Glissé

Sandusky Sailing Club, Sandusky,OH

Welcome

Please follow these few rules and we'll all be happy, happy.

1. No smoking below, please. Glissé is a smoke-free environment. If you must, please do it outside.
2. Always use the "cold start" procedure for starting the engine, even if it's "warm". The reason is quite simple… It always starts the first time if you do. First, hold in the button in the center of the shift/throttle lever, then push the lever forward about halfway, then pull out and push in on the fuel shut off "T" handle. Turn the key and she'll start every time.

Safety Equipment:

1. The three fire extinguishers are located - on the bulkhead in the forward cabin, on the shelf above the starboard closet in the saloon and on the bulkhead in the aft cabin.
2. Immediately below the fire extinguisher in the aft cabin is the flare kit.
3. All life jackets are in the cockpit locker.
4. The horseshoe ring on the stern pulpit has approximately fifty feet of polypro floating line attached.
5. An acoustical air horn and a canister one are on the starboard shelf above the settee. The acoustical one is the red, white and blue plastic tube. It really is loud!
6. The first aid kit is behind the starboard settee back cushion . A Red Cross First Aid book is on the port bookshelf, behind the tambour doors.

Important note - The companionway lock is French, which means that you must turn the key TWO full turns to lock or unlock it.

We sincerely wish you a wonderful time with fair winds and following seas. I also wish to apologize in advance to any "Old Salts" who are reading this. It was written with the novice sailor in mind. If you know most of this, that’s great!

The dark blue folio containing the Ship’s papers and instruction manuals for the systems is located behind the starboard settee back cushion.

Electrical Panel

The refrigerator is very efficient and does not have to be left on continuously. It is good practice to always run the refrigerator after you have started the engine. Please start engine with battery number ONE, then switch the battery switch to BOTH. The switch is located under the nav station seat. Please be sure to NEVER turn to or past "OFF" with the engine running. Remember to switch back to battery TWO once the engine has stopped. This ensures a full starting battery.

The "Steaming" light is used with the "Navigation" lights whenever the engine is moving the boat at night. The "Masthead" light is your anchor light. I know, I know, but that's the way the manufacturer must have labeled things. J

Very important. If you run out of water, please turn the water heater off. Just like the one at home, if the heating element is on with no water present, it will self-destruct. At this time, there will only be hot water available while hooked up to shore power. Engine heated hot water is in the planning stage. We apologize for any inconvenience. Water can be heated the old fashioned way on the stovetop.

Leave the bilge pump switch on all the time. This is just good practice. Turn others on and off as needed.
 
 

Galley

I always leave a burner on and then turn off the safety switch, thus burning up any propane left in the lines. The smaller burner starts more quickly than the larger one, so I always light it first to get the propane flowing.

The French press coffee maker is virtually foolproof. Two measures make coffee strong enough for me, so experiment from there. Boil almost a pot full of water, pour it into the press with the coffee already in, put the filter lid device in the unit, without pushing it down. Wait about three to five minutes, depending on the strength desired, push the plunger down slowly, and pour yourself and crew a really great cuppa. It’s supposed to be an eight cupper (32 ounces) but they must mean the French demitasse cups. J

Please check the engine oil level each morning before starting. Lift the cutout in the countertop over the engine and pull out the bright red ring that’s attached to the oil level stick. There should be a quart of oil in the engine compartment along the port side. Full quarts are in the bottom of the cockpit locker. Please log any oil usage.

Once you start the engine, it should be allowed to run for at least half an hour to consume any moisture that condensed when it was previously shut off.

The Volvo diesel uses less than 1/2 gallon of fuel per hour of normal
operation, which is quite economical. The fuel tank holds approximately 11 gallons. The fuel fill is on the deck, portside, close to the sheet winch.

Each time you start the engine, please glance over the port side stern area to be sure water is coming out the exhaust. This will not be a steady stream but more like a spurt every few beats. Max cruising rpm is about 2200 to 2300. The fuel gauge is on the electrical panel and operates when engine is on.

