9 in)
(Note: original draft was 7.50 ft
but keel was modified by original owner)
Displacement: 22,000 lbs
PHRF/NE Rating: 72 base;
as sailed 2011: 87 racing, 90 cruising
Powerplant: Perkins 4-108 50hp (new in 1989)
Mast and rig: Sparcraft tapered 2-spreader /
discontinuous rod (new in 2007)
Fuel Capacity: 40 gal
Water Capacity: 80 gal
</pre>

[[IMAGE:candc_43_drawing.jpg|thumb=c&c_43_drawing_100x204.png|right|X Dimension Boat Plan]]

C&C Custom 43 specifications, but actual dimensions may differ. For example, mast was replaced in 2007 and keel was modified by previous owner, Blair Vedder. The values below should not be used without independent verification.
<pre>
Hull Type: Fin Keel
Rig Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 43.33' / 13.21m
LWL: 35.00' / 10.67m
Beam: 12.83' / 3.91m
Listed SA: 901 ft2 / 83.7 m2
Draft: 7.00' / 2.34 m
Displacement: 21314 lbs./ 9668 kgs.
Ballast: 9980 lbs. / 4527 kgs.
Designer: Cuthbertson & Cassian
Builder: C&C Yachts (CAN)
Construct.: FG
First Built: 1971
Last Built:
# Built:
RIG DIMENSIONS
I: 56.00' / 17.07m J: 18.80' / 5.73m
P: 50.00' / 15.24m E: 15.00' / 4.57m
PY: EY:
SPL: ISP:
SA(Fore): 526.40 ft2 / 48.90 m2
SA(Main): 375.00 ft2 / 34.84 m2
Total SA: 901.40 ft2 / 83.74 m2
SA/Disp: 18.83
Est. Forestay Len.: 59.07' / 18.00m
</pre>

= Rigging =

== Standing Rigging ==

=== Mast ===

* Total length of mast: 63' 11.5"
* Height of mast above deck: 57' 0.5"
* Height of lower spreader above deck: 22' 0.5"
* Height of upper spreader above deck: 41' 2.75"
* Height of foredeck light above deck: 25'
* Distance from base of mast to deck: 6' 11"
* Distance from base of mast to foredeck light: 31' 11"

=== Backstay Adjuster ===

Sailtec Integral Backstay Adjuster (Model 10SI), [http://www.sailtec.com/public/sailtec_bochure_2007.pdf brochure on web] (no operating instructions)

When sailing upwind, the backstay should be adjusted so that the piston is approximately 2 inches from the white gauge on the shaft (2" minimum). Cross check the headstay sag. In moderate winds, the headstay should have very little sag.

==Headsail Roller Furling System==

Harken Mark III (Unit Size 2)

Owners Manual can be found at [http://www.harken.com/pdf/mk3-2-4865.pdf]

== Sails Kept on the Boat==

General: The [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf Owners "Helpful Hints"]] has various advice in the pages 4-5 "Sail Control" section.

===Mainsail===

Lazy Jack Installation Manual [[Media:Lazy Jack Installation Instructions.pdf |(no title)]] for the E-Z-JAX mainsail furling system. Page 4 of this manual gives operating instructions; the rest of the manual is e.g. parts identification and installation instructions.

The mainsail is normally kept furled on the boom with a sail cover.

===Headsails===

The #3 Genoa (approximately 135%) is normally kept on the roller furler.

The #1 Genoa is a carbon-reinforced racing sail that is normally kept in the forward v-berth and used for racing.

===Spinnaker===

The Asymmetric Spinnaker is normally kept in a spinnaker bag in the forward v-berth. It is equipped with a snuffer.

Note: Spinnaker pole storage on toe-rail requires periodic checking even on sails not using spinnaker, because of its current (Sep 2011) shortened length (see [[X-Dimension_Systems_Status#Ongoing Problems | Ongoing Problems]] list.)

== Current Inventory of Sails at the Pavilion (as of 02/09/2012)==

=== Mainsails ===

Working mainsail (tied with sail ties, but not in a sail bag)

Old mainsail (in blue North Sails bag)

=== Jibs and Genoas ===

Genoa #1 (a carbon-reinforced racing sail, tied with sail ties but not in a sail bag)

Genoa #2 (in brown Sperry Sails bag labeled "new #3 Genoa") (note: This is an estimate based on the fact that the #3 Genoa is normally kept on the furler and accounted for below).

Genoa #3 (tied with sail ties, but not in a sail bag)

Storm Jib (in white sail bag with faded lettering)

=== Asymmetric Spinnaker ===

Working Asymmetric Spinnaker (in blue spinnaker bag, equipped with a snuffer)

=== Symmetric Spinnakers ===

0.5 oz Tri Radial Symmetric Spinnaker (in North Sails blue bag dated 1979)

0.75 oz Symmetric Spinnaker (in North Sails blue bag)

0.75 oz Symmetric Spinnaker (in yellow UK Sailmakers bag)

1.5 oz Star Cut Symmetric Spinnaker (in yellow sail bag)

1.5 oz Tri Radial Symmetric Spinnaker (in blue sail bag)

= Deck =

== Winches ==

[[IMAGE:xd-winches.png|thumb=xd-winches-80x168.png|right|X Dimension Winches]]

When delivered to MIT in August 2011, X-Dimension sported 16 winches. After winter refurbishment January 2012, X-Dimension has 14 winches.

<pre>
fore mast port (#1) - Barient 22
fore mast stbd (#2) - Barient 20
mast port (#3) - Barient 28
boom (#4) - Barient 10H
aft mast port (#5) - Barient 22 (made functional 19sep12; needs to be torn down and cleaned)
aft mast stbd (#6) - Barient 22
companionway port (#7) - Barient 22
companionway stbd (#8) - Meissner 27
traveler port (#9) - Barient 10P
traveler stbd (#10) - Barient 10
fore cockpit port (#11) - Barient 32 (torn down and cleaned jun12)
fore cockpit stbd (#12) - Barient 32 (partially torn down and cleaned jun12)
aft cockpit port (#13) - Barient 35
aft cockpit stbd (#14) - Barient 35
</pre>

== Companionway Hatch Removal ==

* Remove Forward Hatch Stop by removing three wood screws on the ceiling of the coach roof just forward of the companionway opening. Slide the stop out between the hatch and the coaming.

* Remove the wood screws holding the hatch rails to the hatch. All screws except the furthest forward screws will be accessible. Once these are removed, the rails may be rotated outboard and the hatch slid aft to access the last two screws. Remove the hatch.

== Traveler ==

The traveler is built of Harken "big boat" and HL (high load). The purchase is 4:1.

* track: 5 foot long Harken 32mm
* end controls: Harken 5170 with cam cleat
* car: Harken T3242B.HL

== Boom Vang ==

* The boom vang has been recently (09 March 2013) been repaired. The spring and the vang tube have been replaced. When the vang is installed, it will likely need adjusting to level the boom. This is accomplished by attaching a topping lift to the boom (the main halyard will serve this purpose well). When the weight of the boom is held by the topping lift, remove the two 10-32 allen head cap screws that are located on either side of the vang tube near where the red indicator tab is in the vang tube slot. These allen head cap screws fit into a series of threaded holes in the inner aluminum thick walled tube that carries the red indicator tab. This tube serves as the stop for the main vang spring. Raise or lower the boom until the proper threaded holes line up with the clearance holes in the outer tube and re-install the cap screws.

= Machinery =

== Power Train ==

The "Engine & Drive" section, pp. 5-6, of the previous owner's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf "Useful Info"] has some data about the power train and how to operate it.

The Perkins engine SHOP and PARTS manuals are available electronically as listed in the [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_documents "documents list"].

=== Engine ===

* Perkins 4-108 diesel (4-cyl, 50-hp), new to X-Dimension in 1989
* Serial # ED70058U630095P (mfg 1987) (ED=4.108; 70058=parts list Nr; U=mfg UK; 630095=engine S/N; P=1987)
* Heat exchanger: Bowman 3483, manuf 6/87
* Ideal operating RPM is 1800-2400. Ideal temp is about 79 degrees Cent. or ca. 175 degrees Fahrenheit. (from http://www.ftp.tognews.com/ListArchives/Engines/Engines%20(heat%20exchangers-overheating).htm 21-Jan-2013)

These Perkins manuals may be helpful:

* [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/Perkins_Marine_Diesel_Operating_Manual.pdf Perkins Marine Diesel Engines Operating Manual]
* [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/Perkins-4.107_4.108_4.99-WorkshopManual.pdf Workshop manual for 4.108 4.107 and 4.99 diesel engines]
* [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/Perkins_Engine_Partslist.pdf Perkins Parts Book]
* [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/Perkins_Engine_Wiring.pdf Perkins Engine Wiring]

[[X-Dimension_engine_pics | Pictures]] of the engine taken Jan 2013

=== Transmission ===

* Newage gearbox, approx 2001
* PRM DELTA Gearbox; P/N=DELTA20, Serial #=C913041, Work Order #=R00629 (ref. loose packing sticker aboard)
* Manual: [[Media:x_dim-PRM_Delta_gearbox-shop_manual_1996.pdf | PRM DELTA MARINE GEARBOX Workshop Manual]]

=== Coupler ===

* Bolts in coupler were replaced May 2012

=== Stuffing Box ===

* Nearly no leakage from stuffing box as of Nov 2011
* Stuffing box adjusted Jun 2012 to allow slow drip during operation

=== Cutlass Bearing ===

* Less than 1/32" play in cutlass bearing as of May 2012

=== Propeller ===

* Max-Prop feathering 2-blade propeller, 17-inch

=== Muffler ===

* Vernalift (unidentified model & mfgr) Thomasville, GA

=== Fuel System ===

* Emergency fuel cut-off: TBD
* Filler deck fixture located port toe rail
* Filler filtering: none
* Primary fuel filter / water separator : on stbd lazarette bulkhead; Racor 500 FG S/S
* Fuel inlet screen: TBD
* Primary fuel lift pump: TBD
* Fuel Tank:
** Capacity: 40-gal, giving approx 288 miles @ 2000 RPM using 0.9 gal/hour at 6.5 kt
** Material/when Installed/Replaced: TBD
* Fuel gauges:
** There is a mechanical fuel gauge located under the port main saloon bunk cushion. It is quite accurate when the boat is level.
** The electrical fuel gauge(s) are not operative as of May 2012.

=== Fluids and Filters ===

* oil filter: WIX 51305 / NAPA 1305 / FRAM CH836PL
: located aft end of engine, replaced 11jun12
* fuel filter: Racor 500FG S/S
: located in starboard lazarette, replaced 07jun12
* fuel filter: WIX 33166 / FRAM C1191A / NAPA 3195
: located starboard aft end of engine, replaced ?
* raw water filter: metal strainer
: located in starboard lazarette, cleaned 11jun12
* raw water impeller: jabsco
: located port foreward end of engine, replaced 11jun12
* engine oil: changed June 2012
* transmission oil: changed 10aug12 (approx. 19 oz diesel engine oil, as per transmission manual)
* coolant: changed June 2012

== Steering ==

=== Helm ===

* The steering wheel is trapped by the fiberglass cover in the center of the cockpit. Remove this cover to remove the steering wheel.
* The emergency tiller is a long steel bar inserted into a square hole beneath an inspection portal in the fiberglass cover aft of the helm. The tiller is kept in the starboard lazarette.

=== Rudder ===

* When hauled in Nov 2011, the rudder was saturated with water. 4 holes were drilled to drain it over the winter, then plugged in May 2012.
* The rudder was pulled Dec 2011 and the shaft repacked. Prior to this time there was a steady trickle of water entering the boat from the rudder post.

== Thru-Hulls ==

As delivered to MIT in August 2011, X-Dimension had 11 thru-hulls. 
After Winter 2011/2012 refurb, the thru-hulls are:

* port v-berth 1.5" - blackwater out
* port forward of keel 1" - greywater out
* port mid-keel 0.75" - toilet in
* stbd mid-keel 0.75" - galley seawater
* port mid-keel 2" - speed impeller
* stbd mid-keel 2" - depth transceiver (epoxied in place)
* stbd aft of keel 1.5" - galley greywater out
* stbd mid cockpit 1" - engine in
* stbd cockpit 1.5" - scuppers
* port cockpit 1.5" - scuppers
* port cockpit 1/2" at waterline - propane drain

There are two vestigial thru-hulls, one for an impeller and the other for a depth transducer. These are located just aft of the main cabin forward bulkhead, beneath the cabinets.

== Bilge Pumps ==

There are two electric bilge pumps and two manual bilge pumps. The primary electric is a diaphram pump located in the cabinet beneath the nav station. The secondary is a submersible located in the center portion of the bilge well. Float switches for these pumps are located in the bilge well. The primary manual is located in the port bulkhead of the cockpit just forward of the helm. The secondary manual is located under the floorboards of the foul weather gear locker. It can be operated without removing the floorboards.

Individual auto-manual-off controls for each electric pump are located port of the nav station. These are energized by the always-on bilge pumps breaker in the main breaker panel.

All bilge hoses exit the boat starboard of center at the transom.

See the previous owner's [http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/3/31/X_Dimension_Manual_of_Useful_Information.pdf Useful Info] writeup, page 7, section headed "Bilge Pumps" for the previous configuration.

=== Primary Electric ===

* Jabsco Model 34600-Series Electric Diaphragm Bilge Pump
* Rule-a-Matic float switch

=== Secondary Electric ===

* Rule 1500 GPH submersible bilge pump
* Rule-a-Matic float switch

=== Primary Manual ===

* Whale Gusher 10
* repair kit is West Marine part # 255658 OR 135038

=== Secondary Manual ===

* Whale
* repair kit is

=== Strum Box ===

* strum boxes are 1 1/2" West Marine part # 100729, Whale mfg. part # SB5865

== Head ==

The head is a hand-operated marine toilet unit connected to a 25 gallon expanding holding tank. The output from the toilet goes into the holding tank. From the holding tank there are two hoses, one to a pump-out fitting on the deck, the other to a thru-hull under the forward cabin sink.

The forward facing panel beneath the sink in the forward cabin can be removed for access to the thru-hull valve.

The seawater in thru-hull is located port of center under the main cabin floorboards, just aft of the mast. A small mesh strainer is located inline soon after the thru-hull valve.

The toilet is Jabsco model 29090-2000 (compact bowl & seat).

== Refrigerator / Ice Box ==

[[IMAGE:XD_compressor_1.jpg|thumb=XD_compressor_1_tn.jpg|right|Fridge Compressor (looking forward)]]
[[IMAGE:XD_compressor_2.jpg|thumb=XD_compressor_2_tn.jpg|right|Fridge Compressor (top)]]
[[IMAGE:XD_compressor_rear.jpg|thumb=XD_compressor_rear_tn.jpg|right|Compressor rear label]]

The refrigerator / ice box is located beneath the galley counter and can be accessed via two hinged hatches. There is a shelf in the refrigerator compartment that will accommodate ice blocks.

The refridgerator compressor is made by '''Alder/Barbour'''. The exact model is unknown but appears similar to the '''ColdMachine''' model.

The compressor runs on the 12V house battery and is located in the starboard lazarette outboard of the house battery box. The compressor is powered by a 15A breaker on breaker panel 2 above the galley sink. A thermostat in the ice box controls operation of the compressor.

The compressor has two blade type fuses located at the outboard aft corner:
* 15A Main
* 5A Fans

A diagnostic LED is on the rear panel; the cadence of the LED's flashing indicates the specific problem with the compressor.

See also: [[Image:Adlerbarbour manual.pdf]] Operating manual for Alder/Barbour refridgeration systems

 
== Stove ==

== Freshwater ==

= Electrical =

== 12-volt ==

=== Batteries ===

There are two independent sets of batteries on the boat. The "Starter" battery is used for starting the engine. The "House" batteries supply power to most of the rest of the electrical equipment onboard.

Both banks of batteries are charged by the alternator through an '''ARCO BI-1602 battery isolator'''.

==== Starter Battery ====

The Starter battery is a marine high-current AGM battery (not intended for deep cycle use). The battery is located in the port lazarette, next to the water heater, and under the propane tank. The starter battery is isolated by the Starter Battery Switch, currently located in the starboard lazarette, above the House batteries. (It is indended that this switch will be moved to the breaker panels above the galley sink some time in 2012.)

When the Starter Battery Switch is on, power is supplied to the following circuits through the "always on" 50 amp "Engine" breaker at the top of the galley breaker panels:

* Starter button on binnacle (connected to starter solenoid)
* HEHR voltage regulator unit
* Engine instruments in cockpit instrument panel
* Engine temperature sensors and oil pressure sensor

The Starter Battery Switch also sends power to the following circuit through the "always on" 10 amp "Fuel Pump" breaker.

* Electric inline Fuel Pump located under port settee, just aft of the fuel tank.

==== House Batteries ====

The House battery bank consists of one mixed-use (intended for starting and/or deep cycle use) AGM battery. This battery is located in the starboard lazarette, just aft of a bulkhead that separates the lazarette from the main cabin. The House battery compartment is usually covered by a white wooden tray that contains winch handles.

* Note: Prior to May 2012, two house batteries were connected in parallel. One of these two batteries was found to be unable to hold a charge, so it was removed.

The House battery bank is isolated by the House Battery Switch on the breaker panel above the galley sink. During normal operation of the boat, the House Battery Switch should be switched to the "House" position. This allows the house battery to be charged by the engine and it allows the house battery to power the various 12-volt devices through the breakers on breaker panels 1, 2, and 3.

The House battery switch should be switched to "OFF" when leaving the boat.

In an '''emergency''', the House battery could possibly be used to start the engine by switching the House Battery Switch to "Both". This will tie the House batteries and Starter battery together in parallel. It is unknown whether or not this will cause fire or explosion. Please only try this in an emergency.

