Description
When we purchased a sailboat and decided to sail around the world we were overwhelmed by the enormous learning curve. We needed checklists for sailors! Sailing our new sailboat was one part of the equation but what really baffled us, at the start, were the hundreds of maintenance tasks and cleaning routines.
Checklists will help you to become more organized and motivated to get the right things done.
You’ll also get things done quicker and more efficiently, have more clarity, delegate, save lives, and continually improve.
Almost six years after we started, we’ve learned an incredible amount about sailing, passage planning, anchoring, taking guests aboard, servicing and maintaining our systems (engine, generator, pumps, batteries, and on), cleaning schedules, provisioning, medical concerns and even how to entertain young children on board.
This book is a guide, or a blueprint, to help you mitigate your learning curve regarding a variety of standard tasks associated with sailing a sailboat.
Here are just some of the checklists for sailors that you’ll find in this helpful resource:
- The start to finish of a sailing voyage – with new crew/guests
- Passage planning – preparation and plan
- Boat briefing checklists for sailors
- Guests and or crew duties and responsibilities
- Anchoring
- Packing and preparing for a sailing holiday
- Maintenance and service checks
- Wintering a boat
- Every time your boat is out of the water
- Spare parts checklist
And more Checklists For Skippers
- Cleaning and maintenance checklists
- The First Aid log
- The First Aid Kits
- Medical question form
- Radio advice (medial) forms
- Medical observation checklists
- Taking the dingy to land
- Keeping children occupied on a boat
- What about Seasickness?
- Meal provisioning checklists for sailors
- Checklist Guide For Fishing Success
- Choosing A Marina
- Choosing a Dinghy
- Selecting Insurance For Your Boat
- Servicing Your propeller
- Leaving The Boat in a Marina (short-term)
- What to do While in a Marina for a quick stop
All those and more. Get your Checklists for Sailors – Passage Planning, Sailboat Maintenance, Cleaning, Medical, and More book today!
Total Pages: 131 US Letter pages.
Trevor James Bavaria 45 Cruiser –
Every Checklist You might Ever Need in One Book – After months of drafting my own inadequate checklists a friend recommended Kimberly Browns book Checklists for Sailors. I never realised that there were so many aspects to sailing that this very comprehensive and complete book covers in ensuring that risks are minimised through thorough pre planning. In addition the offer of the Microsoft Word soft copy has allowed me to modify, consolidate and tailor these checklists to my own personal needs. As a serious sailor in Australia and the Pacific I would highly recommend this book.
David Gilchrist –
Just what the captain and crew needed – Much needed book for my upcoming voyages. This will help me keep on track during my outfitting and stocking.
Richard Smith –
Your lists and the book itself as a whole are masterpieces of clear, understandable and digestible logic. Many congratulations, I appreciate the considerable efforts that you have expended to make it so.
Zarih Sundberg –
I just started reading it and I can see how useful this is going to be. Thanks to Kim, there is no need for newbies like myself to invent the wheel all over again. I will also buy her other books. The work she has put in is astounding! A comprehensive book! Thanks!
Peter Kovacs (verified owner) –
Once again, Thanks Kim and Simon for this excellent reference. As mentioned in a previous review, No need to reinvent the wheel. Its all here. This is my go to sailing material. Well organized and thorough. No need to say more. Just pick it up, start reading, and get out there and sail 🙂
Julia (verified owner) –
Just what we needed to make sure that we are covering the bases on such a wide variety of items onboard. The checklists are very organized and look easy to use — just print one off, or load it up on the tablet and we’re ready to go. Great time-saver and definitely a must-have onboard! Thanks, Britican, for putting this together!
Ella –
Great book! Must have if you are planning to start sailing around.
Larissa Mcginnis –
This gives me goose bumps. Excellent very relateable
Heidi –
Many thanks form a newbie sailor – really helpful
Tatyana –
Thanks you so much for your time and effort to put all the lists together. That is exactly what I was looking for. So helpful, great job!
TK –
Very resourceful! Thank you!
Robin Garrity (verified owner) –
Looks just like what I need. Not used them yet but, as a newly qualified Day Skipper with an aviation background (= lots of checklists) I was going to write my own. This will ensure I don’t miss anything and will save lots of time. First solo voyage in July (COVID permitting!).
Thanks
Robin
Spyros Xenos (verified owner) –
FANTASTIC!!! Great Job Kim!!!