Stopping engine:

Pull out the "T" handle till the engine stops, then turn off the key. The handle is the fuel shutoff, which is the only way to stop a diesel engine. (It also functions as the "cold start" device.)

If you somehow manage to run both batteries down, all is not lost. There is a hand crank stored to starboard in the engine compartment. The compression release lever is at the top of the engine valve cover. Above it is a drawing showing three positions. First, move the lever to the vertical, then begin cranking the engine. When you feel it’s going pretty good, maybe 6 or 7 rapid turns, flip the lever to your left. (Starboard) This puts compression into one of the two cylinders, and the engine should start. Once it’s running, flip the lever all the way back to port and you’re on your way. You can find further info in the engine manual.

Head/Shower

• Move the lever to the left, toward the head.
• Pump the handle several times to add a little water to the bowl.
• After use, pump enough to thoroughly rinse and evacuate the bowl. Be aware that each pump puts more water into the holding tank.
• Move the lever to the dry position (right) and pump another ten times.
• Leave the wet/dry lever in the dry position.

A twenty-gallon holding tank is installed and should be more than adequate for a long weekend. If it becomes necessary, the pumpout is located portside, close to the head. Please have the attendant pump some fresh water in after emptying and then have him pump it out as well. A clean holding tank is a happy, non-smelly one. After pumpout, please pour 2 ounces of Peggie Hall’s K.O. (behind the head, in the little compartment) into the head and pump it to the tank with a little water. You may use the expensive "marine" toilet paper, or the absolutely cheapest paper you can find, either will dissolve in the tank. PLEASE! Place nothing else in the head. Some people, myself included, don’t even place the paper in the head. We put it into a little plastic trash bag under the sink.

Shower:

The head faucet lifts out and becomes a telephone type showerhead. You will get everything in the head area wet, so remove the tp before the shower. The water drains into the bilge. Don’t be surprised if a pump kicks on. There are 66 gallons of water in the tank, but you can’t take showers like you do at home. The "Navy" shower is the way to go.

• Wet yourself down and lather up the soap.
• Turn shower off, wash hair and scrub.
• Turn shower back on and quickly rinse.
• Not bad, squeaky clean and only about five or ten gallons used.
• Care to guess how many gallons you use at home? I didn’t think so. J

The following is an editorial comment:

While we’re on this conservation kick, you shouldn’t shave and/or brush your teeth letting the water run, either. The water pump can pump four to five gallons per minute, so you can see how quickly you will run out.

We’ve covered general operation previously. So just be aware of battery condition. If you are plugged in to shore power, you need not worry; the onboard battery charger will take care of the battery. Just be sure you have it turned on. J

You may use ice, of course. The melting ice water drains into the bilge. This may explain why the bilge pump kicks on.
 
 

The air conditioner will cool you down and remove excess moisture from the air, just like the one at home, if you’re plugged in.

The major difference is that this one requires running water to cool. About amidships, port side, there is a thru-hull fitting above the waterline. With the air conditioner on, water should be streaming out of this port at almost the rate it would run out of a garden hose (without the nozzle). Should be enough to fill a five-gallon bucket in a little over a minute.

The controls are on the port saloon shelf forward, against bulkhead.

Procedure:

• Make sure the Off-Start-Run switch is in the "Off" position. Be sure the A/C Mains breaker is on.
• Turn the thermostat to the desired setting.
• Set the fan speed control to high.
• Open the seacock. (It’s location is revealed in the next section)
• Turn the Off-Start-Run switch to "Start". This turns the fan and seawater pump on. Look over the port side to be sure water is running out of the seawater overboard fitting.
• Turn the Off-Start-Run switch to the "Run" position. This energizes the compressor and relief is not far away.
• Make small changes in the thermostat and give the unit about fifteen minutes to adjust the temperature.
• Fan speed is easily adjusted to your comfort.
• It is not advisable to turn the system on and off rapidly. It is best to wait at least five minutes after turn off before trying to turn it back on.
• To turn system off, turn the Off-Start-Run switch to "Off". (I’ll bet you knew this by now, didn’t you?)