In an '''emergency''' the Starter battery could possibly be used to power 12-volt devices onboard, such as the VHF radio, by switching the House Battery Switch to "2". Please only try this in an emergency.

=== Circuit Breaker and Switch Panels ===

As of August 2012, There are four circuit breaker panels above the galley sink, and one switch panel.

*'''Note''': Any circuits that are not currently connected will be labeled "N/C" with blue table at the circuit breaker.

==== Breaker Panel 4 ====

This is a "special" circuit breaker panel; '''all breakers on this panel should be left ON at all times'''.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: 10px"
| # || Name || Amps || Power Source || Notes
|-
|1||'''BILGE PUMPS''' || 25A || House Battery || Powers both bilge pumps. Bypasses the House Battery Switch
|-
|2||'''ENGINE''' || 50A || Starter Battery Switch || Powers the starter button, the engine instruments, and the alternator regulator
|-
|3||'''FUEL PUMP'''|| 10A || Starter Battery Switch || Powers the inline electric fuel pump
|}

==== Breaker Panel 1 ====

This is a "normal" circuit breaker panel in that all of the circuits are fed by the House battery switch. Panel 1 contains the circuits that are most likely to be used most of the time during sailing trips. The breaker names and their rated amperage are listed below:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: 10px"
| # || Name || Amps || Notes
|-
|1||'''NAVIGATION LIGHTS MASTER'''|| 10A ||Supplies power to the Navigation Lights switch panel (see below).
|-
|2||'''NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS'''|| 10A ||Supplies power to the Garmin GPSMap541 chartplotter, the Garmin GM10 display unit, the sonar depth sounder, and the mast wind instruments.
|-
|3||'''VHF RADIO'''|| 10A ||Supplies power to the fixed-mount VHF Radio located at the navigation station.
|-
|4||'''RADAR'''|| 5A ||Supplies power to the RADAR display unit and the RADAR antenna.
|-
|5||'''HORN'''|| 5A ||Supplies power to the horn (the button is located on the binnacle).
|-
|6||'''FRESH WATER PUMP'''|| 10A ||Supplies power to the fresh water pump. Do not turn it on if the fresh water tank is empty.
|}

==== Breaker Panel 2 ====

This is a "normal" circuit breaker panel in that all of the circuits are fed by the House battery switch. The breaker names and their rated amperage are listed below:

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: 10px"
| # || Name || Amps || Notes
|-
|1||'''CABIN LIGHTS'''|| 30A || Supplies power to the various cabin lights onboard.
|-
|2||'''FOOTLIGHTS'''|| 15A || Turns on the footlights in the main cabin.
|-
|3||'''PROPANE''' **|| 5A || Will supply power to the propane tank solenoid valve circuit, necessary for operation of the propane stove. Note that, in addition to this circuit breaker, a switch above the stove must be turned on to activate the propane solenoid.
|-
|4||'''FRIDGE'''|| 15A || Supplies power to the 12-volt compressor used to chill the refridgerator.
|-
|5||'''BILGE BLOWER'''|| 15A || Turns on the bilge blower.
|-
|6||'''12V AUX SOCKETS''' **|| 10A || Will supply power to various 12-volt "cigarrete lighter" type sockets (when they are installed).
|}

*'''Note''': Items marked '''**''' above are non-functional as of August 5, 2012.

==== Breaker Panel 3 ====

This is a "normal" circuit breaker panel in that all of the circuits are fed by the House battery switch.

* '''Note''': As of August 5, 2012, only two breakers are installed in this panel and none of them are operational yet.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: 10px"
| # || Name || Amps || Notes
|-
|1||'''STEREO''' **|| 15A || Will supply power to the AM/FM/CD-Player stereo system
|-
|2||'''AUX SIDELIGHTS''' **|| 15A || Will supply power to the auxilary sidelights in the bow. Note that there is no auxilary stern light.
|}

==== Nav Lights Switch Panel ====

The dark grey plastic panel is a Blue Sea Systems "[http://bluesea.com/category/16/products/4306 WeatherDeck Waterproof Fuse Panel]". Most of the navigation lights on the boat are controlled through this six-position switch panel.

Power to this panel is supplied by the NAVIGATION LIGHTS MASTER circuit breaker on breaker Panel 1. Each of the six circuits is protected by an internal blade-type fuse. When power is supplied to the panel, and the corresponding fuses are not blown, then the circuit indicator labels will glow red. When the circuit is switched on, then the label will glow green. If the label does not glow, then the fuse is probably blown. Please see the instruction manual for fuse replacement.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" style="margin-left: 10px"
| # || Name || Amps || Notes
|-
|1||'''RUNNING LIGHTS''' || 15A || Powers primary sidelights (in bow) and sternlight
|-
|2||'''STEAMING LIGHT''' || 15A || Powers "masthead light" halfway up the mast
|-
|3||'''TRI-COLOR''' || 15A || Powers the tri-color ligth at the top of the mast
|-
|4||'''ANCHOR LIGHT''' || 15A || Powers the anchor light at the top of the mast
|-
|5||'''FOREDECK LIGHT''' || 15A || Powers the foredeck light halfway up the mast
|-
|6||'''INSTRUMENT LIGHTS''' || 15A || Powers the compass light and the cockpit instrument panel lights
|}

* [http://bluesea.com/viewresource/263 Blue Sea Weatherdeck Fuse Panel Instruction Manual (PDF)]

=== Horn ===

Seafit "Model L" Compact Horn

* 106 dB SPL at 1 meter
* 3 Amps

The horn is mounted on the underside of the lower port-side spreader. The horn button is a stainless steel button on the right side of the binnacle, next to the starter button. Power is fed through a dedicated 5-amp breaker.

=== Blower ===

Jabsco blower

=== Navigation Lights ===

Requirements for navigation lights for vessels > 12m in length:

* Steaming light: visibility 3 nm (luminous intensity 12 cd)
* Sidelights, sternlight, anchor light: visibility 2 nm (luminous intensity 4.3 cd)

[[Image:Tricolor.jpg|thumb=Tricolor_thumb.jpg|right|Tricolor, Anchor]]
'''Tri-Color/Anchor'''

* Model: Aquasignal Series 40: tricolor / anchor / quicfits (Model # 40706)
* "Quicfits" connector means that the unit can be easily unclipped from the top of the mast by sqeezing the black tabs at the bottom of the unit and pulling the whole assembly up.

* Bulbs:
** tricolor: 12V, 25W, BA15D bayonet base (Aquasignal Part# 90002)
** anchor: 12V, 10W, BA15D bayonet base (Aquasignal Part# 90005)
* Visibility (from Aquasignal website):
** tricolor: 2nm
** anchor: 2nm
* [http://www.aquasignal.info/ecat/htdocs/index.php?category_id=1&subcategory_id=1&product_id=48&item_id=329 Aquasignal Website]

'''Steaming/Foredeck Light'''

Forespar Combination Deck/Masthead Light - Model ML-2

* Steaming light: festoon bulb, 0.8 amps, type WN-211 (Forespar part #132025)
* Foredeck bulb: 20W bi-pin quartz halogen bulb (Forespar part #132035) or (Ancor part #521125)
* [http://www.forespar.com/products/sail-combination-deck-bow-light.shtml Forespar Website]

'''Sidelights'''

The sidelight are mounted in small chambers molded into the fiberglass hull. The compartments have red and green lenses. The bulb sockets are held in place by small aluminum plates that are screwed into the fiberglass hull.

* Bulb: Type #1004: BA15D bayonet base, 12.8v, 1.0 amp, 12.8 Watt, 12 MSCP (0.9 cd)

Note: these should be replaced with #1152 bulbs: 12.8v, 1.34 amp, 21 MSCP (4.6 cd)

'''Sternlight'''

* Bulb: festoon bulb 1-1/4" x 13/32" (31.7 mm x 10.3mm)

Make and model of bulb is unknown, but Ancor 529102 (West Marine #297367) might work: 13.5v 0.83 amp, 8 cd 31mm x 10mm

== 110-volt ==

The 110v system is inoperative as of May 2012.

* The shore power connector has been disconnected.
* All the 110v breakers have been removed.
* The wiring to the 110v outlets is still in place but is disconnected at the breaker panels.
* Three 110v outlets (non-GFCI) are located:
** in the head
** just forward of the stove
** starboard locker, just forward of the mast

Note that there is an 800 watt DC-to-AC inverter on board.

== Anti-Electrolysis ==

* There are two zincs clamped to prompt shaft, new as of May 2012
* There is an external zinc "guppy" that is deployed at the stern while the boat is on the mooring or at the dock.

== Lightning Dissipation ==

* The boat is fully grounded, with a woven copper strip connecting the mast, shrouds, and engine block.
* The only bonding from the grounded systems to salt water is via the propeller shaft via the engine block.

= Electronics =

== Fixed mount GPS ==

* Garmin GPSMap 541 Chartplotter
* mounted in cockpit bulkhead, port of companionway
* antenna is located on the cockpit rail port of center aft of the helm
* communicates with GMI 10 display, wind instruments and depth sounder via NMEA 2000 network
* sends position data to VHF500dsc radio (one-way communication) via NMEA 0183 data connection.

== Garmin GMI 10 Sailing Instrument ==

* mounted in cockpit bulkhead, port of companionway
* can display various parameters, such as depth, apparent wind speed and angle, true wind speed and direction, speed over ground, etc.
* Communicates with GPSMap 541, wind instrument & depth sounder via NMEA 2000 network

== Wind ==

* Garmin GWS 10
* senses wind speed and angle
* communicates with GMI 10 display and GPSMap 541 via NMEA 2000 network

== Depth Sounder ==

* Garmin Thru-Hull Intelliducer (depth sounder)
* located starboard of center aft of forward main cabin bulkhead inside of cabinet
* communicates with GMI 10 display and GPSMap 541 via NMEA 2000 network

== NMEA 2000 network ==

The NMEA 2000 network on ''X Dimension'' entirely consists of instruments, cables and connectors manufactured by Garmin. All connectors are NMEA 2000 "Micro" connectors. The network consists of a backbone that runs from the cabinet on the port side of the companionway to the top of the mast. The backbone requires a terminator at either end. The backbone also requires 12v DC power to operate; this is supplied by the yellow power cable.

The network consists of a backbone, and various "drops" that interface via "T-connectors". The drops on the network currently are:

* Garmin GMI 10 display
* Garmin GPSMap 541 chartplotter
* Yellow 12v DC power cable
* Garmin Intelliducer depth sounder
* Garmin GWS 10 wind instrument

The GMI 10 and GPSMap 541 have their own power connections. The depth sounder and wind instruments draw power from the network.

The network cables have five conductors:

* Red: +12v DC
* Black: Ground
* White: Data+
* Blue: Data-
* bare wire: shield

== Radar ==

* JRC RADAR1000 mounted display
* installed in cubby over Nav Station table
* antenna mounted on pole on port quarter.

== Radios ==

=== Fixed VHF ===

[[Image:XD_VHF500dsc_front.jpg|thumb=XD_VHF500dsc_front_tn.jpg|right|VHF Marine Radio]]
* West Marine VHF500dsc Fixed Mount Marine Radio
* Receives GPS data from Garmin GPSMap 541 via NMEA 0183 connection
* MMSI Number: 338137891
* Operator's Manual: [[Image:VHF500 English.pdf]]

=== Handheld VHF ===

West Marine VHF55 VHF Radio

=== AM/FM/CD Stereo ===

'''Dual MXD25'''

Inlcudes 1/8" auxilary audio input jack and USB charger jack on front panel.

= Magnetic Compasses =

* Binnacle Compass
** make and model: Danforth "Constellation"
** has not been swung (Aug 2012)
** rebuilt Apr 2012
** illuminated by "INST LIGHTS" switch on navigation lights switch panel

* Starboard Bulkhead Compass
** make and model: Plastimo "Contest" (Classe B)
** "tactical" compass card

* Starboard and Port Rail Compasses
** make and model: Danforth "Corsair"

* Nav Station Compass
** make and model: Suunto Type B-110

= Safety =

== Fire Extinguishers ==

* hand-held: 3 ABC-1 extinguishers purchased Sep 2011
** Next to porthole above galley sink
** Under navigation table
** On forward bulkhead inside starboard lazarette
* fixed mount: halon tank directly beneath cockpit

== PFDs ==

* 4 Type-I orange PFDs
* 6 Type-III life vests (2 small, 1 medium, 2 large, 1 x-large)
* 4 Type-V inflating PFDs (2 with safety harnesses, 2 without)

Note: 2 Type-II orange PFDs are kept in the lock box on the dock.

== Throwables ==

* 4 square blue throwable cushions (Type-IV PFDs)
* Lifesling man overboard recovery system (Type-IV PFD)

== Harnesses, Jacklines, Tethers ==

* ? harnesses with tethers
* ? jacklines

== Visual Distress Signals ==

* Orange plastic cylinder with flares is on shelf on forward starboard bulkhead wall in main cabin:
** 4 red day/night handheld flares (Expire Oct 2014)
** Flare Gun
** 4 red day/night 12-gauge meteor flares (Expire Dec 2014)

X-Dimension task list

2013-03-09T21:12:26Z

Bussolari: /* Completed Tasks */

If a task needs additional explanation, please make a page for that task and post updates. When a task is completed, move it to the 'Completed Tasks' section, and include the date it was completed.

Please use the discussion page if you disagree with the prioritization of any of these tasks.

== Early Spring 2013 Tasks ==
[[Engine oil leaks]]

[[Electrical system]]

[[Navigation/Data collection]]

[[Sails and rigging]]

== High Priority Tasks ==

== Low Priority Tasks ==

== Unprioritized Tasks ==

* evaluate and fix keel seep next to head
* evaluate (and replace?) foam in keel
* fair keel
* rebuild rudder

* clean fuel system
* replace forward gasket on engine to stop oil leaks
* replace aft gasket on engine to stop oil leaks
* evaluate and fix engine oil leaks - swap out lube oil filter mount for spin-on mount
* move fuel oil filter from inside stbd locker to inside steps
* reverse engine kill cable mechanism

* evaluate electrical bonding status
* replace defective forward bilge float switch
* adjust bilge float switch levels (lower by 2 inches)
* repair freshwater tank leak
* replace cabin windows
* fabricate gasket for galley porthole
* replace hatch lenses - head and main cabin (See [http://www.irwinyachts.com/Drawings-Manuals-Engineering/Refitting%20hatch%20lenses.htm])

* refurbish large manual bilge pump
* install hoses for large manual bilge pump

* fix holding tank leaks (there are at least two)

* re-bed mast base ring
* have winch barrels resurfaced (boom winch certainly; aft main winches, others??)
* install cleat on deck next to stbd mast winch (stbd jib halyard)
* install four hooks in forepeak for additional anchor rodes
* secure backstay chainplate base
* repair gps antenna thru-rail fitting (port aft transom toerail)
* re-weld starboard stanchion of pulpit
* re-bed pulpit, back with g10
* re-bed pushpit, back with g10
* polish stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
* fabricate new stanchion bases
* replace stainless stanchion with aluminum stanchion
* fabricate and install new gaskets on lazarettes - new gasket material is on boat 17may12
* fabricate hinckley-style lazarette closures
* re-install port and starboard compasses

* design and implement drain for well beneath mast
* cut 1/2" drain hole in mast base plate
* replace dodger track end caps
* install second spinnaker halyard and block
* rebuild winches

* fix long batten from main sail
* repair dodger zipper
* repair 150 jib
* repair main sail cars

* fix dinghy floor leak
* fix dinghy fuel leak
* replace dinghy painter (with floating line?)

