Simba Operating Procedures

PARAVANE DEPLOYMENT

POLES CLEAR OF LINES, FREE TO DROP

BIRDS CLEAR OF LINES AND CABLES & FREE TO DROP OVERBOARD

IS POLE LIFT LINE UNCLEATED AND LOCATED FREE TO RUN?

SLACK BIRD RETRIEVAL LINE

SLACK POLE LIFT LINE AND

PUSH POLE OUT

TAKE IN ON FORWARD POLE GUY TO GREEN MARKER

SNUG AFTER GUY

DROP BIRD IN

PARAVANE RETRIEVAL

RAISE BIRD TO TOP OF POLE

SLACK AFT GUYS TO RED MARKS

BEGIN TO RAISE POLE

RELEASE FOREGUY AND USE TO GUIDE POLE INTO CUP FOLLOWING    

       GUIDANCE FROM POLE HANDLER

CLEAT OFF POLE LIFT LINE SECURELY

LAY BIRD ON ITS SIDE AND TIE TO RAIL OR CLEAT

CLEAT BIRD RETRIEVAL LINE

TIE CHAIN TO REAR DECK RAILING

EDITOR'S NOTE Dec 2010: Welder Jimmie will shortly install bulwark brackets with a pipe to receive a bird's "proboscus".  (No more scratches of deck paint necessary.)

DINGHY STOWING

FREE AND LEAD BOOM AND LIFT LINES ALL WAY TO WINCHES

LIFT LINE FALL UNTANGLED AND CLOSE TO WATER

PORT BOOM GUY BLOCKED, WRAPPED AROUND POLE AND CLEATED

BRING DINGHY ALONGSIDE WITH BOW FACING FORWARD

CHECK BRIDLE KNOTS.  IS IT ABOVE STEERING CONSOLE?

PUT STRAIN ON LIFT LINE

PULL DRAIN PLUG AND STOW ON BOLT

LEAVE DINGHY

LIFT UNTIL EVEN WITH DECK

RAISE BOOM TOPPING LIFT TO 70 DEGREE ANGLE

SLACK PORT BOOM GUY

SWING DINGHY OVER CHOCKS

GET DINGHY BOW LINE AROUND RAIL ASAP

SLACK LIFT LINE

FASTEN BOW TO RAIL WITH BOW LINE

TIE DOWN WITH ONE LINE THRU 4 CHOCK EYEBOLTS

DINGHY LAUNCH FROM PROMENADE DECK

INSERT AND LOCK DRAIN PLUG

RAISE PORT PARAVANE POLE

MOVE PORT POLE AFTERGUY TO STARBOARD QUARTER

RELEASE BOW AND CHOCK TIEDOWN LINES

PLACE BRIDLE ON TOP OF STEERING CONSOLE AND FASTEN TO LIFT FALL

IS LIFT FALL UNTANGLED?

LEAD BOOM AND LIFT LINES ALL THE WAY TO WINCHES

LIFT BOOM TO 70 DEGREES

LEAD PORT BOOM GUY THRU BLOCK, AROUND POLE ONCE, AND CLEAT

LIFT BOAT A FOOT ABOVE CHOCKS

PUSH BOAT TO P0RT WHILE TAKING IN ON BOOM GUY

SECURE GUY

LOWER BOAT UNTIL EVEN WITH DECK

RELEASE LIFT LINE

IS PLUG IN?

SECURE BOW LINE TO SIMBA

BRING BOAT TO SWIM PLATFORM

BEFORE RAISING ANCHOR OR DEPARTING DOCK

CHECK FLUIDS OF TWO ENGINES AND GENSET

SECURE ALL PORTLITES

SECURE FORE AND AFT HATCHES

STARTING NOBELTEC

NOTE A CHANGE IN GENERATORS WILL CRASH COMPUTER

DETERMINE WHICHEVER GENERATOR  WILL BE LONG-RUNNING

START COMPUTER WHEN PROPER GENERATOR IS RUNNING

START NOBELTEC PROGRAM

TURN ON GPS WHEN NOBELTEC RUNNING – IS GREEN GPS LABEL ON?