Holes in Boat

It is a wise skipper who knows their precise location and can find them even in the dark.

Fore to aft:

• Head compartment:
• Sink drain - under sink
• Holding tank vent - near gunnel
• Port settee, under the short ell cushion:
• Air conditioner cooling intake
• Head flush intake
• Holding tank discharge - NOT TO BE USED!
• Knotmeter impeller
• Depth sounder
• Port settee, behind long cushion:
• Shower sump discharge
• Air conditioner discharge
• Starboard floorboard under companionway step:
• Engine cooling intake
• Under sink in galley locker:
• Sink drain
• Aft cabin:
• Access to shaft tube and transmission - under panel inboard of mattress
• Access to rudder tube - behind panel in aft bulkhead
• Port stern quarter:
• Engine exhaust
• Manual bilge pump discharge
• Automatic bilge pump discharge

There are wooden plugs for all of the relevant through hulls and seacocks.
 
 

VHF Marine Radio

The radio is located at the Nav station. Operation is similar to most radios. There is a five-position switch for NORM and four weather channels. NORM is for normal operation. The CH 16 priority switch is next to the channel LCD panel.

Handheld VHF

The handheld has rechargeable batteries and can be charged with the cigarette lighter adapter found on the shelf just forward of the nav station.  It can be operated by the adapter simply by removing the battery and plugging adapter directly into radio bottom.

There is a cigarette lighter socket (three) under the nav station seat and another one inside the cockpit locker on the aft edge, behind the small box.

GPS

If you already know how to use a GPS, you probably have brought your own along. There is a manual for the operation of the Garmin model 48 with the ship’s papers if you are unfamiliar with the unit.  Many waypoints for Lake Erie have been entered, some by fellow charterers.  Most are self-explanatory. There is a 12-volt adapter for the GPS on the shelf near the nav station.

Cassette Stereo

You must put the three-position switch at the nav station in the cassette position to hear tapes.

CD Stereo

Put the switch in CD to play your CDs.

 Raytheon Multi-data Instrument

This brand new unit will give you up to three lines of data, most useful being, Depth, Speed and Water Temp.  The manual and a cheat sheet are in the Nav station.  This summer the most important data is DEPTH.  Power the unit up, then push the depth button and you'll get very large depth numbers.
 
 

Pro-Furl roller furling on the headsail.

A Delta is stowed on the bow roller, and the rode is in the forward anchor locker. There are two Danforths and one rode in the cockpit locker, down deep.

Genoa cars are adjustable under load. Just pull the single line to set the car where you wish. Releasing the line will allow the car to travel aft.

Main halyard is led aft, and one person can usually hoist the sail to within 8 to 12 inches of the top, then winch it the rest of the way.

If you’re worried about tripping on the roller furling line, you may run it along the lifelines to the aft cleat. Personally, I prefer it on the coachroof.

Lazy jacks are installed, and are pulled forward to the mast. To set, just pull the two lines (white with red trace) aft along the boom, hook the caribiner to the starboard eye strap, then secure the other line on the port side to the cleat provided. Don’t forget to lift the boom slightly with the topping lift.

Fenders, a fender board and spare docklines are in the cavernous cockpit locker.

Winch Handles (three 10 inch and one 8 inch) are in the small box in the locker.

The Magma propane grill is stored in a blue bag in the locker.

Several propane canisters are stowed under the helmsman’s seat. If you need to remove the seat, stand behind it on the swim platform, unhook the two hooks and lift it up and hang the leading edge over the wheel. I've tried several other ways and this seems easiest.

. One of the great exclusive features of this boat is the "back porch". You can stand up and barbecue just as though you were in your own back yard.