* replace baby stay cable
* refurbish baby stay fast pins and shackles

* repair sail cover
* repair dodger zipper
* repair dodger snaps

* plug leaks
** tighten rudder stuffing box
** seal cockpit holes - 10 on forward bulkhead, 2 or 3 on starboard bulkhead
** seal autopilot frame
** re-install and seal tactical compass (in v-berth port cupboard)
** freshwater tank at forward end, significant seep into bilge
** saltwater seep 1.5' foreward of mast over keel
** re-bed binnacle to stop leaks at rudder cable port and starboard

* [[refurbish breaker panel|electrical system overhaul]] - tyoung
** reconnect stereo
** connect aux nav lights
** connect propane solenoid
** replace missing bulbs and cabin light fixtures
** install new ceiling lights
** install 12v sockets
** replace bad house battery
** tidy up wiring behind breakers
** install propane solenoid indicator at helm
** install freshwater pump indicator at helm
* replace light fixtures with led fixtures - tyoung
* install lights in port and starboard lazarettes
* replace nav station light with led
* move engine systems switch from inside stbd locker to more convenient location

* repair scratches in red paint - port aft, port midships, port toerail, port bow, stbd midships
* strip brightwork and apply cetol
* paint cabin interior ceiling
* paint hatch locking bars with epoxy paint

* repair floor edge support in main cabin starboard of nav table
* repair floor edge support port of nav station seat
* install pen holder at nav station

* create freshwater schematic - simon
* create bilge schematic - keith
* create 12v schematic - tyoung (See [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/X-dimension%20breakers.pdf http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/X-dimension breakers.pdf])
* create septic system schematic

* clean and bleach bilge to remove oil slicks, stains, and smells
* clean and bleach head to remove urin smell
* clean and bleach vberth to remove sewage smells

== Completed Tasks ==

* 09mar13 Repaired boom vang (note adjustment procedure in systems section) - sbussolari
* 12nov12 winterize boat (engine, halyards, sails, freshwater, septic) - sbussolari, ksovie, mwall
* 12nov12 repair wood trim on vberth sink access panel - mwall
* 27oct12 install forward hatch retainer for keeping hatch open - mwall
* 06jul12 boom vang tube - delivered
* 29jun12 boom vang spring - ordered
* 19sep12 worked on port forward winch which was turning both ways. Winch is functional, but needs to be rebuilt - sdynes
* 12sep12 added chafe protection to oil cooler hose (was rubbing on engine mount) - sdynes, dweisman
* 12sep12 replaced steaming nav light and lens - tyoung, sdynes, lbush, dweisman
* 12sep12 replaced spinnaker halyard - sdynes, lbush, dweisman, tyoung
* 12sep12 changed hailing port on transom to Cambridge, MA - tyoung, rdisbrow, lbush, dweisman
* 12sep12 fender step installed tyoung
* 10aug12 changed transmission oil - sdynes
* 10aug12 lubricated main outhaul track and car with a light coating of winch grease - sdynes
* 10aug12 unscrewed cap ove rudder post, used anti-sieze compound when replacing - sdynes
* 13jul12 re-bed forward hatch plexiglass and hinges - mwall, jwarner, jspitzberg
* 13jul12 re-install mast boot - mwall
* 13jul12 re-bed chain plates - mwall, jwarner, jspitzberg
* 13jul12 install pvc storage tubes in starboard lazarette - jwarner, jspitzberg
* 12jul12 6 pfds to boat - tyoung
* 12jul12 2 life jackets into dock box (from pavilion?) - tyoung
* 12jul12 re-mount companionway board storage rack in starboard lazarette - mwall
* 11jul12 repair and refinish wooden boarding ladder - tyoung
* 11jul12 wrenches into wraps - jwarner
* 11jul12 install wastebin on galley cabinet door - jwarner
* 11jul12 rebuild companionway board storage box - tyoung
* 11jul12 refurbish steering wheel brake - tyoung
* 11jul12 re-bed traveler rail - port end is loose - sbussolari
* 11jul12 coaming - gaps between wood and fiberglass - mwall
* 10jul12 connect GPS NMEA0183 output to VHF radio - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect footlights - tyoung
* 07jul12 replace corroded nav light sockets at bow - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect blower - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect fridge - tyoung
* 06jul12 connect wind/depth/GPS instruments via NMEA2000 network - tyoung
* 04jul12 connected stern light - tyoung
* 03jul12 connect sidelights - tyoung
* 03jul12 [[replace traveler hardware]] - sbussolari
* 03jul12 install new traveler car - sbussolari
* 03jul12 install new end controls - sbussolari
* 03jul12 re-bed head dorade tube and dorade - mwall
* 03jul12 seal cockpit holes - 2 compasses - mwall
* 03jul12 install new blower hood at stbd aft toerail - mwall
* 03jul12 remount and seal garmin instruments
* 02jul12 fix oil filter leak - big leak at top of blue filter housing on aft end of engine - sdynes
* 02ul12 fabricate oil catch pan - temporary solution from three foil trays - sdynes
* 01jul12 install dinghy registration sticker - tyoung
* 01jul12 stow remaining bluewater gear at pavilion - mwall, tyoung
* 01jul12 tune life lines, recondition turnbuckles and shackles - ebrown
* 01jul12 re-seat pulpit - ebrown
* 01jul12 bring remaining gear to boat - sbussolari, tyoung
* 01jul12 rebed main sheet (2) and main halyard (1) cheek blocks - sbussolari, brehrig
* 01jul12 reinstall dinghy u-bolt, dock lines, and lock - mwall
* 01jul12 fix dinghy painter - mwall
* 01jul12 unplug propane enclosure drain - brehrig
* 01jul12 clean propane enclosure - brehrig
* 01jul12 clean ice box - mwall
* 01jul12 clean head ceiling - ebrown
* 01jul12 plug two holes in aft toerail - mwall
* 01jul12 fabricate oil catch pan - temporary solution from two foil trays - mwall
* 30jun12 installed lock on dock box - mwall
* 30jun12 re-tie dinghy bow/stern lines - ebrown
* 30jun12 properly configure dinghy straps - ebrown
* 30jun12 sort out dinghy equipment (extra pumps/hoses, etc), put single spare in dock box - ebrown
* 30jun12 install fast pins on locking bars - mwall
* -skip-- replace alternator belt (40" 25-9425) - does not need replacement, as smaller will not work - sdynes
* 30jun12 replace broken boom vang tackle (6:1) and line - mwall
* 30jun12 5 halyard blocks at base of mast for 1/2" line - sbussolari
* 30jun12 2 main sheet blocks for 1/2" line - mwall
* 30jun12 install exhaust riser insulation - mwall, tyoung
* 30jun12 install jib - sbussolari
* 30jun12 clean and grease rudder rack and pinion - ebrown
* 30jun12 mount gps and instruments - tyoung
* 30jun12 mount new blower - mwall
* 29jun12 glass over former cooler access on port lazarette - sbussolari, tyoung
* 29jun12 glass over hole above garmin chartplotter - tyoung
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above starboard berths - ebrown, sbussolari
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above port berths - ebrown
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above nav berth - ebrown
* 29jun12 procure bag for dinghy pump/hose - purple bag at pavilion, can hang from dingy seat
* 28jun12 manual bilge pump tested and repaired - uferner, scott
* 28jun12 aft pair of 32in winches rebuilt - uferner, scott
* 28jun12 clean cabinets between main cabin and v-berth
* 28jun12 clean v-berth hull - mwall
* 28jun12 drill hole in nav station floorboard - mwall
* 24jun12 replace forward hatch gasket - sdynes
* 24jun12 adjust seal on prop shaft to reduce shaft heat buildup - sdynes, tyoung
* 24jun12 install navigation lights sub-panel - tyoung
* 24jun12 re-install radio, radar, & engine instrument panel
* 24jun12 install horn button
* 23jun12 Re-install engine instruments panel - tyoung
* 23jun12 replace engine indicator panel plexiglass - tyoung
* 22jun12 replace raw water strainer mesh - sdynes
* 22jun12 replace raw water strainer gasket - sdynes
* 18jun12 secure freshwater faucet in v-berth - mwall
* 18jun12 refurbish dinghy - ksovie, ebrown
* 18jun12 rebed freshwater in thru-deck - sbussolari, sdynes
* 18jun12 install mast boot (temporary) - mwall
* 18jun12 repair main cabin floor support port side of mast base - simon
* 18jun12 install hooks in v-berth cabinets - uferner
* 18jun12 diagnose and repair fuel supply problem - sdynes
* 16jun12 christen the head - sbussolari, mwall
* 16jun12 leak-test septic system - sbussolari
* 16jun12 clean and deploy guppy - mwall
* 16jun12 clean and install dorade vents - uferner
* 16jun12 plug leaks in mast ring - sbussolari, mwall
* 16jun12 plug holes in nav table - sbussolari
* 16jun12 inflate fenders - uferner
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 30-some screw holes for interior grab rails - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 6 from old jam cleats - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 6 from old aluminum track along starboard side of companionway - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - re-bed old baby-stay hard point - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal cockpit holes - 2 in port lazarette drain gulley - sbussolari
* 15jun12 re-thread and refurbish soap dispenser at galley - mwall
* 14jun12 repair engine compartment panels and hinges - danderson
* 12jun12 secure nav station stool - mwall
* 12jun12 install new exhaust riser - mwall
* 12jun12 reconnect coolant hoses - mwall
* 12jun12 flush and replace coolant - tyoung, mwall
* 11jun12 replace two port-side oil hoses - tyoung
* 11jun12 replace engine exhaust - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace seawater impeller - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace/clean primary fuel filter - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace/clean fuel/water separator - sdynes
* 10jun12 change oil - sdynes, tyoung
* 10jun12 re-plumb engine shutoff - tyoung
* ??jun12 strip peeling paint in cabin interior - tyoung, ksovie, others
* ??jun12 bleach interior surfaces to kill mildew - tyoung, ksovie, others
* 02jun12 reinstalled v-berth sink hatch with finger catch - dca
* 02jun12 repaired galley floor stringer - dca
* 26may12 reinstalled companionway steps - dca
* 21may12 second coat of bottom paint to stbd keel surface - mwall
* 21may12 re-bed chain plates - mwall (6 hours)
* 21may12 fabricate steel backing plates for part of large chain plates
* 20may12 buff topsides - mwall (3 hours)
* 20may12 install mast hardware - tyoung
* 20may12 repair more wiring - tyoung
* 20may12 apply fastprop to propellor and shaft - ebrown
* 20may12 fabricate g10 backing plates for chain plates - mwall
* 20may12 seal rotted core at chain plates - mwall
* 20may12 paint starboard keel surface first coat - mwall
* 20may12 paint head thru-hull first coat - mwall
* 19may12 check and rewire 12V system - tyoung
* 19may12 second coat of paint on mast spots - eric
* 19may12 remove blower vent, worn jam cleat - larry
* 19may12 second coat of bottom paint touchup - uferner
* 19may12 apply more filler on keel - uferner
* 19may12 install head thru-hull - simon
* 19may12 remove corroded backing plates for chain plates - mwall
* 19may12 replace exhaust thru-hull - mwall
* 19may12 paint transducer - mwall
* 18may12 remove compasses for refurbishment - tyoung
* 18may12 install new floorboard - sbussolari
* 18may12 plumb refurbished toilet - sbussolari
* 18may12 install new breakers, wiring - tyoung
* 18may12 grind epoxy from chainplates - mwall
* 18may12 install new starter motor - tyoung, mwall
* 18may12 bottom paint touchup - mwall
* 17may12 clean waterline - dhealey, uferner
* 17may12 polish prop - retro
* 13may12 repair broken floor support in galley - danderson
* 17may12 install terminator for mast wind instruments - tyoung
* 17may12 install horn on mast - tyoung
* 17may12 paint mast - mar, mangle, tyoung
* 11may12 repair mast corrosion - mwall, kwinstein, tyoung, sbussolari
* ??may12 [[install bilge switches]] (2, illuminated when pump on) - tyoung
* ??may12 tidy up electrical wiring in nav area - tyoung
* 17may12 sand/grind cracks in bottom - sdynes
* 17may12 apply filler to bottom cracks - sdynes, tyoung, retro
* 17may12 paint the bottom - dhealey, uferner, sdynes, mar, retro
* 17may12 install new engine mount - mangle
* 14may12 clear obstructions from drainage tubes under primary winches - tyoung
* 14may12 remove unused wedges from worn jam cleats - mwall
* 14may12 remove starter motor - tyoung, mwall
* 14may12 sand hull to prep for paint - retro, dweisman
* 14may12 clean waterline - uferner, dweisman
* 14may12 sand/grind/feather keel - sdynes
* 14may12 sand epoxy on mast - ebrown
* 14may12 plug 4 holes in rudder - retro
* 14may12 replace zincs on propellor shaft - dweisman
* 14may12 remove 5200 scraps from thru-hulls - tyoung, mwall
* ??mar12 replace septic system hoses - sbussolari
* ??may12 install holding tank - sbussolari
* ??may12 rebuild toilet - sbussolari
* ??may12 fabricate head floorboard - sbussolari, thall
* 10may12 figure out better path for traveler lines and cleats - decision made to use 4:1 traveler with cam cleats on ends
* ??mar12 replace fractured compass glass on pedestal
* ??apr12 fix nav station clock - tyoung
* ??may12 install saltwater washdown pump in galley - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new hoses - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new faucets in head/cabin - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install saltwater pre-wash to galley sink - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new drain hoses - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: refurbish and install pump, accumulator, filter - simon
* 10may12 re-core part of foredeck - wfoster
* ??apr12 diagnose and repair cracks on deck around jib halyard block
* ??apr12 inspect chainplates and mast rigging
* ??apr12 re-plumb and rebuild/replace manual bilge pumps (one manual pump installed)
* ??apr12 rewire and re-plumb primary (diaphram) bilge pump
* ??apr12 install secondary (submersible) bilge pump
* 26apr12 drill hole for saltwater hand pump
* ??mar12 install new thru-hull valves
* 18feb12 remove toilet floorboard for repair - sbussolari
* 18feb12 remove batteries from boat - ebrown, tyoung
* 18feb12 clean bilge well - ebrown
* 18feb12 clean bildge - ebrown, mwall
* 18feb12 clean engine - mwall
* 18feb12 remove hot water heater - tyoung
* 18feb12 remove propane fittings - tyoung
* 18feb12 clean cockpit hull interior - kwinstein, tyoung
* 18feb12 refine septic system layout - sbussolari
* 18feb12 refine bilge system layout - kwinstein
* 18feb12 tighten tent - ebrown
* 15feb12 clean bilge - mwall, ebrown, swatts
* 15feb12 remove old bilge hoses - kwinstein
* 04feb12 remove headliner and trim - simon, mwall
* 04feb12 remove unused wiring - tyoung
* 04feb12 remove freshwater hoses and corroded fittings - simon
* 04feb12 remove riser and exhaust hose - mwall
* 04feb12 clean deck, collect old parts - keith
* 15jan12 eliminate rudder leaks - wfoster
* ??oct11 shorten dinghy painter to 2 dinghy boat lengths
* ??oct11 identify source of bilgewater (bilge filled while sailing 10sep11)
* ??oct11 install float switch on primary bilge pump
* 01oct11 Installed interior dogging handles on aft hatch - sbussolari
* 24sep11 installed dorade vents - stefie tellex
* 24sep11 installed snuffer on asymmetric spinnaker - sbussolari
* 14sep11 install bilge pump float switch and wire to primary bilge pump - mwall and sbussolari
* 15sep11 create as-is septic schematic - ted
* 11sep11 install security wire in dinghy - eric
* 11sep11 install retainer bungies on port and starboard lazarette lids - mwall
* 11sep11 install winch holders in cockpit - mwall
* 11sep11 install dodger to reduce water through coaming and companionway
* 11sep11 install reefing line - thall
* 11sep11 replace screws on lazarette latches - eric, simon
* 11sep11 clean bilge - ksovie, bdeffenbaugh
* 11sep11 install mast boot tape - mwall
* 10sep11 install temporary oil catchpan
* 10sep11 inventory of lines on board - kwinstein and stellex
* 10sep11 septic diagram - kwinstein and stellex
* 10sep11 re-rig lazy jack lines - mwall
* 10sep11 tighten lifelines - sbussolari
* 03sep11 Commission Dinghy and berth at Waterboat Marina - ted

X-Dimension task list

2013-03-09T21:11:21Z

Bussolari: /* Unprioritized Tasks */

If a task needs additional explanation, please make a page for that task and post updates. When a task is completed, move it to the 'Completed Tasks' section, and include the date it was completed.

Please use the discussion page if you disagree with the prioritization of any of these tasks.

== Early Spring 2013 Tasks ==
[[Engine oil leaks]]

[[Electrical system]]

[[Navigation/Data collection]]

[[Sails and rigging]]

== High Priority Tasks ==

== Low Priority Tasks ==

== Unprioritized Tasks ==

* evaluate and fix keel seep next to head
* evaluate (and replace?) foam in keel
* fair keel
* rebuild rudder

* clean fuel system
* replace forward gasket on engine to stop oil leaks
* replace aft gasket on engine to stop oil leaks
* evaluate and fix engine oil leaks - swap out lube oil filter mount for spin-on mount
* move fuel oil filter from inside stbd locker to inside steps
* reverse engine kill cable mechanism

* evaluate electrical bonding status
* replace defective forward bilge float switch
* adjust bilge float switch levels (lower by 2 inches)
* repair freshwater tank leak
* replace cabin windows
* fabricate gasket for galley porthole
* replace hatch lenses - head and main cabin (See [http://www.irwinyachts.com/Drawings-Manuals-Engineering/Refitting%20hatch%20lenses.htm])

* refurbish large manual bilge pump
* install hoses for large manual bilge pump

* fix holding tank leaks (there are at least two)

* re-bed mast base ring
* have winch barrels resurfaced (boom winch certainly; aft main winches, others??)
* install cleat on deck next to stbd mast winch (stbd jib halyard)
* install four hooks in forepeak for additional anchor rodes
* secure backstay chainplate base
* repair gps antenna thru-rail fitting (port aft transom toerail)
* re-weld starboard stanchion of pulpit
* re-bed pulpit, back with g10
* re-bed pushpit, back with g10
* polish stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
* fabricate new stanchion bases
* replace stainless stanchion with aluminum stanchion
* fabricate and install new gaskets on lazarettes - new gasket material is on boat 17may12
* fabricate hinckley-style lazarette closures
* re-install port and starboard compasses

* design and implement drain for well beneath mast
* cut 1/2" drain hole in mast base plate
* replace dodger track end caps
* install second spinnaker halyard and block
* rebuild winches

* fix long batten from main sail
* repair dodger zipper
* repair 150 jib
* repair main sail cars

* fix dinghy floor leak
* fix dinghy fuel leak
* replace dinghy painter (with floating line?)

