The checklists were developed to augment the routine inspections, and seasonal maintenance activities associated with maintaining the safety, seaworthiness, and pleasurable cruising attributes of Ovation, a Catalina C-380 #217. Ovation’s homeport is Cleveland, OH, USA. Cleveland’s climate includes hot summers and freezing winters. Therefore the checklists are designed to cover one full boating season where the boat is on the hard for the winter, prepared for launching, launched, prepared for haul-out, and finally winterized. (Ovation’s mast is unstepped for the winter.)

A utilitarian way to assemble the checklists is to collectively book them in a thin (3/4 inch) three ring binder. Inserting the sheets into clear 8-1/2 x 11 inch sheet protectors designed for ring binders keeps the sheets organized and clean. Typically the two pages per checklist are placed back-to-back in the sheet protector, i.e., columns A thru D are in the front with E thru F