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Equipment Checklist
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Sailor Travel Documents
Equipment Checklist
Regatta Gear and Equipment List
Important Items: This is a suggested list of some of the most important items that each team should consider bringing when attending international events. Each team needs to be fully self-sufficient to manage its own rigging, tuning, repairs and potential equipment failures at all times.
Add or subtract from this list as you see fit – this is just a guideline
Add or subtract from this list as you see fit – this is just a guideline
YOU CANNOT ALWAYS COUNT ON FINDING THINGS EASILY WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Rigging:
- (2) Jib wires for your sails (get from rigger or sail-maker) (NOT OPTIONAL)
- Spectra (or wax stitching line) to tie your jib to the wire & other uses
- (2) Traveler bridles (check the I-420 spec webpage for latest news on these)
- (2) chain plate/tension adjuster set pins w/spin-sheet guide (possibly at venue)
- Electrical tape
- Rigging tape
- Extra spin halyard
- Extra main sheet
- Extra line – small gauge for a variety of uses
- Extra sail battens
- Variety of small shackles / clevis pins / ring-dings / etc.
Tools:
- Loose Gauge (rig tuning gauge) – not an old one, they wear out and don’t read properly
- 50 Meter, soft measuring tape (yes metric) & 12-15 meter small hard metric measuring tape
- Vice-grips (small & large)
- Pliers (needle nose, regular & adjustable)
- Screwdrivers (assortment)
- Small & Medium “Crescent” wrenches
- Swedging tool and swedges (variety)
- Pop-rivet gun & rivets (variety)
- Wire cutters
- Small hammer
- Awl
- Permanent markers (small tip & large tip)
- Small, portable electric drill kit w/international charging adapters & drill bits
- Small hacksaw w/blades (or just blades)
- Small line burner (do not try to bring extra fuel)
Misc:
- Duct Tape (no kidding)
- 1 Kilo (2 lbs) of sheet lead (to bring your new hull to correct weight at measurement)
Tell-tails - Spin repair tape
- Sail repair tape
- Small tube of 5200 (pack in zip-lock bag – take air out)
- Gallon size zip-lock bags
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