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Self Assessment - Vessel Audit
Start your Preparation Early - Self Assess your Vessel
To assist with boat owners wishing to prepare early, we've created a Boat Owners Vessel Audit as a guide for boat owners to review and consider what may be needed - however, we understand we have a multitude of vessel types, sizes and situations with each berthing agreement in our Marina so some questions may not be relevant to answer.
View PDF: Self-Assessment – Vessel Checklist
How to Use this ONLINE Self Assessment
Answer the below questions as you check over your boat, attach any relevant photos or files, and send to the Marina Office for review. We'll review your preparation notes and get back to you with any further suggestions we might have.
First time Auditing your Vessel? Marina staff are available to answer any questions and inspect the readiness measures in place on your boat; so feel free to grab a staff member on their way around the Marina or call the office to book a 15 minute consult at your vessel. We share a common hope that Townsville and its surrounds aren’t impacted by any destructive weather but the Marina team thanks you in advance for your cooperation and willingness to get your boat ready for the prospect of damaging weather.
We’ve acknowledged in multiple emails already that we know that many of our local and resident boat owners will prepare differently to an owner who lives a distance from Townsville. That doesn’t however preclude our local boat owners from getting stuck in to a start-of-cyclone season vessel audit to list what’s working and what isn’t and what needs fixing and what’s to be replaced. This is not just good practice for the standard up-keep of your vessel but vital to ensuring your boat’s ready to withstand the intense conditions of tropical storms and cyclones.
Our strongest recommendation to all our boat owners is to undertake a Self-Assessment audit of your own boat, as soon as you can, and make a list of the condition of all your on-board equipment and systems. At the completion of your Self-Assessment audit, you’ll have a list of fixes and upgrades from which you can prioritise from most to least urgent. You’re then ready to get a start on your early Seaworthiness and Cyclone Preparations which gives you and your vessel the best possible chance to ride-out severe storms with the least amount of damage.