How to prepare your boat for haul out - Sailing boat maintenance Ep 240

How do you prepare for haul out? What specific haul-out preparation should be done? We list the jobs to do before you lift your sailboat in the first episode of our new sailing boat maintenance series...

00:00 Jamie's rant in the car
01:10 How do you prepare for haul out?
02:42 Anti-foul
03:34 Cleaning products!
04:10 Custom and specialist parts
05:08 Lift-out timing
05:42 Services - what the yard can and can't do
06:10 Facilities, including rules, regulations, and what's included in the fees?
06:55 Payment - can you pay the bills?
07:30 Our actual haul-out from Med-mooring to the slip and hard-stand
09:56 🤣BLOOPERS!🤣

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