* replace baby stay cable
* refurbish baby stay fast pins and shackles

* repair sail cover
* repair dodger zipper
* repair dodger snaps

* plug leaks
** tighten rudder stuffing box
** seal cockpit holes - 10 on forward bulkhead, 2 or 3 on starboard bulkhead
** seal autopilot frame
** re-install and seal tactical compass (in v-berth port cupboard)
** freshwater tank at forward end, significant seep into bilge
** saltwater seep 1.5' foreward of mast over keel
** re-bed binnacle to stop leaks at rudder cable port and starboard

* [[refurbish breaker panel|electrical system overhaul]] - tyoung
** reconnect stereo
** connect aux nav lights
** connect propane solenoid
** replace missing bulbs and cabin light fixtures
** install new ceiling lights
** install 12v sockets
** replace bad house battery
** tidy up wiring behind breakers
** install propane solenoid indicator at helm
** install freshwater pump indicator at helm
* replace light fixtures with led fixtures - tyoung
* install lights in port and starboard lazarettes
* replace nav station light with led
* move engine systems switch from inside stbd locker to more convenient location

* repair scratches in red paint - port aft, port midships, port toerail, port bow, stbd midships
* strip brightwork and apply cetol
* paint cabin interior ceiling
* paint hatch locking bars with epoxy paint

* repair floor edge support in main cabin starboard of nav table
* repair floor edge support port of nav station seat
* install pen holder at nav station

* create freshwater schematic - simon
* create bilge schematic - keith
* create 12v schematic - tyoung (See [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/X-dimension%20breakers.pdf http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/X-dimension breakers.pdf])
* create septic system schematic

* clean and bleach bilge to remove oil slicks, stains, and smells
* clean and bleach head to remove urin smell
* clean and bleach vberth to remove sewage smells

== Completed Tasks ==

* 12nov12 winterize boat (engine, halyards, sails, freshwater, septic) - sbussolari, ksovie, mwall
* 12nov12 repair wood trim on vberth sink access panel - mwall
* 27oct12 install forward hatch retainer for keeping hatch open - mwall
* 06jul12 boom vang tube - delivered
* 29jun12 boom vang spring - ordered
* 19sep12 worked on port forward winch which was turning both ways. Winch is functional, but needs to be rebuilt - sdynes
* 12sep12 added chafe protection to oil cooler hose (was rubbing on engine mount) - sdynes, dweisman
* 12sep12 replaced steaming nav light and lens - tyoung, sdynes, lbush, dweisman
* 12sep12 replaced spinnaker halyard - sdynes, lbush, dweisman, tyoung
* 12sep12 changed hailing port on transom to Cambridge, MA - tyoung, rdisbrow, lbush, dweisman
* 12sep12 fender step installed tyoung
* 10aug12 changed transmission oil - sdynes
* 10aug12 lubricated main outhaul track and car with a light coating of winch grease - sdynes
* 10aug12 unscrewed cap ove rudder post, used anti-sieze compound when replacing - sdynes
* 13jul12 re-bed forward hatch plexiglass and hinges - mwall, jwarner, jspitzberg
* 13jul12 re-install mast boot - mwall
* 13jul12 re-bed chain plates - mwall, jwarner, jspitzberg
* 13jul12 install pvc storage tubes in starboard lazarette - jwarner, jspitzberg
* 12jul12 6 pfds to boat - tyoung
* 12jul12 2 life jackets into dock box (from pavilion?) - tyoung
* 12jul12 re-mount companionway board storage rack in starboard lazarette - mwall
* 11jul12 repair and refinish wooden boarding ladder - tyoung
* 11jul12 wrenches into wraps - jwarner
* 11jul12 install wastebin on galley cabinet door - jwarner
* 11jul12 rebuild companionway board storage box - tyoung
* 11jul12 refurbish steering wheel brake - tyoung
* 11jul12 re-bed traveler rail - port end is loose - sbussolari
* 11jul12 coaming - gaps between wood and fiberglass - mwall
* 10jul12 connect GPS NMEA0183 output to VHF radio - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect footlights - tyoung
* 07jul12 replace corroded nav light sockets at bow - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect blower - tyoung
* 07jul12 connect fridge - tyoung
* 06jul12 connect wind/depth/GPS instruments via NMEA2000 network - tyoung
* 04jul12 connected stern light - tyoung
* 03jul12 connect sidelights - tyoung
* 03jul12 [[replace traveler hardware]] - sbussolari
* 03jul12 install new traveler car - sbussolari
* 03jul12 install new end controls - sbussolari
* 03jul12 re-bed head dorade tube and dorade - mwall
* 03jul12 seal cockpit holes - 2 compasses - mwall
* 03jul12 install new blower hood at stbd aft toerail - mwall
* 03jul12 remount and seal garmin instruments
* 02jul12 fix oil filter leak - big leak at top of blue filter housing on aft end of engine - sdynes
* 02ul12 fabricate oil catch pan - temporary solution from three foil trays - sdynes
* 01jul12 install dinghy registration sticker - tyoung
* 01jul12 stow remaining bluewater gear at pavilion - mwall, tyoung
* 01jul12 tune life lines, recondition turnbuckles and shackles - ebrown
* 01jul12 re-seat pulpit - ebrown
* 01jul12 bring remaining gear to boat - sbussolari, tyoung
* 01jul12 rebed main sheet (2) and main halyard (1) cheek blocks - sbussolari, brehrig
* 01jul12 reinstall dinghy u-bolt, dock lines, and lock - mwall
* 01jul12 fix dinghy painter - mwall
* 01jul12 unplug propane enclosure drain - brehrig
* 01jul12 clean propane enclosure - brehrig
* 01jul12 clean ice box - mwall
* 01jul12 clean head ceiling - ebrown
* 01jul12 plug two holes in aft toerail - mwall
* 01jul12 fabricate oil catch pan - temporary solution from two foil trays - mwall
* 30jun12 installed lock on dock box - mwall
* 30jun12 re-tie dinghy bow/stern lines - ebrown
* 30jun12 properly configure dinghy straps - ebrown
* 30jun12 sort out dinghy equipment (extra pumps/hoses, etc), put single spare in dock box - ebrown
* 30jun12 install fast pins on locking bars - mwall
* -skip-- replace alternator belt (40" 25-9425) - does not need replacement, as smaller will not work - sdynes
* 30jun12 replace broken boom vang tackle (6:1) and line - mwall
* 30jun12 5 halyard blocks at base of mast for 1/2" line - sbussolari
* 30jun12 2 main sheet blocks for 1/2" line - mwall
* 30jun12 install exhaust riser insulation - mwall, tyoung
* 30jun12 install jib - sbussolari
* 30jun12 clean and grease rudder rack and pinion - ebrown
* 30jun12 mount gps and instruments - tyoung
* 30jun12 mount new blower - mwall
* 29jun12 glass over former cooler access on port lazarette - sbussolari, tyoung
* 29jun12 glass over hole above garmin chartplotter - tyoung
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above starboard berths - ebrown, sbussolari
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above port berths - ebrown
* 29jun12 strip and bleach ceiling above nav berth - ebrown
* 29jun12 procure bag for dinghy pump/hose - purple bag at pavilion, can hang from dingy seat
* 28jun12 manual bilge pump tested and repaired - uferner, scott
* 28jun12 aft pair of 32in winches rebuilt - uferner, scott
* 28jun12 clean cabinets between main cabin and v-berth
* 28jun12 clean v-berth hull - mwall
* 28jun12 drill hole in nav station floorboard - mwall
* 24jun12 replace forward hatch gasket - sdynes
* 24jun12 adjust seal on prop shaft to reduce shaft heat buildup - sdynes, tyoung
* 24jun12 install navigation lights sub-panel - tyoung
* 24jun12 re-install radio, radar, & engine instrument panel
* 24jun12 install horn button
* 23jun12 Re-install engine instruments panel - tyoung
* 23jun12 replace engine indicator panel plexiglass - tyoung
* 22jun12 replace raw water strainer mesh - sdynes
* 22jun12 replace raw water strainer gasket - sdynes
* 18jun12 secure freshwater faucet in v-berth - mwall
* 18jun12 refurbish dinghy - ksovie, ebrown
* 18jun12 rebed freshwater in thru-deck - sbussolari, sdynes
* 18jun12 install mast boot (temporary) - mwall
* 18jun12 repair main cabin floor support port side of mast base - simon
* 18jun12 install hooks in v-berth cabinets - uferner
* 18jun12 diagnose and repair fuel supply problem - sdynes
* 16jun12 christen the head - sbussolari, mwall
* 16jun12 leak-test septic system - sbussolari
* 16jun12 clean and deploy guppy - mwall
* 16jun12 clean and install dorade vents - uferner
* 16jun12 plug leaks in mast ring - sbussolari, mwall
* 16jun12 plug holes in nav table - sbussolari
* 16jun12 inflate fenders - uferner
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 30-some screw holes for interior grab rails - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 6 from old jam cleats - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - 6 from old aluminum track along starboard side of companionway - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal deck holes - re-bed old baby-stay hard point - sbussolari
* 16jun12 seal cockpit holes - 2 in port lazarette drain gulley - sbussolari
* 15jun12 re-thread and refurbish soap dispenser at galley - mwall
* 14jun12 repair engine compartment panels and hinges - danderson
* 12jun12 secure nav station stool - mwall
* 12jun12 install new exhaust riser - mwall
* 12jun12 reconnect coolant hoses - mwall
* 12jun12 flush and replace coolant - tyoung, mwall
* 11jun12 replace two port-side oil hoses - tyoung
* 11jun12 replace engine exhaust - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace seawater impeller - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace/clean primary fuel filter - sdynes
* 11jun12 replace/clean fuel/water separator - sdynes
* 10jun12 change oil - sdynes, tyoung
* 10jun12 re-plumb engine shutoff - tyoung
* ??jun12 strip peeling paint in cabin interior - tyoung, ksovie, others
* ??jun12 bleach interior surfaces to kill mildew - tyoung, ksovie, others
* 02jun12 reinstalled v-berth sink hatch with finger catch - dca
* 02jun12 repaired galley floor stringer - dca
* 26may12 reinstalled companionway steps - dca
* 21may12 second coat of bottom paint to stbd keel surface - mwall
* 21may12 re-bed chain plates - mwall (6 hours)
* 21may12 fabricate steel backing plates for part of large chain plates
* 20may12 buff topsides - mwall (3 hours)
* 20may12 install mast hardware - tyoung
* 20may12 repair more wiring - tyoung
* 20may12 apply fastprop to propellor and shaft - ebrown
* 20may12 fabricate g10 backing plates for chain plates - mwall
* 20may12 seal rotted core at chain plates - mwall
* 20may12 paint starboard keel surface first coat - mwall
* 20may12 paint head thru-hull first coat - mwall
* 19may12 check and rewire 12V system - tyoung
* 19may12 second coat of paint on mast spots - eric
* 19may12 remove blower vent, worn jam cleat - larry
* 19may12 second coat of bottom paint touchup - uferner
* 19may12 apply more filler on keel - uferner
* 19may12 install head thru-hull - simon
* 19may12 remove corroded backing plates for chain plates - mwall
* 19may12 replace exhaust thru-hull - mwall
* 19may12 paint transducer - mwall
* 18may12 remove compasses for refurbishment - tyoung
* 18may12 install new floorboard - sbussolari
* 18may12 plumb refurbished toilet - sbussolari
* 18may12 install new breakers, wiring - tyoung
* 18may12 grind epoxy from chainplates - mwall
* 18may12 install new starter motor - tyoung, mwall
* 18may12 bottom paint touchup - mwall
* 17may12 clean waterline - dhealey, uferner
* 17may12 polish prop - retro
* 13may12 repair broken floor support in galley - danderson
* 17may12 install terminator for mast wind instruments - tyoung
* 17may12 install horn on mast - tyoung
* 17may12 paint mast - mar, mangle, tyoung
* 11may12 repair mast corrosion - mwall, kwinstein, tyoung, sbussolari
* ??may12 [[install bilge switches]] (2, illuminated when pump on) - tyoung
* ??may12 tidy up electrical wiring in nav area - tyoung
* 17may12 sand/grind cracks in bottom - sdynes
* 17may12 apply filler to bottom cracks - sdynes, tyoung, retro
* 17may12 paint the bottom - dhealey, uferner, sdynes, mar, retro
* 17may12 install new engine mount - mangle
* 14may12 clear obstructions from drainage tubes under primary winches - tyoung
* 14may12 remove unused wedges from worn jam cleats - mwall
* 14may12 remove starter motor - tyoung, mwall
* 14may12 sand hull to prep for paint - retro, dweisman
* 14may12 clean waterline - uferner, dweisman
* 14may12 sand/grind/feather keel - sdynes
* 14may12 sand epoxy on mast - ebrown
* 14may12 plug 4 holes in rudder - retro
* 14may12 replace zincs on propellor shaft - dweisman
* 14may12 remove 5200 scraps from thru-hulls - tyoung, mwall
* ??mar12 replace septic system hoses - sbussolari
* ??may12 install holding tank - sbussolari
* ??may12 rebuild toilet - sbussolari
* ??may12 fabricate head floorboard - sbussolari, thall
* 10may12 figure out better path for traveler lines and cleats - decision made to use 4:1 traveler with cam cleats on ends
* ??mar12 replace fractured compass glass on pedestal
* ??apr12 fix nav station clock - tyoung
* ??may12 install saltwater washdown pump in galley - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new hoses - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new faucets in head/cabin - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install saltwater pre-wash to galley sink - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: install new drain hoses - simon
* ??may12 freshwater: refurbish and install pump, accumulator, filter - simon
* 10may12 re-core part of foredeck - wfoster
* ??apr12 diagnose and repair cracks on deck around jib halyard block
* ??apr12 inspect chainplates and mast rigging
* ??apr12 re-plumb and rebuild/replace manual bilge pumps (one manual pump installed)
* ??apr12 rewire and re-plumb primary (diaphram) bilge pump
* ??apr12 install secondary (submersible) bilge pump
* 26apr12 drill hole for saltwater hand pump
* ??mar12 install new thru-hull valves
* 18feb12 remove toilet floorboard for repair - sbussolari
* 18feb12 remove batteries from boat - ebrown, tyoung
* 18feb12 clean bilge well - ebrown
* 18feb12 clean bildge - ebrown, mwall
* 18feb12 clean engine - mwall
* 18feb12 remove hot water heater - tyoung
* 18feb12 remove propane fittings - tyoung
* 18feb12 clean cockpit hull interior - kwinstein, tyoung
* 18feb12 refine septic system layout - sbussolari
* 18feb12 refine bilge system layout - kwinstein
* 18feb12 tighten tent - ebrown
* 15feb12 clean bilge - mwall, ebrown, swatts
* 15feb12 remove old bilge hoses - kwinstein
* 04feb12 remove headliner and trim - simon, mwall
* 04feb12 remove unused wiring - tyoung
* 04feb12 remove freshwater hoses and corroded fittings - simon
* 04feb12 remove riser and exhaust hose - mwall
* 04feb12 clean deck, collect old parts - keith
* 15jan12 eliminate rudder leaks - wfoster
* ??oct11 shorten dinghy painter to 2 dinghy boat lengths
* ??oct11 identify source of bilgewater (bilge filled while sailing 10sep11)
* ??oct11 install float switch on primary bilge pump
* 01oct11 Installed interior dogging handles on aft hatch - sbussolari
* 24sep11 installed dorade vents - stefie tellex
* 24sep11 installed snuffer on asymmetric spinnaker - sbussolari
* 14sep11 install bilge pump float switch and wire to primary bilge pump - mwall and sbussolari
* 15sep11 create as-is septic schematic - ted
* 11sep11 install security wire in dinghy - eric
* 11sep11 install retainer bungies on port and starboard lazarette lids - mwall
* 11sep11 install winch holders in cockpit - mwall
* 11sep11 install dodger to reduce water through coaming and companionway
* 11sep11 install reefing line - thall
* 11sep11 replace screws on lazarette latches - eric, simon
* 11sep11 clean bilge - ksovie, bdeffenbaugh
* 11sep11 install mast boot tape - mwall
* 10sep11 install temporary oil catchpan
* 10sep11 inventory of lines on board - kwinstein and stellex
* 10sep11 septic diagram - kwinstein and stellex
* 10sep11 re-rig lazy jack lines - mwall
* 10sep11 tighten lifelines - sbussolari
* 03sep11 Commission Dinghy and berth at Waterboat Marina - ted

Offshore Sailing Course

2013-01-28T21:39:41Z

Bussolari: /* Session 4: Weather */

This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.

=Session 1: Introduction=
10jan2013 - mwall
- outline of the course
- experiences of each person in the course
- types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
- difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
- season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
- boat
- day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
- hulls and keels
- sail plans
- skills needed for each type of racing
- preparation needed for each type of racing

=Session 2: Yacht Preparation=
15jan2013 - mwall
- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
- steering mechanisms
- engine
- electrical systems
- navigation systems
- freshwater
- septic
- standing rigging
- running rigging
- what tools are critical

=Session 3: Life Aboard=
17jan2013 - gigi, keith
- cooking
- meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
- provisioning
- how much per person?
- how to cook with propane
- living with limited refrigeration
- watch systems
- sleeping
- seasickness
- communications
- into/out of port/harboar
- with coast guard
- with other vessels
- during races
- within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)

=Session 4: Weather=
22jan2013 - steve

Useful Sources of Weather Information

NOAA National Maps: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php

NOAA Marine Forecast by Zone (Coastal): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/boxmz.htm

Boston Harbor Marine Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz230&syn=anz200

Passage Weather: http://www.passageweather.com

North Atlantic Weather Fax Charts: http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marsh.shtml

Gulf Stream and Offshore Weather: http://www.bermudarace.com/DefaultPermissions/LogisticsResources/tabid/202/Default.aspx

Slides from Weather Lecture: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/a/aa/Weather_Lecture.pdf]]

=Session 5: Seamanship and Safety=
24jan2013 - keith, scott

The presentation [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zdB7kvuhuL067BRHaTyY2AvO2E_Voy8IOi3n4QO5Dwg/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=10000#slide=id.g9fdb4ad2_122 slideset].

[http://www.riparia.org/cruising_medical_kit.html A starting point] for an onboard medical kit; for those going on an extended voyage the book [http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Is-No-Doctor/dp/0942364155/ Where There Is No Doctor] is a frequent recommendation.

For a list of suggested spare parts to carry onboard for an offshore trip email scott at dynes dot org.