That is exactly what I was looking for.!!!
Thank you so much for your time and effort to put all the lists together.
Kim Brown (verified owner) –
Kim I’m writing you my comments as a review .
This book is a fantastic resource for your first years cruising under sail .
I like this book and have learnt so much from it , specifically the well elaborated lists from real experience as boat owners and live aboard cruisers with lot of experience. Information is very clear and fun to look through , It has been relevant to me as boat owner in many aspects of sailing and boat maintenance .
Some sections are brief but its always good enough to set me in the right directions , the lists are smart elaborated and in my case did work perfect to get all properly organized .
Really recommend this book to anyone interested in the live aboard and cruising life .
Fabio Lemos M.
SV Aleta .
Bart Brasseaux (verified owner) –
Wether you have just started your sailing journey or a seasoned sailor, this book is a must for your library and an amazing, well thought out and put together reference guide. I can’t even imagine the hours poured into the efforts of putting this journal together. I would recommend this guide for any live aboard, your life will be all the more better for it!!! Thank You so very much Kim!
Stephane Bernabe (verified owner) –
Quel énorme travail ! J’ai découvert le site un peu par hasard, en préparant notre tour du monde à la voile, au départ de France, et sans précision de retour en Europe. Toutes ces check-lists me semblent excellentes, je vais prendre le temps de les traduire au mieux en français. Bravo !
Translation:
What a huge job! I discovered the site a little by chance while preparing our round-the-world trip to sail, departing from France, and without precision to return to Europe. All these checklists seem excellent to me, I will take the time to translate them into French as best as possible. Well done!
Stephane Charest (verified owner) –
Great and really useful.
Two thumbs up!
Peter Weiss –
Very good book. I use it not only for sailing but also as example in my Kaizen coaching on board of Winds & Tides.
Seth Mixon (verified owner) –
After years of trying to find time to create useful checklists, our friends here at Sailing Britican have done it for me!
Thanks so much!!
Frank Lauber (verified owner) –
Checklists are essential. Every boat, skipper and crew are different and will have their special lists. Having a book full of lists from experienced bluewater sailors is extremely valuable to either use them straight out of the book or help you write or complete your own lists. I found quite a number of lists I had thought of starting myselves but never got around doing. Thanks!!
Chris Jones (verified owner) –
Comprehensive – saved us a load of work!
HL –
This is great! We’re working towards cruising with our 4(!) kiddos in a few years and this is invaluable! Right now we’re starting small trips and making progress in small increments! Thanks!
Craig Thompson –
Wonderful collection of sailing knowledge, thank you for sharing.
Colin Gray (verified owner) –
Just buying my first “proper” boat and the more I research it and the better I understand all that owning a 41′ boat entails the more complex I realise it is. Check lists haven’t yet been used … BUT THEY WILL BE!! Fantastic job at putting these all together in such detail.
Michael –
Great product. Extremely helpful. And can be easily tailored to ones individual needs with the word version….Money well spent
Vicki Retzlaff (verified owner) –
Very excited to start reading the book and reviewing the MS word checklist. Before I buy my first boat. I like the idea of doing prevent stuff before it becomes a bigger problem later. Looking forward to a reading the MS word checklist!
Monica (verified owner) –
Thank you for putting this all together. As a checklist lover – this is great along with having an editable version. This is a Christmas gift so glad I got it early!
Jan –
As a new boat-owner, I was about to start writing my own checklists and came across this book, which seems to cover pretty much everything. Plus it comes with the added bonus of access to an editable version, so you can customise your lists. It will save me a heap of time!
Clifford Johnson (verified owner) –
A checklist for everything, a checklist for things that I never even thought about. Very impressed
Mike Dunphy (verified owner) –
A very useful guide, clearly the result of much experience. Well worth the price.
Jeff B (verified owner) –
Fantastic! Just bought a new boat and these checklists are taking the stress levels WAY down. I’m also a private pilot and really appreciate the importance, utility, and discipline of using checklists. Love that there is a Word version! Well done guys!
Massimo –
Just fantastic , what every sailor needs
Philip worgan –
Great compilation of necessary steps all in one place. Saved a lot of time researching and compling spreadsheets… .
Laura Read (verified owner) –
I am a new boat owner and this is exactly what I needed. Very thorough yet clear. Thanks for all the time and anxiety you have spared me Kim