[Charlie]

Hi Roy M:

What I was looking at was just a pre departure check list. Like Ok we are on the boat this what we need to take care of before we leave. I want this list so that I can assign tasks to the kids, the admiral, and any handy guests. That way I don't have to do everything myself. I also plan on writing a check list for when we arrive back at the dock. When someone says "What can I do to help? " I can just look down the list and say -- "pull the sail cover out of the port lazaret and put it on the boom. or stow the boat hook on the qtr berth." I know everything that needs to be done but between guests and kids etc. I get flustered and sometimes (more often than I'd like) something slips between the cracks. Like last time I went out I forgot to pull the spin halyard to the mast and when I set the jib the halyard was in the way. Not a big deal but something that could have been avoided with a checklist.

As far as the list that you are talking about I would like one of those too. But I need to take this step by step and get the major things done before I can refine the smaller (but important) things.