=Session 6: Racing=
29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad

=Session 7: Navigation=
31jan2013 - steve

=things to include in the course=

safety
- how to deploy life raft
- types of life rafts
- how to heave to
- how/when to use sea anchor
- flares and when to use them
- epirb

life aboard
- how to deal with seasickness - different methods, what works, what does not
- cooking
- sample meals (e.g. menu for a week in the bvi)
- equipment - refrigeration
- what food works, what does not
- provisioning

ports
- coming in to a new harbor/marina
- departure
- gunkholing

how to prepare for a trip
- day sail
- week-long cruise
- harbor race
- near-shore race
- off-shore race

racing
- rules
- tactics
- overview of various races we know we will do: halifax, figawi, wed evenings

weather
- general principles - wind before, wind after
- high pressure vs low pressure
- tracking the barometer
- clouds
- waves and wind - how much wind for x wave height, when whitecaps
- weather tracking services
- near-shore vs offshore
- contingencies

navigation

clothing and gear
- gloves
- spot locator, beacons
- personal floatation devices
- knives, other tools
- foul weather gear

first aid
- cpr
- broken bones
- breathing
- blood loss
- body temperature

boat locator site (eis info)

for each thing, enumerate general types, highlight x-dim specifics

Seamanship/Safety, including the following subsections:
basic boat handling
- know your crew
- communication
- rules of the road and unwritten addendums
- lights and sound signals
- federally required and recommended safety equipment, PFDs, etc.
- distress signals
- radio procedure
- purpose of EPIRB / PLB / AIS transmitter
- use of radar, radar reflector
- tides
- procedure in fog
- anchoring, med moor, appropriate ground tackle for holding grounds
- running aground, kedging
- docking in various wind conditions; use of docklines
- dangers of a lee shore
- safe galley procedure (probably goes with life on board)
- procedure when flooding / holed
- procedure when propeller fouled
- procedure when engine fails in various situations
- procedure when stay or rig compromised or lost
- procedure when cable steering lost / emergency tiller
- life rafts, how attached to vessel and deployed, hydrostatic release
- rendering assistance to vessels in distress
- clearing customs, flag etiquette, courtesy flags, Q flag, etc.
- shore power cables
- rafting at anchor
- towing a dinghy
- firefighting, likely sources of fire, use of bilge blower
- calculating range under power
- when to refuel; how much to leave in tank
- where/how to empty holding tank
- DC batteries, charging
- location/purpose of thru-hulls, seacocks, bungs
( break out into water environment for tides/currents/weather?)
Sailboat handling (w/ emph on keelboats)
- know your crew , dealing with novice crew
- communication (e.g. what do I know, who needs to know it, do they know it)
- running/standing rigging
- types of lines
- how to coil long lines
- heaving a line
- various knots and their uses
- correct winch operation, clearing an override
- wind, sails, heal, correct powering of boat, polars
- boat balance
- use of jibe preventer
- how to depower the boat (traveler/vang/sheet/backstay/etc.)
- slab and furler reefing
- heaving to
- heavy weather and survival sailing, use of sea anchor, warps, etc.
- sailing a compass course
for passages -
- sailing a compass course redux
- standing watch
- maintaining a DR
- log entries
- rest time (ear plugs and eye shades)
crew and boat safety
- planning (the float plan) (maybe this should be its own section)
- situational awareness
- communication (not just among crew but with other boats)
- be proactive
- risks to crew (going overboard, loosing a handhold, slipping, getting whacked by sails/boom/whisker pole, cotter pins, etc.)
- what to wear (shoes, foulies, hat, sunscreen, sailing gloves, etc.)
- use of harness / tether / jack line
- MOB/COB actions and mindset (never lose sight of COB, attach COB to boat)
- COB of conscious/unconscious crew, spiral search procedure
- stages and treatment of hypothermia / heat exhaustion / heatstroke
- seasickness
- checking boat systems
- identify and fix things before the become problems - worn lines, worn threads on sails, loose lifelines/stanchions
- secure items on deck and below
- handy knife for cutting fouled lines
- boat taking on water
- preparing for a sea-tow
- preparing to be rescued by a helicopter
- personal responsibility

Offshore Sailing Course

2013-01-28T21:39:02Z

Bussolari: /* Session 4: Weather */

This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.

=Session 1: Introduction=
10jan2013 - mwall
- outline of the course
- experiences of each person in the course
- types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
- difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
- season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
- boat
- day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
- hulls and keels
- sail plans
- skills needed for each type of racing
- preparation needed for each type of racing

=Session 2: Yacht Preparation=
15jan2013 - mwall
- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
- steering mechanisms
- engine
- electrical systems
- navigation systems
- freshwater
- septic
- standing rigging
- running rigging
- what tools are critical

=Session 3: Life Aboard=
17jan2013 - gigi, keith
- cooking
- meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
- provisioning
- how much per person?
- how to cook with propane
- living with limited refrigeration
- watch systems
- sleeping
- seasickness
- communications
- into/out of port/harboar
- with coast guard
- with other vessels
- during races
- within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)

=Session 4: Weather=
22jan2013 - steve

Useful Sources of Weather Information

NOAA National Maps: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php

NOAA Marine Forecast by Zone (Coastal): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/boxmz.htm

Boston Harbor Marine Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz230&syn=anz200

Passage Weather: http://www.passageweather.com

North Atlantic Weather Fax Charts: http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marsh.shtml

Gulf Stream and Offshore Weather: http://www.bermudarace.com/DefaultPermissions/LogisticsResources/tabid/202/Default.aspx

Weather Lecture Slides: [[http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/a/aa/Weather_Lecture.pdf]]

=Session 5: Seamanship and Safety=
24jan2013 - keith, scott

The presentation [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zdB7kvuhuL067BRHaTyY2AvO2E_Voy8IOi3n4QO5Dwg/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=10000#slide=id.g9fdb4ad2_122 slideset].

[http://www.riparia.org/cruising_medical_kit.html A starting point] for an onboard medical kit; for those going on an extended voyage the book [http://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Is-No-Doctor/dp/0942364155/ Where There Is No Doctor] is a frequent recommendation.

For a list of suggested spare parts to carry onboard for an offshore trip email scott at dynes dot org.

=Session 6: Racing=
29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad

=Session 7: Navigation=
31jan2013 - steve

=things to include in the course=

safety
- how to deploy life raft
- types of life rafts
- how to heave to
- how/when to use sea anchor
- flares and when to use them
- epirb

life aboard
- how to deal with seasickness - different methods, what works, what does not
- cooking
- sample meals (e.g. menu for a week in the bvi)
- equipment - refrigeration
- what food works, what does not
- provisioning

ports
- coming in to a new harbor/marina
- departure
- gunkholing

how to prepare for a trip
- day sail
- week-long cruise
- harbor race
- near-shore race
- off-shore race

racing
- rules
- tactics
- overview of various races we know we will do: halifax, figawi, wed evenings

weather
- general principles - wind before, wind after
- high pressure vs low pressure
- tracking the barometer
- clouds
- waves and wind - how much wind for x wave height, when whitecaps
- weather tracking services
- near-shore vs offshore
- contingencies

navigation

clothing and gear
- gloves
- spot locator, beacons
- personal floatation devices
- knives, other tools
- foul weather gear

first aid
- cpr
- broken bones
- breathing
- blood loss
- body temperature

boat locator site (eis info)

for each thing, enumerate general types, highlight x-dim specifics

Seamanship/Safety, including the following subsections:
basic boat handling
- know your crew
- communication
- rules of the road and unwritten addendums
- lights and sound signals
- federally required and recommended safety equipment, PFDs, etc.
- distress signals
- radio procedure
- purpose of EPIRB / PLB / AIS transmitter
- use of radar, radar reflector
- tides
- procedure in fog
- anchoring, med moor, appropriate ground tackle for holding grounds
- running aground, kedging
- docking in various wind conditions; use of docklines
- dangers of a lee shore
- safe galley procedure (probably goes with life on board)
- procedure when flooding / holed
- procedure when propeller fouled
- procedure when engine fails in various situations
- procedure when stay or rig compromised or lost
- procedure when cable steering lost / emergency tiller
- life rafts, how attached to vessel and deployed, hydrostatic release
- rendering assistance to vessels in distress
- clearing customs, flag etiquette, courtesy flags, Q flag, etc.
- shore power cables
- rafting at anchor
- towing a dinghy
- firefighting, likely sources of fire, use of bilge blower
- calculating range under power
- when to refuel; how much to leave in tank
- where/how to empty holding tank
- DC batteries, charging
- location/purpose of thru-hulls, seacocks, bungs
( break out into water environment for tides/currents/weather?)
Sailboat handling (w/ emph on keelboats)
- know your crew , dealing with novice crew
- communication (e.g. what do I know, who needs to know it, do they know it)
- running/standing rigging
- types of lines
- how to coil long lines
- heaving a line
- various knots and their uses
- correct winch operation, clearing an override
- wind, sails, heal, correct powering of boat, polars
- boat balance
- use of jibe preventer
- how to depower the boat (traveler/vang/sheet/backstay/etc.)
- slab and furler reefing
- heaving to
- heavy weather and survival sailing, use of sea anchor, warps, etc.
- sailing a compass course
for passages -
- sailing a compass course redux
- standing watch
- maintaining a DR
- log entries
- rest time (ear plugs and eye shades)
crew and boat safety
- planning (the float plan) (maybe this should be its own section)
- situational awareness
- communication (not just among crew but with other boats)
- be proactive
- risks to crew (going overboard, loosing a handhold, slipping, getting whacked by sails/boom/whisker pole, cotter pins, etc.)
- what to wear (shoes, foulies, hat, sunscreen, sailing gloves, etc.)
- use of harness / tether / jack line
- MOB/COB actions and mindset (never lose sight of COB, attach COB to boat)
- COB of conscious/unconscious crew, spiral search procedure
- stages and treatment of hypothermia / heat exhaustion / heatstroke
- seasickness
- checking boat systems
- identify and fix things before the become problems - worn lines, worn threads on sails, loose lifelines/stanchions
- secure items on deck and below
- handy knife for cutting fouled lines
- boat taking on water
- preparing for a sea-tow
- preparing to be rescued by a helicopter
- personal responsibility

File:Weather Lecture.pdf

2013-01-28T21:36:55Z

Bussolari: These are the slides used for the Weather lecture during IAP 2013

These are the slides used for the Weather lecture during IAP 2013

Offshore Sailing Course

2013-01-22T16:16:51Z

Bussolari: /* Session 4: Weather */

This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.

=Session 1: Introduction=
10jan2013 - mwall
- outline of the course
- experiences of each person in the course
- types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
- difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
- season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
- boat
- day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
- hulls and keels
- sail plans
- skills needed for each type of racing
- preparation needed for each type of racing

=Session 2: Yacht Preparation=
15jan2013 - mwall
- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
- steering mechanisms
- engine
- electrical systems
- navigation systems
- freshwater
- septic
- standing rigging
- running rigging
- what tools are critical

=Session 3: Life Aboard=
17jan2013 - gigi, keith
- cooking
- meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
- provisioning
- how much per person?
- how to cook with propane
- living with limited refrigeration
- watch systems
- sleeping
- seasickness
- communications
- into/out of port/harboar
- with coast guard
- with other vessels
- during races
- within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)

=Session 4: Weather=
22jan2013 - steve

Useful Sources of Weather Information

NOAA National Maps: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php

NOAA Marine Forecast by Zone (Coastal): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/boxmz.htm

Boston Harbor Marine Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz230&syn=anz200

Passage Weather: http://www.passageweather.com

North Atlantic Weather Fax Charts: http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marsh.shtml

Gulf Stream and Offshore Weather: http://www.bermudarace.com/DefaultPermissions/LogisticsResources/tabid/202/Default.aspx

=Session 5: Seamanship and Safety=
24jan2013 - keith, scott

=Session 6: Racing=
29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad

=Session 7: Navigation=
31jan2013 - steve

=things to include in the course=

safety
- how to deploy life raft
- types of life rafts
- how to heave to
- how/when to use sea anchor
- flares and when to use them
- epirb

life aboard
- how to deal with seasickness - different methods, what works, what does not
- cooking
- sample meals (e.g. menu for a week in the bvi)
- equipment - refrigeration
- what food works, what does not
- provisioning

ports
- coming in to a new harbor/marina
- departure
- gunkholing

how to prepare for a trip
- day sail
- week-long cruise
- harbor race
- near-shore race
- off-shore race

racing
- rules
- tactics
- overview of various races we know we will do: halifax, figawi, wed evenings

weather
- general principles - wind before, wind after
- high pressure vs low pressure
- tracking the barometer
- clouds
- waves and wind - how much wind for x wave height, when whitecaps
- weather tracking services
- near-shore vs offshore
- contingencies

navigation

clothing and gear
- gloves
- spot locator, beacons
- personal floatation devices
- knives, other tools
- foul weather gear

first aid
- cpr
- broken bones
- breathing
- blood loss
- body temperature

boat locator site (eis info)

for each thing, enumerate general types, highlight x-dim specifics

Seamanship/Safety, including the following subsections:
basic boat handling
- know your crew
- communication
- rules of the road and unwritten addendums
- lights and sound signals
- federally required and recommended safety equipment, PFDs, etc.
- distress signals
- radio procedure
- purpose of EPIRB / PLB / AIS transmitter
- use of radar, radar reflector
- tides
- procedure in fog
- anchoring, med moor, appropriate ground tackle for holding grounds
- running aground, kedging
- docking in various wind conditions; use of docklines
- dangers of a lee shore
- safe galley procedure (probably goes with life on board)
- procedure when flooding / holed
- procedure when propeller fouled
- procedure when engine fails in various situations
- procedure when stay or rig compromised or lost
- procedure when cable steering lost / emergency tiller
- life rafts, how attached to vessel and deployed, hydrostatic release
- rendering assistance to vessels in distress
- clearing customs, flag etiquette, courtesy flags, Q flag, etc.
- shore power cables
- rafting at anchor
- towing a dinghy
- firefighting, likely sources of fire, use of bilge blower
- calculating range under power
- when to refuel; how much to leave in tank
- where/how to empty holding tank
- DC batteries, charging
- location/purpose of thru-hulls, seacocks, bungs
( break out into water environment for tides/currents/weather?)
Sailboat handling (w/ emph on keelboats)
- know your crew , dealing with novice crew
- communication (e.g. what do I know, who needs to know it, do they know it)
- running/standing rigging
- types of lines
- how to coil long lines
- heaving a line
- various knots and their uses
- correct winch operation, clearing an override
- wind, sails, heal, correct powering of boat, polars
- boat balance
- use of jibe preventer
- how to depower the boat (traveler/vang/sheet/backstay/etc.)
- slab and furler reefing
- heaving to
- heavy weather and survival sailing, use of sea anchor, warps, etc.
- sailing a compass course
for passages -
- sailing a compass course redux
- standing watch
- maintaining a DR
- log entries
- rest time (ear plugs and eye shades)
crew and boat safety
- planning (the float plan) (maybe this should be its own section)
- situational awareness
- communication (not just among crew but with other boats)
- be proactive
- risks to crew (going overboard, loosing a handhold, slipping, getting whacked by sails/boom/whisker pole, cotter pins, etc.)
- what to wear (shoes, foulies, hat, sunscreen, sailing gloves, etc.)
- use of harness / tether / jack line
- MOB/COB actions and mindset (never lose sight of COB, attach COB to boat)
- COB of conscious/unconscious crew, spiral search procedure
- stages and treatment of hypothermia / heat exhaustion / heatstroke
- seasickness
- checking boat systems
- identify and fix things before the become problems - worn lines, worn threads on sails, loose lifelines/stanchions
- secure items on deck and below
- handy knife for cutting fouled lines
- boat taking on water
- preparing for a sea-tow
- preparing to be rescued by a helicopter
- personal responsibility

Offshore Sailing Course

2013-01-22T16:15:28Z

Bussolari:

This is the outline for the offshore sailing course, January 2013.

