First Tacks #1 – Adding equipment

You’re just starting out with the Ready4Sea application, that’s great! This is the first in a series of tips, called First Tacks, on how to get the most out of Ready4Sea.

Let’s start with the first step: Adding equipment to your boat.

Equipment on board

What makes boat maintenance complicated to keep track of is the many different fixtures, components and devices on board 👉 We call them equipment.

With Ready4Sea, you can gradually build up an inventory of your equipment, and define a maintenance plan for each item. Therefore, to begin with, you first need to add one or more pieces of equipment on board.

NB: When you first launched the application, you learned how to add your first piece of equipment. We’ve also added the hull (essential!)  😉

Adding equipment is a three-step process

Let’s now look at how to add new equipment on board. It could be the engine, for example: on boats that have one, it is often the engine that requires the most regular maintenance.

1. Start adding equipment

➡️ In the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen, tap on “Boat”.
➡️ Then choose “Equipment”.
➡️ Lastly, press the “+ Add equipment” button.

2. Specify the model

➡️ Choose the category, make and model of your equipment.
➡️ Not listed yet? 👉 You can add it using the “Add” button at the end of the list.

3. Review the maintenance plan

➡️ All you have to do is add maintenance reminders.
ℹ️ For certain categories of equipment, we already recommend a maintenance plan, which you can adapt by activating or deactivating each of the suggested reminders.

Next steps

🎉 There you go, you now know how to inventory your boat’s equipment.

NB: You can gradually build up your inventory. There’s no need to do everything at once. Start with the most important!

👉 In the next issue, you’ll learn how to create maintenance reminders.

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