1) Make sure to take off the sails, sprayhood, and cockpit tent. Wash and
rinse out dirt and salt. Everything must be completely dry, before stowed
away for the winter and kept in a dry place.
2) Cushions:
• For cleaning cushions, you can remove the cover by opening the
zip on the back of the cushion.
• For washing or dry-cleaning, check which material your cushions
are made of before cleaning.
• It is best to store the cushions in dry surroundings.
• If the cushions stay inside the boat – set them up vertically.
3) Various steel wires can be washed in warm soap and water, rinsed clean,
dried, and afterwards wiped with an oilcloth.
4) All ropes and blocks should be washed in warm soap and water, rinsed and
dried.
5) Rigging and boom:
• Make sure all lines and halyards are intact. Should a halyard have a
failure, you can turn it over.
• Every year all halyards and reefing lines can be shortened approx. 25
cm only if you can see chafing marks.
6) The water tank must be emptied and cleaned. It is easily accessible to the
port side main cabin by the centerboard casing under the sofa floor.
7) During the winter, open all lockers for better ventilation and make sure
that the boat is well ventilated.
8) The engine:
• Please contact your local engine dealer.
9) The marine batteries can stay in the boat over the winter. But better to
charge them fully before the winter and check them once a month. Never
let the batteries lose power, these must never go below 10.5 V. Some
batteries are best with no frost, so please check if your batteries are OK
with minus 0 degrees Celsius.
10) Dry o
ut the hulls completely to avoid frost damage and check all
bilges in all three hulls are dry, also the forward and aft bilges in the floats.
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