=Session 1: Introduction=
10jan2013 - mwall
- outline of the course
- experiences of each person in the course
- types of boats - hulls, keels, sail plan, instruments
- difference between racing, cruising, offshore racing, day sailing
- season plan for x-dimension - races, crew requirements, crew selection
- boat
- day sail boats vs racing boats vs offshore
- hulls and keels
- sail plans
- skills needed for each type of racing
- preparation needed for each type of racing

=Session 2: Yacht Preparation=
15jan2013 - mwall
- boat - enumerate variants, highlight x-dim, what fails, what spares to keep
- steering mechanisms
- engine
- electrical systems
- navigation systems
- freshwater
- septic
- standing rigging
- running rigging
- what tools are critical

=Session 3: Life Aboard=
17jan2013 - gigi, keith
- cooking
- meal planning - examples of good, bad; sample meal plan for bvi
- provisioning
- how much per person?
- how to cook with propane
- living with limited refrigeration
- watch systems
- sleeping
- seasickness
- communications
- into/out of port/harboar
- with coast guard
- with other vessels
- during races
- within the boat communication (e.g. skipper to foredeck when mooring)

=Session 4: Weather=
22jan2013 - steve

-Useful Sources of Weather Information

- NOAA National Maps: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/outlook_tab.php
- NOAA Marine Forecast by Zone (Coastal): http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/zone/east/boxmz.htm
- Boston Harbor Marine Forecast: http://forecast.weather.gov/shmrn.php?mz=anz230&syn=anz200
- Passage Weather: http://www.passageweather.com
- North Atlantic Weather Fax Charts: http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marsh.shtml
- Gulf Stream and Offshore Weather: http://www.bermudarace.com/DefaultPermissions/LogisticsResources/tabid/202/Default.aspx

=Session 5: Seamanship and Safety=
24jan2013 - keith, scott

=Session 6: Racing=
29jan2013 - fran, mlindblad

=Session 7: Navigation=
31jan2013 - steve

=things to include in the course=

safety
- how to deploy life raft
- types of life rafts
- how to heave to
- how/when to use sea anchor
- flares and when to use them
- epirb

life aboard
- how to deal with seasickness - different methods, what works, what does not
- cooking
- sample meals (e.g. menu for a week in the bvi)
- equipment - refrigeration
- what food works, what does not
- provisioning

ports
- coming in to a new harbor/marina
- departure
- gunkholing

how to prepare for a trip
- day sail
- week-long cruise
- harbor race
- near-shore race
- off-shore race

racing
- rules
- tactics
- overview of various races we know we will do: halifax, figawi, wed evenings

weather
- general principles - wind before, wind after
- high pressure vs low pressure
- tracking the barometer
- clouds
- waves and wind - how much wind for x wave height, when whitecaps
- weather tracking services
- near-shore vs offshore
- contingencies

navigation

clothing and gear
- gloves
- spot locator, beacons
- personal floatation devices
- knives, other tools
- foul weather gear

first aid
- cpr
- broken bones
- breathing
- blood loss
- body temperature

boat locator site (eis info)

for each thing, enumerate general types, highlight x-dim specifics

Seamanship/Safety, including the following subsections:
basic boat handling
- know your crew
- communication
- rules of the road and unwritten addendums
- lights and sound signals
- federally required and recommended safety equipment, PFDs, etc.
- distress signals
- radio procedure
- purpose of EPIRB / PLB / AIS transmitter
- use of radar, radar reflector
- tides
- procedure in fog
- anchoring, med moor, appropriate ground tackle for holding grounds
- running aground, kedging
- docking in various wind conditions; use of docklines
- dangers of a lee shore
- safe galley procedure (probably goes with life on board)
- procedure when flooding / holed
- procedure when propeller fouled
- procedure when engine fails in various situations
- procedure when stay or rig compromised or lost
- procedure when cable steering lost / emergency tiller
- life rafts, how attached to vessel and deployed, hydrostatic release
- rendering assistance to vessels in distress
- clearing customs, flag etiquette, courtesy flags, Q flag, etc.
- shore power cables
- rafting at anchor
- towing a dinghy
- firefighting, likely sources of fire, use of bilge blower
- calculating range under power
- when to refuel; how much to leave in tank
- where/how to empty holding tank
- DC batteries, charging
- location/purpose of thru-hulls, seacocks, bungs
( break out into water environment for tides/currents/weather?)
Sailboat handling (w/ emph on keelboats)
- know your crew , dealing with novice crew
- communication (e.g. what do I know, who needs to know it, do they know it)
- running/standing rigging
- types of lines
- how to coil long lines
- heaving a line
- various knots and their uses
- correct winch operation, clearing an override
- wind, sails, heal, correct powering of boat, polars
- boat balance
- use of jibe preventer
- how to depower the boat (traveler/vang/sheet/backstay/etc.)
- slab and furler reefing
- heaving to
- heavy weather and survival sailing, use of sea anchor, warps, etc.
- sailing a compass course
for passages -
- sailing a compass course redux
- standing watch
- maintaining a DR
- log entries
- rest time (ear plugs and eye shades)
crew and boat safety
- planning (the float plan) (maybe this should be its own section)
- situational awareness
- communication (not just among crew but with other boats)
- be proactive
- risks to crew (going overboard, loosing a handhold, slipping, getting whacked by sails/boom/whisker pole, cotter pins, etc.)
- what to wear (shoes, foulies, hat, sunscreen, sailing gloves, etc.)
- use of harness / tether / jack line
- MOB/COB actions and mindset (never lose sight of COB, attach COB to boat)
- COB of conscious/unconscious crew, spiral search procedure
- stages and treatment of hypothermia / heat exhaustion / heatstroke
- seasickness
- checking boat systems
- identify and fix things before the become problems - worn lines, worn threads on sails, loose lifelines/stanchions
- secure items on deck and below
- handy knife for cutting fouled lines
- boat taking on water
- preparing for a sea-tow
- preparing to be rescued by a helicopter
- personal responsibility

X-Dimension vessel documentation

2012-11-13T14:57:34Z

Bussolari:

''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:X_Dimension_2012_PHRF-NE_Certificate.pdf | PHRF-NE 2012 Certificate]]
* [[Media:XD_Certificate_of_Documentation.pdf | X Dimension Certificate of Documentation]]

File:XD Certificate of Documentation.pdf

2012-11-13T14:52:59Z

Bussolari: Scanned Copy of X Dimension Certificate of Documentation

Scanned Copy of X Dimension Certificate of Documentation

Standard operational procedures

2012-09-17T17:47:56Z

Bussolari: /* Tacking and Jibing */

This is a list of concise, preferred operational practices for X-Dimension. For detailed descriptions of systems, please see [[xdim_systems | Systems Descriptions]]. David Collins, the previous owner, wrote the [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']].

== Rigging ==

=== Mainsail ===

==== Set ====
* Hoist lazy jack lines. Ensure that they are not snagged on blocks or other fittings on the boom.
* Remove sail ties after hoisting lazy jacks.
* Ease the main sheet slightly, disconnect the main halyard from the boom end and attach to the head of the mainsail
* Optional: assign a crewmember to haul the main halyard at the mast
* Ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free
* Head into wind
* With a couple of wraps of the halyard around the starboard cabintop winch, a crewmember will hoist the main.
* A crewmember at the mast can assist by jumping the halyard.
* Hoisting crew must keep an eye on the leech of the sail to ensure it doesn't snag on the lazy jacks.
* Note: The main sail can be hauled to its full height by a sailor of moderate strength and certainly by two working together. DO NOT use the winch to haul it up - binding is usually due to the halyard being fouled, a sail tie being left in place, or other problem. In these cases, use of the winch will risk breaking the rigging.
* Once the mainsail luff is fully extended, tighten the luff to the desired tension using the winch

==== Close-Hauled Trim ====
* Set the traveler slightly to windward so that with the mainsheet tight, the boom is on the centerline
* Trim the mainsheet so that the top telltale on the leech alternately streams back and curls to leeward
* Note: When close-hauled, the jib tends to backwind the main, creating a slight bubble in the mainsail luff. This is normal.

==== Reaching or Running Trim ====
* If the boom is over the traveler rail, the mainsheet has much more mechanical advantage than the boom vang and should be used as the primary sail shape control
* If the boom is outside of the traveler rail, the boom vang should be used to control the mainsail shape
* When broad reaching or running, the preventer (located in the starboard lazarette) should be attached to a bail on the boom and the toe rail and tightened as needed

==== Reefing ====
* Station two crewmembers (with one winch handle) at the forward end of the boom on the starboard side
* Station one crewmember at the main halyard winch
* Place outhaul line in jam cleat, then remove outhaul line from cleat and boom winch
* Get reefing line (usually cleated on other side of boom from winch) and put two wraps of the reefing line around the boom winch
* Ease the mainsheet to depower the mainsail (head the boat to wind if necessary)
* Ease the main halyard, bring the mainsail luff down, and engage the reef cringle on the reefing horn
* Tighten the main halyard; one crew member at the mast helps with halyard, the other observes and calls to the halyard crew members when the luff tension is correct
* Using the winch on the boom, tighten the reefing line until the reef clew is brought down tight against the boom - cockpit crew calls this to the mast crew
* Secure the reefing line on a cleat on the boom
* Trim the mainsail as desired
* Shake out the reef by reversing the procedure

==== Douse ====
* Remove the lazy jack lines from underneath the reefing horn, tighten and cleat the lazy jack halyard, ensuring that the lazy jacks are in place to catch the mainsail
* Station two crewmembers on each side of mast at the gooseneck and one at the main halyard winch
* Station a third crewmember with sail ties a the ready at the end of the boom on the cabin top (Note: it is helpful to close the companionway hatch so this crewmember can work safely
* When the boat is head to wind, ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free
* As the halyard is slowly eased, the crewmembers at the mast alternately flake the mainsail luff to port and starboard
* At the same time, the crewmember at the boom end flakes the mainsail leech, pulling aft at each flake and attaching sail ties
* Note: The crewmember at the halyard should be watching the flaking process to ensure that she is easing the halyard at the appropriate rate.
* Once the mainsail is completely lowered and all ties are in place, the main halyard can be removed from the mainsail head and attached to the boom end
* Ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free, then MANUALLY haul the main halyard to level the boom and secure the halyard
* Note: DO NOT use the winch to level the boom with the halyard. Recruit a crewmember if necessary to lift the boom. If the boom is stuck, diagnose the problem. It is usually a fouled mainsheet, main halyard, or boom vang and use of the winch will may break the rigging

=== Genoa ===

==== Set ====
* Free the jib sheets and put two wraps of the working sheet on the primary winch
* Free the black furling line and fake it down so that it will run without fouling
* Station one crewmember on the furling line, another at the working sheet, and a third with a winch handle at the ready
* While the sheet trimmer hauls on the working sheet to unroll the genoa, the crewmember with the furling line should control it so that the line pays out smoothly and under control. Do not allow the sail to unroll violently. In strong wind, it can be helpful to put a bight of furling line around a cleat to help control it.
* Sheet in the genoa to achieve the desired shape
* Secure the furling line
* Note: When reaching or running, the genoa sheets should be lead outboard of the shrouds through the snatch blocks on the rail (make sure that the sheets do not foul on the lifelines). When close-hauled, the genoa sheets should be led inboard of the shrouds through the sheet blocks on the tracks outboard of the cabin top
* Note: Before tacking and jibing, make sure that the lazy sheet is not fouled on one of the winches on the forward cabin top or on the forward hatch

==== Douse ====
* Assign a crewmember to the furling line and another to control the sheets. In strong winds, two crew members may be necessary on the furling line.
* Ease the working sheet to depower the sail
* While one crewmember hauls on the furling line, the other puts slight tension on the genoa sheets to ensure that the sail is tightly furled. To aid in furling, alternate back and forth: slack the sheet while the furling line is hauled, then tighten up the sheet while the furler pauses between heaves.
* Keep furling until there are two wraps of the sheets around the furled sail.
* Note: DO NOT use a winch on the furling line as you will risk breaking the furling mechanism, the turning blocks, and/or the stanchions

=== Asymmetric Spinnaker ===

==== Set ====
* Note: If the course is well off the wind, rig a mainsail preventer
* Pass spinnaker bag up through forward hatch and clip base of bag to lower lifeline on foredeck on side to which spinnaker will be set
* Note: Be sure that tack end of bag (green velcro tab) is facing forward. If necessary, open spinnaker bag and check that tack is forward (tack and clew are labeled on the sail)
* Remove spinnaker sheets from bag and attach snap hooks to sail clew.
* Rig spinnaker sheets outboard of forestay, pulpit, shrouds and lifelines, through large diameter portion of the turning blocks on taffrail to the secondary winches
* Note: Be sure that spinnaker sheets are routed outboard of jib sheets
* Rig tack line from outside the pulpit through the turning block at the base of the forestay to a bow cleat or a winch. For normal operation, the tack line should extend up just at or below the level of the pulpit rail. Attach tack pendant line to spinnaker tack.
* Ease spinnaker halyard and attach to spinnaker head
* Free the snuffing line and flake it down on the deck. Be sure it is not tangled in the sail or running rigging
* Note: Be sure that spinnaker halyard runs outboard of the jib sheets
* Double check spinnaker rigging to be sure that it will run clear
* Assign one or two crewmembers to handle the working sheet (ensure that the lazy sheet is loose, but cleated at its bitter end so it doesn't trail overboard)
* Assign two crewmembers to handle the spinnaker halyard, one to jump the halyard and the other at the winch.
* Assign a crewmember to feed the spinnaker out of its bag and control the snuffing line
* Pre-brief all crew on the operation
* The helmsman should steer for an apparent wind angle (AWA) of about 110 degrees (light air) to 130 degrees (heavy air)
* Note: These AWA figures may not be as critical when using the snuffer
* Hoist the snuffed sail until the head is tight at the masthead. Avoid excessive tension with the winch as the halyard can foul in the sheeve.
* The crewmember on the snuffing line should haul the side of the line not attached to the snuffing "funnel" so that the snuffer retracts along the sail toward the masthead.
* The crewmember on the working sheet should trim smoothly as the sail unsnuffs so that the sail fills evenly. Do not oversheet as this can cause excess tension on the leech as it pays out of the snuffer
* When the snuffer is fully retracted and the sail fills, ease the sheet to obtain a slight hook in the luff
* Secure the snuffing line at the base of the mast
* As the luff approaches the headstay, the tack pendant can be eased to achieve the proper sail shape
* The helmsman should keep the boat at a constant AWA throughout the set
* Note: Clear communication is very important. There should be one and only one person in charge during spinnaker operations. It is best if this person is not one of the crewmembers setting the sail or the helmsman

==== Flying ====

* The sail trimmer should be positioned at or near the windward shrouds where she can see the luff
* The sheet should be led from the secondary winch, across the cockpit, where it can be held by the sail trimmer
* A crewmember should be at the winch to grind when the trimmer calls for it - the trimmer will tail the sheet as necessary
* The trimmer should trim and ease as necessary to keep a slight hook in the luff of the sail
* The helmsman should keep a steady course and alter it only with clear communication with the trimmer
* When on a close reach, trimming may be insufficient to recover a collapsing sail. In this case, the trimmer should call for the helmsman to fall off slightly

==== Douse ====

* Assign crew to the tack pendant, and the snuffing line
* Bring the tack down until it is just above the bow pulpit
* Free the snuffing line from the base of the mast
* Ease the sheet to depower the sail and haul down the snuffing line on the side where it attaches to the "funnel"
* As the snuffer approaches the foot of the sail, ease the tack pendant to allow the foot and the snuffer "funnel" to be brought inboard of the lifeline and placed in The spinnaker bag.
* If the winds and seas are light, attach the tack and clew to the spinnaker bag and then flake the snuffed sail into the bag as the halyard is eased
* If the winds and seas are heavy, bring the snuffer down on deck under control, then place in the bag
* Attach the head to the spinnaker bag and secure the halyard at the base of the mast
* flake the snuffing line into the spinnaker bag
* Coil the spinnaker sheets and place in the spinnaker bag
* Close the bag and pass it down the forward hatch

==== Tacking and Jibing ====

* There are two options for jibing the spinnaker as shown in the videos below
* Jibing the spinnaker on the outside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLoLfL0Lfk
* Jibing the spinnaker on the inside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEhfuK_tAr8
* On X Dimension, jibing the spinnaker on the inside works well in lighter air (less than about 6 knots). In heavier air, consider either jibing the spinnaker on the outside or snuffing the spinnaker and bringing it around the forestay snuffed before unsnuffing it on the new jibe.

== Engine ==
=== Starting ===

* Transmission must be in neutral (port lever horizontal)
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched on (12 o'clock); buzzer will sound
* Throttle (starboard lever) up slightly
* Assure engine stop control (T-handle) is in run position (pulled up)
* Press black starter button (with rubber boot starboard of the binnacle)
* Throttle down to idle after engine starts
* Check oil pressure gauge to ensure pressure rises after start
* Check exhaust to ensure cooling water is being expelled.

=== Shifting ===

* Throttle must be at idle before shifting (starboard lever down)
* Transmission settings (port side lever): ahead propulsion(lever down), astern propulsion (lever up), neutral (lever horizontal)
NOTE: FAILURE TO SET THROTTLE AT IDLE BEFORE SHIFTING WILL DAMAGE PROPELLER FEATHERING MECHANISM

=== Stopping Engine While Under Sail (to feather propeller)===

* Transmission must be in ahead propulsion (port lever down)
* Boat speed must be at least 5 knots through the water so that prop feathers when engine stops (use throttle as necessary to supplement sails)
* Keeping transmission in ahead propulsion, push engine stop control (T-handle) to down position; engine will stop and buzzer will sound
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched 'off' (9 o'clock); buzzer will silence
* Move transmission lever to neutral (port lever horizontal) to prepare for next start
* Visually check prop shaft (can be viewed easily from starboard lazarette opening); if rotating quickly, then prop has not feathered and process must be repeated at a higher boat speed. If rotating slowly, place transmission in astern propulsion to stop rotation.
NOTE: If engine is stopped while in astern propulsion, the propeller will not feather.

=== Stopping Engine ===

* Transmission in neutral(port lever horizontal)
* Throttle at idle (starboard lever horizontal)
* If engine has been running hard and is hot, allow to idle for a few minutes to cool before stopping engine
* Push engine stop control (T-handle) to down position; engine will stop and buzzer will sound
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched 'off' (9 o'clock); buzzer will silence

== Head ==

== Electrical ==

=== House Battery Switch ===

* The House Battery switch should be turned to HOUSE when you enter the boat. This supplies power to most of the electrical systems and allows the battery to be charged if you start the engine.
* The House Battery switch should be turned OFF when you leave the boat.
* The House Battery switch should never be turned to "Both" or to "2" except in the event of an emergency.

=== Charging Batteries ===

* Switch the House Battery Switch to HOUSE
* Turn on the Engine Battery Switch
* Start the Engine (see above)
* Check the HEHR Regulator on the bulkhead inside the starboard lazarette
* The orange, yellow, and green LEDs on the regulator should be on
* If the red low-voltage LED is on, increase the engine throttle until the red LED turns off.

=== Navigation Instruments ===

Quick start for GPSMap541:

* press HOME
* select "Charts" with the arrow keys, then press SELECT
* Select "Navigation Chart" with the arrow keys, then press SELECT

Please read the owners manuals for the GPSMap541 and the GM10 (located in the documentation folder inside the navigation table) for more detailed operation of these units.

=== VHF Radio ===

The fixed mount VHF radio receives latitude and longitude data from the Garmin GPSMap541. Always make sure the "Navigation Instruments" are turned on at the breaker panel whenever the VHF Radio is turned on. A "satellite" icon will appear on the front panel of the radio to indicate that it is correctly receiving position data from the GPS.

In a life-threatening emergency, an automatic distress call can be initiated by lifting the hinged red plastic cover labeled "Distress" and holding down the button for five seconds. This should send out a digital distress call and then switch the radio to channel 16. You must also make a voice Mayday call on channel 16.

For more details about operation of the VHF radio, please see the owners manual (located in the documentation folder inside the nav station table).

=== Navigation Lights ===

Navigation lights must be turned on between sunset and sunrise.

* '''Under sail power in a harbor'''

Turn on "Running Lights" only. This turns on the red and green sidelights in the bow and the white stern light. Note that these are easier to see by nearby boats than the Tri-color.

* '''Under sail power in open seas'''

Turn on "Tri-Color" only. This is easier to see from a distance than the running lights and uses less power.

* '''Under motor power'''

Turn on "Running Lights" and "Steaming Light". Use of the tri-color is not allowed while motoring.

* '''At anchor'''

Turn on "Anchor Light" only. Note that the anchor light is not necessary while in a "Special Anchorage".

=== Emergency Battery Operations ===

The House Battery Switch should normally be turned to HOUSE for operation of the 12v systems and for proper charging of both Engine and House batteries. However, here are two emergency situations where the other switch positions might be used.

* If the Engine Battery is depleted and the engine needs to be started in an emergency, both the Engine Battery and the House Battery can be tied together in parallel by switching the House Battery Switch to "both". If there is enough power left in the House Battery, it may be able to start the engine. Note that this will immediately start draining the House Battery as the dead Engine Battery pull current from it. Also note that the charging system may not work properly in this configuration.

* If the House Battery is depleted and the engine cannot be started and electrical systems need to be used (such as the VHF radio), the Engine Battery can be used to power the 12v systems by turning the House Battery Switch to "2". The "Engine" and "Fuel Pump" breakers can be turned off in this situation to save power and quiet the alarm buzzer. Note that this will not power the electric bilge pumps. To power the bilge pumps in this situation, the House Battery Switch should be turned to "Both".

== Freshwater ==

== Galley ==

===Lighting Galley Stove===
* Open valve at top of propane tank (located in Port Lazarette)
* Switch on electrical panel above galley sink to 'on'
* Switch on bulkhead above galley stove to 'on' (Note: pilot light on switch inoperative)
* Light butane lighter or strike match
* Press in control knob for desired burner on stove and turn to light position
* Light burner
* Hold in knob for about 20-30 seconds then release

NOTE: Turn off both electrical switches and close valve at top of propane tank after each use

Standard operational procedures

2012-09-17T17:37:19Z

Bussolari: /* Set */

This is a list of concise, preferred operational practices for X-Dimension. For detailed descriptions of systems, please see [[xdim_systems | Systems Descriptions]]. David Collins, the previous owner, wrote the [[Media:X Dimension Manual of Useful Information.pdf | ''Manual Of Useful Information'']].

== Rigging ==

=== Mainsail ===

==== Set ====
* Hoist lazy jack lines. Ensure that they are not snagged on blocks or other fittings on the boom.
* Remove sail ties after hoisting lazy jacks.
* Ease the main sheet slightly, disconnect the main halyard from the boom end and attach to the head of the mainsail
* Optional: assign a crewmember to haul the main halyard at the mast
* Ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free
* Head into wind
* With a couple of wraps of the halyard around the starboard cabintop winch, a crewmember will hoist the main.
* A crewmember at the mast can assist by jumping the halyard.
* Hoisting crew must keep an eye on the leech of the sail to ensure it doesn't snag on the lazy jacks.
* Note: The main sail can be hauled to its full height by a sailor of moderate strength and certainly by two working together. DO NOT use the winch to haul it up - binding is usually due to the halyard being fouled, a sail tie being left in place, or other problem. In these cases, use of the winch will risk breaking the rigging.
* Once the mainsail luff is fully extended, tighten the luff to the desired tension using the winch

==== Close-Hauled Trim ====
* Set the traveler slightly to windward so that with the mainsheet tight, the boom is on the centerline
* Trim the mainsheet so that the top telltale on the leech alternately streams back and curls to leeward
* Note: When close-hauled, the jib tends to backwind the main, creating a slight bubble in the mainsail luff. This is normal.

==== Reaching or Running Trim ====
* If the boom is over the traveler rail, the mainsheet has much more mechanical advantage than the boom vang and should be used as the primary sail shape control
* If the boom is outside of the traveler rail, the boom vang should be used to control the mainsail shape
* When broad reaching or running, the preventer (located in the starboard lazarette) should be attached to a bail on the boom and the toe rail and tightened as needed

==== Reefing ====
* Station two crewmembers (with one winch handle) at the forward end of the boom on the starboard side
* Station one crewmember at the main halyard winch
* Place outhaul line in jam cleat, then remove outhaul line from cleat and boom winch
* Get reefing line (usually cleated on other side of boom from winch) and put two wraps of the reefing line around the boom winch
* Ease the mainsheet to depower the mainsail (head the boat to wind if necessary)
* Ease the main halyard, bring the mainsail luff down, and engage the reef cringle on the reefing horn
* Tighten the main halyard; one crew member at the mast helps with halyard, the other observes and calls to the halyard crew members when the luff tension is correct
* Using the winch on the boom, tighten the reefing line until the reef clew is brought down tight against the boom - cockpit crew calls this to the mast crew
* Secure the reefing line on a cleat on the boom
* Trim the mainsail as desired
* Shake out the reef by reversing the procedure

==== Douse ====
* Remove the lazy jack lines from underneath the reefing horn, tighten and cleat the lazy jack halyard, ensuring that the lazy jacks are in place to catch the mainsail
* Station two crewmembers on each side of mast at the gooseneck and one at the main halyard winch
* Station a third crewmember with sail ties a the ready at the end of the boom on the cabin top (Note: it is helpful to close the companionway hatch so this crewmember can work safely
* When the boat is head to wind, ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free
* As the halyard is slowly eased, the crewmembers at the mast alternately flake the mainsail luff to port and starboard
* At the same time, the crewmember at the boom end flakes the mainsail leech, pulling aft at each flake and attaching sail ties
* Note: The crewmember at the halyard should be watching the flaking process to ensure that she is easing the halyard at the appropriate rate.
* Once the mainsail is completely lowered and all ties are in place, the main halyard can be removed from the mainsail head and attached to the boom end
* Ensure that the mainsheet and boom vang are free, then MANUALLY haul the main halyard to level the boom and secure the halyard
* Note: DO NOT use the winch to level the boom with the halyard. Recruit a crewmember if necessary to lift the boom. If the boom is stuck, diagnose the problem. It is usually a fouled mainsheet, main halyard, or boom vang and use of the winch will may break the rigging

=== Genoa ===

==== Set ====
* Free the jib sheets and put two wraps of the working sheet on the primary winch
* Free the black furling line and fake it down so that it will run without fouling
* Station one crewmember on the furling line, another at the working sheet, and a third with a winch handle at the ready
* While the sheet trimmer hauls on the working sheet to unroll the genoa, the crewmember with the furling line should control it so that the line pays out smoothly and under control. Do not allow the sail to unroll violently. In strong wind, it can be helpful to put a bight of furling line around a cleat to help control it.
* Sheet in the genoa to achieve the desired shape
* Secure the furling line
* Note: When reaching or running, the genoa sheets should be lead outboard of the shrouds through the snatch blocks on the rail (make sure that the sheets do not foul on the lifelines). When close-hauled, the genoa sheets should be led inboard of the shrouds through the sheet blocks on the tracks outboard of the cabin top
* Note: Before tacking and jibing, make sure that the lazy sheet is not fouled on one of the winches on the forward cabin top or on the forward hatch

==== Douse ====
* Assign a crewmember to the furling line and another to control the sheets. In strong winds, two crew members may be necessary on the furling line.
* Ease the working sheet to depower the sail
* While one crewmember hauls on the furling line, the other puts slight tension on the genoa sheets to ensure that the sail is tightly furled. To aid in furling, alternate back and forth: slack the sheet while the furling line is hauled, then tighten up the sheet while the furler pauses between heaves.
* Keep furling until there are two wraps of the sheets around the furled sail.
* Note: DO NOT use a winch on the furling line as you will risk breaking the furling mechanism, the turning blocks, and/or the stanchions

=== Asymmetric Spinnaker ===

==== Set ====
* Note: If the course is well off the wind, rig a mainsail preventer
* Pass spinnaker bag up through forward hatch and clip base of bag to lower lifeline on foredeck on side to which spinnaker will be set
* Note: Be sure that tack end of bag (green velcro tab) is facing forward. If necessary, open spinnaker bag and check that tack is forward (tack and clew are labeled on the sail)
* Remove spinnaker sheets from bag and attach snap hooks to sail clew.
* Rig spinnaker sheets outboard of forestay, pulpit, shrouds and lifelines, through large diameter portion of the turning blocks on taffrail to the secondary winches
* Note: Be sure that spinnaker sheets are routed outboard of jib sheets
* Rig tack line from outside the pulpit through the turning block at the base of the forestay to a bow cleat or a winch. For normal operation, the tack line should extend up just at or below the level of the pulpit rail. Attach tack pendant line to spinnaker tack.
* Ease spinnaker halyard and attach to spinnaker head
* Free the snuffing line and flake it down on the deck. Be sure it is not tangled in the sail or running rigging
* Note: Be sure that spinnaker halyard runs outboard of the jib sheets
* Double check spinnaker rigging to be sure that it will run clear
* Assign one or two crewmembers to handle the working sheet (ensure that the lazy sheet is loose, but cleated at its bitter end so it doesn't trail overboard)
* Assign two crewmembers to handle the spinnaker halyard, one to jump the halyard and the other at the winch.
* Assign a crewmember to feed the spinnaker out of its bag and control the snuffing line
* Pre-brief all crew on the operation
* The helmsman should steer for an apparent wind angle (AWA) of about 110 degrees (light air) to 130 degrees (heavy air)
* Note: These AWA figures may not be as critical when using the snuffer
* Hoist the snuffed sail until the head is tight at the masthead. Avoid excessive tension with the winch as the halyard can foul in the sheeve.
* The crewmember on the snuffing line should haul the side of the line not attached to the snuffing "funnel" so that the snuffer retracts along the sail toward the masthead.
* The crewmember on the working sheet should trim smoothly as the sail unsnuffs so that the sail fills evenly. Do not oversheet as this can cause excess tension on the leech as it pays out of the snuffer
* When the snuffer is fully retracted and the sail fills, ease the sheet to obtain a slight hook in the luff
* Secure the snuffing line at the base of the mast
* As the luff approaches the headstay, the tack pendant can be eased to achieve the proper sail shape
* The helmsman should keep the boat at a constant AWA throughout the set
* Note: Clear communication is very important. There should be one and only one person in charge during spinnaker operations. It is best if this person is not one of the crewmembers setting the sail or the helmsman

==== Flying ====

* The sail trimmer should be positioned at or near the windward shrouds where she can see the luff
* The sheet should be led from the secondary winch, across the cockpit, where it can be held by the sail trimmer
* A crewmember should be at the winch to grind when the trimmer calls for it - the trimmer will tail the sheet as necessary
* The trimmer should trim and ease as necessary to keep a slight hook in the luff of the sail
* The helmsman should keep a steady course and alter it only with clear communication with the trimmer
* When on a close reach, trimming may be insufficient to recover a collapsing sail. In this case, the trimmer should call for the helmsman to fall off slightly

==== Douse ====

* Assign crew to the tack pendant, and the snuffing line
* Bring the tack down until it is just above the bow pulpit
* Free the snuffing line from the base of the mast
* Ease the sheet to depower the sail and haul down the snuffing line on the side where it attaches to the "funnel"
* As the snuffer approaches the foot of the sail, ease the tack pendant to allow the foot and the snuffer "funnel" to be brought inboard of the lifeline and placed in The spinnaker bag.
* If the winds and seas are light, attach the tack and clew to the spinnaker bag and then flake the snuffed sail into the bag as the halyard is eased
* If the winds and seas are heavy, bring the snuffer down on deck under control, then place in the bag
* Attach the head to the spinnaker bag and secure the halyard at the base of the mast
* flake the snuffing line into the spinnaker bag
* Coil the spinnaker sheets and place in the spinnaker bag
* Close the bag and pass it down the forward hatch

==== Tacking and Jibing ====

* Assign crew to the tack pendant, and the snuffing line
* Bring the tack down until it is just above the bow pulpit
* Free the snuffing line from the base of the mast
* Ease the sheet to depower the sail and haul down the snuffing line on the side where it attaches to the "funnel"
* As the snuffer approaches the foot of the sail, ease the tack pendant to allow the foot and the snuffer "funnel" to be brought inboard of the lifeline
* Detach the tack pendant, reroute it to the other side of the headstay, and reattach it
* Move the snuffed sail through the foretriangle to the other side of the foredeck
* Unsnuff and fly the sail per the normal setting procedure

== Engine ==
=== Starting ===

* Transmission must be in neutral (port lever horizontal)
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched on (12 o'clock); buzzer will sound
* Throttle (starboard lever) up slightly
* Assure engine stop control (T-handle) is in run position (pulled up)
* Press black starter button (with rubber boot starboard of the binnacle)
* Throttle down to idle after engine starts
* Check oil pressure gauge to ensure pressure rises after start
* Check exhaust to ensure cooling water is being expelled.

=== Shifting ===

* Throttle must be at idle before shifting (starboard lever down)
* Transmission settings (port side lever): ahead propulsion(lever down), astern propulsion (lever up), neutral (lever horizontal)
NOTE: FAILURE TO SET THROTTLE AT IDLE BEFORE SHIFTING WILL DAMAGE PROPELLER FEATHERING MECHANISM

=== Stopping Engine While Under Sail (to feather propeller)===

* Transmission must be in ahead propulsion (port lever down)
* Boat speed must be at least 5 knots through the water so that prop feathers when engine stops (use throttle as necessary to supplement sails)
* Keeping transmission in ahead propulsion, push engine stop control (T-handle) to down position; engine will stop and buzzer will sound
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched 'off' (9 o'clock); buzzer will silence
* Move transmission lever to neutral (port lever horizontal) to prepare for next start
* Visually check prop shaft (can be viewed easily from starboard lazarette opening); if rotating quickly, then prop has not feathered and process must be repeated at a higher boat speed. If rotating slowly, place transmission in astern propulsion to stop rotation.
NOTE: If engine is stopped while in astern propulsion, the propeller will not feather.

=== Stopping Engine ===

* Transmission in neutral(port lever horizontal)
* Throttle at idle (starboard lever horizontal)
* If engine has been running hard and is hot, allow to idle for a few minutes to cool before stopping engine
* Push engine stop control (T-handle) to down position; engine will stop and buzzer will sound
* Starter battery switch in starboard lazarette switched 'off' (9 o'clock); buzzer will silence

== Head ==

== Electrical ==

=== House Battery Switch ===

* The House Battery switch should be turned to HOUSE when you enter the boat. This supplies power to most of the electrical systems and allows the battery to be charged if you start the engine.
* The House Battery switch should be turned OFF when you leave the boat.
* The House Battery switch should never be turned to "Both" or to "2" except in the event of an emergency.

=== Charging Batteries ===

* Switch the House Battery Switch to HOUSE
* Turn on the Engine Battery Switch
* Start the Engine (see above)
* Check the HEHR Regulator on the bulkhead inside the starboard lazarette
* The orange, yellow, and green LEDs on the regulator should be on
* If the red low-voltage LED is on, increase the engine throttle until the red LED turns off.

=== Navigation Instruments ===

Quick start for GPSMap541:

* press HOME
* select "Charts" with the arrow keys, then press SELECT
* Select "Navigation Chart" with the arrow keys, then press SELECT

Please read the owners manuals for the GPSMap541 and the GM10 (located in the documentation folder inside the navigation table) for more detailed operation of these units.

=== VHF Radio ===

The fixed mount VHF radio receives latitude and longitude data from the Garmin GPSMap541. Always make sure the "Navigation Instruments" are turned on at the breaker panel whenever the VHF Radio is turned on. A "satellite" icon will appear on the front panel of the radio to indicate that it is correctly receiving position data from the GPS.

In a life-threatening emergency, an automatic distress call can be initiated by lifting the hinged red plastic cover labeled "Distress" and holding down the button for five seconds. This should send out a digital distress call and then switch the radio to channel 16. You must also make a voice Mayday call on channel 16.

For more details about operation of the VHF radio, please see the owners manual (located in the documentation folder inside the nav station table).

=== Navigation Lights ===

Navigation lights must be turned on between sunset and sunrise.

* '''Under sail power in a harbor'''

Turn on "Running Lights" only. This turns on the red and green sidelights in the bow and the white stern light. Note that these are easier to see by nearby boats than the Tri-color.

* '''Under sail power in open seas'''

Turn on "Tri-Color" only. This is easier to see from a distance than the running lights and uses less power.

* '''Under motor power'''

Turn on "Running Lights" and "Steaming Light". Use of the tri-color is not allowed while motoring.

* '''At anchor'''

Turn on "Anchor Light" only. Note that the anchor light is not necessary while in a "Special Anchorage".

=== Emergency Battery Operations ===

The House Battery Switch should normally be turned to HOUSE for operation of the 12v systems and for proper charging of both Engine and House batteries. However, here are two emergency situations where the other switch positions might be used.

* If the Engine Battery is depleted and the engine needs to be started in an emergency, both the Engine Battery and the House Battery can be tied together in parallel by switching the House Battery Switch to "both". If there is enough power left in the House Battery, it may be able to start the engine. Note that this will immediately start draining the House Battery as the dead Engine Battery pull current from it. Also note that the charging system may not work properly in this configuration.

* If the House Battery is depleted and the engine cannot be started and electrical systems need to be used (such as the VHF radio), the Engine Battery can be used to power the 12v systems by turning the House Battery Switch to "2". The "Engine" and "Fuel Pump" breakers can be turned off in this situation to save power and quiet the alarm buzzer. Note that this will not power the electric bilge pumps. To power the bilge pumps in this situation, the House Battery Switch should be turned to "Both".

== Freshwater ==

== Galley ==

===Lighting Galley Stove===
* Open valve at top of propane tank (located in Port Lazarette)
* Switch on electrical panel above galley sink to 'on'
* Switch on bulkhead above galley stove to 'on' (Note: pilot light on switch inoperative)
* Light butane lighter or strike match
* Press in control knob for desired burner on stove and turn to light position
* Light burner
* Hold in knob for about 20-30 seconds then release

NOTE: Turn off both electrical switches and close valve at top of propane tank after each use

X-Dimension vessel documentation

2012-08-24T12:59:10Z

Bussolari: /* Document Images */

''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:X_Dimension_2012_PHRF-NE_Certificate.pdf | PHRF-NE 2012 Certificate]]

X-Dimension vessel documentation

2012-08-24T12:57:31Z

Bussolari: /* Document Images */

''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:http://sailing.mit.edu/wikiupload/2/2b/X_Dimension_2012_PHRF-NE_Certificate.pdf | PHRF-NE 2012 Certificate]]

File:X Dimension 2012 PHRF-NE Certificate.pdf

2012-08-24T12:56:54Z

Bussolari:

X-Dimension vessel documentation

2012-08-24T12:54:48Z

Bussolari: /* Document Images */

''''X Dimension'''' is a U.S. Documented Vessel. This means that the vessel is registered with the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvdc/ National Vessel Documentation Center]. State registration is not necessary for U.S. documented vessels.

Vessel registrations can be looked up by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByID.html vessel ID number]] or by
[[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/CoastGuard/VesselByName.html vessel name]].

== Official Documentation Number: 549713 ==

The following info was extracted from the USCG vessel data base about "X DIMENSION" as of 16 May 2012.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin-left: 10px"
| align="right" | Vessel Name: || '''X DIMENSION''' || rowspan="12" style="background-color: #999999" | || align="right" | USCG Doc. No.: || '''549713'''
|-
| align="right" | Vessel Service: || RECREATIONAL || align="right" | IMO Number: || *
|-
| align="right" | Trade Indicator: || Recreational || align="right" | Call Sign: || WYP2194
|-
| align="right" | Hull Material: || FRP (FIBERGLASS) || align="right" | Hull Number: || 10
|-
| align="right" | Ship Builder: || C&C YACHTS MANUFACTURING || align="right" | Year Built: || 1973
|-
| || || align="right" | Length (ft.): || 43.3
|-
| align="right" | Hailing Port: || CAMBRIDGE MA || align="right" | Hull Depth (ft.): || 5.3
|-
| align="right" rowspan="3" | Owner: || rowspan="3" | MASS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MIT SAILING PAVILLON 3 AMES STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 || align="right" | Hull Breadth (ft.): || 12.8
|-
| align="right" | Gross Tonnage: || 14
|-
| align="right" | Net Tonnage: || 13
|-
| align="right" | Documentation Issuance Date: || November 22, 2011 || align="right" | Documentation Expiration Date: || November 30, 2012
|-
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Names:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | No Vessel Name Changes
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | '''Previous Vessel Owners:'''
| style="border-top: 3px solid black" | DAVID COLLINS
|}

== Dinghy ==

*Manufacturer: Zodiac
*Length: 9 feet 4 inches
*Keel: inflatable floor and keel
*Year: 2002
*Serial: XDCG6504B202
*Engine: 6HP 2001 Mercury w/inbuilt 2 gallon tank (SN: 06705064)
*Registration Number: MS8922AU
*Customer Id in Mass registration database: 467444 MIT Sailing Pavilion

== Document Images ==

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | Certificate of Mass Registration]] for Bluewater dinghy

* [[Media:SCAN0056.JPG | Ship Radio Station License]] for X Dimension (Note: Station License expired in 2007. No license is required for VHF radio use in US domestic waters)

* [[Media:Bluewater-dinghy registration-2011 2013 aug.pdf | PHRF-NE 2012 Certificate]]

Bluewater

2012-08-24T12:51:55Z

Bussolari: /* Technical Info */

'''Welcome to the MIT Bluewater Sailing Wiki'''

Please visit the [http://sailing.mit.edu/bluewater/ MIT Bluewater Sailing] page for general information about the coastal sailing program at MIT. This wiki is used as a reference and administrative tool.

== Administration ==

[[Contact Info]] - pavilion staff, MITNA skippers, SeaTow emergency, local marinas

[[Systems Status]] - current status of systems on the boat

[[Task List]] - ongoing list of things that need to be done

[[Shopping List]] - things needed for the boat

== Technical Info ==

[[X-Dimension_systems | Systems Descriptions]] - detailed enumeration of systems

[[Safety Requirements]] - official requirements for equipment aboard the boat

[[X-Dimension_vessel_documentation | Vessel Documentation]] - U.S. Coast Guard Vessel Documentation, registration, license, PHRF-NE Certificate

[[X-Dimension_documents | Documents]] - tabulation of technical documents, user manuals, and other reference materials

[[X-Dimension_inventory | Inventory]] - what is on the boat and where is it stowed

[[X-Dimension_history | History]] - boat construction, history, previous owner

== Orientation and Education ==

[[Departure_checklist | Departure Checklist]] - things to do before you get underway

[[Return_checklist | Return Checklist]] - things to do before you leave the boat

[[Standard_operational_procedures | Standard Operational Procedures]] - various operational best practices

[[Winterization]] - things to make the boat secure for the winter

[[De-Winterization]] - things to make the boat ready for the sailing season

[[Maintenance]] - regular maintenance activities

[[Radio Channels in Boston Harbor]] - useful channels to know

[[Bluewater Ratings]] - ratings and skills

[[Sailing Terminology]] - just when you thought you knew English

== Bluewater History ==

These are previous MIT Nautical Association bluewater boats:

*''X-Dimension'' - C&C 43 -- '''Thanks to David Collins '59 !!''' -- Built 1973; sailed at MIT 2011-present.

*[[nevermore | ''Nevermore'']] - Tartan 37 -- '''Thanks to Ralph Reis '48 !!''' Built 1980; sailed & raced at MIT 2007-2010.

*''Hermes'' - San Juan 24 -- THANKS TO '''XX !!''' -- Sailed at MIT at least 1984 - 1989, maybe 1983 - 1990?? . . . . ('''XX''' is father of MITNA sailor in 1980s, both worked Bath Iron Works -- anybody know them?

*''Aleida'' - Hinckley 38 -- '''Thanks to Albert Hopeman '34 -- !!''' Built 1970; sailed at MIT 1981-2005, raced 2001-2005.

These are the tracks and notes from various bluewater trips and events:

*[[xd_event_history | X-Dimension]]

*[[Nevermore_Trips | Nevermore]]

*[[Aleida_History | Aleida]]

== Links ==

[[Links|Web Links]] to vendors, boating organizations, official regulations, terminology, and various instructional sites.

[[wikiinfo|Wiki Info]] - how to use the bluewater wiki

Bluewater Crew Class Syllabus

2012-08-13T21:52:02Z

Bussolari: /* Tacking/jibing a large vessel */

This page will list items that sailors are expected to know to receive the Bluewater Crew endorsement.

== Sailboat Operations ==

=== Winch Operation ===

* Requires two people to safely operate: one to tail, one to grind
* Proper number of wraps for sail and wind conditions.
* Safe technique for adding or removing wraps from winch
* Proper tailing technique to prevent over-wraps

=== Raising and lowering the mainsail ===

Raising mainsail:

* Remove sail cover and sail ties
* Shackle halyard to head of sail
* Boat must be headed into the wind
* Mainsheet & boom vang slack
* Two people to operate winch from cockpit
* Apply enough tension to halyard to remove wrinkles from luff of sail.
* After hoist, slack lazyjack lines and secure around reefing hooks
* Slack topping lift if necessary

Lowering mainsail:

* Hoist lazyjacks
* Tighten topping lift if necessary
* Boat must be headed into the wind
* Close companionway hatch for safety
* Center traveler and tighten mainsheet
* One or two persons on deck to flake the sail as it lowers
* Apply sail ties and sail cover
* No lines should be dangling from boom
* Boom must be high enough to avoid contact with dodger

=== Unfurling and furling the foresail ===

Unfurling foresail.

* One person on the furling line (black)
* In strong winds, one person on sheet (with a wrap around a winch) to control unfurling of sail
* Do not use a winch with furling line

Furling foresail

* One person on the unfurling line.
* One person keeps light tension on sheet (not necessary in strong winds)
* Do not use a winch with the furling line
* In strong winds, one more person may need to assist with furling line
* Furl to three wraps of the sheet around the foresail
* Cleat furling line
* Pull both sheets tight by hand and cleat them

=== Basic mainsail and foresail trim ===

Mainsail

* On a reach or close-hauled, leech tell-tales should be streaming aft (top most may occasionally stall)
* Mainsail should not be luffing (except perhaps at the luff when close-hauled)
* When close-hauled, sheet and traveler should be adjusted to position boom on centerline of the boat
* Sheet and traveler used to adjust sail twist when sailing upwind
* Vang used to adjust sail twist when sailing downwind

Foresail

* Use tell-tales to gauge foresail trim
* Foresail sheets should be led inside of shrouds to track when close hauled
* Foresail sheets should be led outside of shrouds to rail when reaching or running
* Foresail should never be pulled tight against spreaders or shrouds

=== Reefing the mainsail ===

=== Tacking/jibing a large vessel ===

Tacking

* Five jobs are necessary for tacking the boat. (are there better names for these roles?). If short-handed, more than one job may need to be performed by a single crew member.
** Helmsman - steers the boat
** Jib Sheet Trimmer- manages jib sheet on winch, including easing working sheet, releasing sheet from winch during tacks, applying proper number of wraps on winch, and applying proper tension on sheet (i.e., tailing) while winch is being turned by Grinder.
** Jib Sheet Grinder- cranks the winch as the jib sheet trimmer tails
** Main Sheet Trimmer- Manages main sheet on winch, including easing the sheet, adjusting the traveler, and tailing the sheet when the main sheet grinder is turning the winch.
** Main Sheet Grinder- cranks the main sheet winch as the main sheet trimmer tails
* Tacking Procedure (assuming tacking from close hauled to close hauled)
** Establish which crew will be performing which roles. A full complement of crew will consist of a jib sheet trimmer and grinder for each side (4 total) and a main sheet trimmer and grinder as well as a helmsman. A reduced crew complement would be a main sheet trimmer and a single jib sheet trimmer and jib sheet grinder.
** Helmsman cries "Ready About"
** Jib sheet trimmer on working sheet removes sheet from cleat while keeping tension to ensure that it does not slip on the winch.
** Jib sheet trimmer on lazy sheet places two wraps of the sheet on the winch and takes up excess slack in lazy sheet line
** Jib sheet grinder on lazy sheet stands ready with the winch handle (do not insert it in the winch yet)
** Main sheet trimmer ensures that the traveler is ready to be moved to leeward
** Crew assigned to roles respond "Ready" if/when they are ready
** Helmsman looks to windward to ensure no traffic or obstacles
** Helmsman cries "Helm to Lee" (or something similar) and begins to turn the boat to windward smoothly
** Jib sheet trimmer on working sheet waits until foresail luffs, then quickly releases sheet from winch. Note that it is important to completely remove all wraps from the winch and ensure that the sheet runs smoothly through the turning blocks and does not become fouled on the foredeck.
** Jib sheet trimmer on lazy sheet waits until the foresail luffs and then hauls in the sheet quickly as the boat comes through the wind. When the foresail begins to fill and the sheet can no longer be hauled by hand, the jib sheet trimmer quickly puts two additional wraps on the winch (for a total of 4 wraps) and calls to the grinder to "grind" and applies tension on the sheet while watching the foresail.
** Jib sheet grinder puts winch handle into winch, ensuring that it is completely inserted and grinds the winch until the jib sheet trimmer tells them to stop
** Main sheet trimmer moves the traveler to the proper position for the new tack as the boat moves through the wind.
** Helmsman steers the boat on the new tack
** Winch handle is removed and sheet is cleated
** For short handed operations, two people can handle the sheets. The sequence is that the jib sheet grinder releases the working sheet and the jib sheet trimmer hauls on the lazy sheet as the boat tacks. Once the working sheet is released, the jib sheet grinder can pick up the winch handle and grind on the new working sheet side. After the tack, the grinder can put away the winch handle and move the traveler. Alternatively, the traveler can be moved to leeward prior to the tack.

=== Heaving to ===

=== Mooring approach and departure ===

'''Approaching Mooring''':

The exact technique will vary from person to person. The goal is to slow the boat down and make it stop when the bow of the boat is within a boathook's length of the mooring line.

It's usually easiest to furl sails and approach mooring under motor power, but an able helsman can do it under sail power as well.

* Foredeck crew and helmsman should agree on commands, procedures, hand-signals, etc., before approaching the mooring.

* Approach mooring ball either upwind or upcurrent (observe other boats to determine which is stronger)

* Slow the boat down by reducing throttle and/or shifting to neutral as the boat approaches the mooring

* A second person on the foredeck can be helpful for handling the mooring line and/or the boathook

* Others should vacate the deck so as not to interfere with the helmsman's line of sight.

'''Leaving Mooring''':

Don't run over the mooring line.

=== Assisting with docking ===

* Proper technique for tying fenders

* Preparing bow, stern, and spring lines
** lines should be coiled and ready to heave
** lines should be led under lifelines and through chocks if possible
** forward-spring line leads from the boat forward to the dock
** after-spring line leads from the boat aft to the dock

* Safely stepping off boat at shrouds

* Handling bow, stern and spring lines on dock
** Wrap line around cleat to tend it
** Don't haul in line unless instructed to do so
** Follow commands from skipper:
*** hold line
*** haul in line
*** ease line
*** make fast (tie to cleat)

* Leaving the dock

=== Proper use of the head ===

=== Dinghy driving ===

=== Knots ===
*bowline
*cleat hitch
*rolling hitch
*figure-eight knot
*round turn and two half hitches

=== Coiling and heaving a line ===

== Safety information ==

=== Working with new sailors ===

=== Radio procedure ===

=== Safe use of winches ===

=== Location and use of fire extinguishers on board ===

=== Location and use of life jackets and inflatable PFDs ===

=== Retrieving crew overboard ===

=== Distress signals and location/use of signal flares ===

== Navigational skills ==

=== Familiarity with layout of Boston Harbor ===

Crew should be able to identify well-known landmarks by sight, such as:

* Boston Light
* Graves Light
* Deer Island Light
* Long Island Light
* Long Island Bridge
* Castle Island
* Tobin Bridge
* Deer Island Treatment Plant
* Nixes Mate

Crew should be able to quickly locate surface and water features on a chart, such as:

* Long Wharf
* Boston Inner Harbor
* President Roads
* Nantasket Roads
* Lower Middle Channel
* Boston North Channel
* Boston South Channel
* Mystic River
* Charles River
* Dorchester Bay
* Quincy Bay

* Logan Airport
* Castle Island
* Long Island
* Deer Island
* Spectacle Island
* Thompson Island
* Gallops Island
* Lovell Island
* Georges Island
* Peddocks Island
* The Brewster Islands
* Brewster Spit

* Boston Light
* Graves Light
* Deer Island Light
* Long Island Bridge
* Nixes Mate

=== Rules of the road ===

=== Coastal piloting using charts ===

=== Aids to navigation ===

=== Use of GPS receiver ===

Systems Status

2012-08-08T00:21:14Z

Bussolari: /* Rigging - Sails, Lines, Sailing Hardware */

This page is intended as a way for sailors to quickly determine which systems on the boat are '''not''' operating normally. Please enter information about any systems that are '''not''' operating correctly on the boat, or which are operating in a non-standard way that skippers and crew should know about. Please keep these items in general order of the [http://sailing.mit.edu/mediawiki/index.php/Xdim_systems Systems Description] wiki pages.

== Operating Problems ==

=== Rigging - Sails, Lines, Sailing Hardware ===

* vang is broken -- use a spinnaker halyard as a topping lift

=== Deck Gear ===

=== Electrical ===

* 23mar12 - 110v system (shore power/110v outlets/water heater) disconnected
* 23mar12 - Navman instruments not operational
* 03jul12 - Only one cabin light operational (over the fridge)

=== Bilge ===

=== Engine ===

* Engine idle speed seems low
* Tachometer not calibrated
* Slow fuel leak at lift pump
* Slow fuel leak at injector pump

=== Dinghy ===

* floor has a fast air leak
* dinghy might have a slow water leak
* engine has slow fuel leak

X-Dimension systems

2012-07-23T18:07:34Z

Bussolari: /* Headsail Roller Furling System */

X-Dimension systems

2012-07-23T18:05:34Z

Bussolari: /* Headsail Roller Furling System */

X-Dimension systems

2012-07-23T18:03:52Z

Bussolari: /* Sails Kept on the Boat */

X-Dimension systems

2012-07-06T13:12:01Z

Bussolari: /* Traveler */