Any boaty Xmas Gifts ?

[Snowgoose-1]

I wonder how many multi tool gizmos the average play sailor has now.

I received a mobile phone magnifier which is brilliant for youtube on a wet day in port. I can give a link if anyone is interested.

Any good stuff out there ?

P.s. I also got a pen which is also a biro, plus 2 screwdriver bits. a phone pointer and a bottle owner. Almost another multi tool.

 

[Boathook]

Treated myself to a 1/4" drive torque wrench for servicing my new outboard. Just require the torque settings ..... Might splash out on a new chart plotter as the touch screen has 'broken' on my hybrid raymarine one and is unrepairable

 

[rogerthebodger]

Wife got me a 18V battery die grinder and a 18v battery router to go with my other 8v battery tools, drills angle grinder and sanders

 

[Sandy]

A Tablet from Visit My Harbour now Imray are stopping publishing paper charts. Now playing with HF Weather Fax on a small radio.

 

[wingcommander]

Received a nice white Majoni bow fender...looks reasonable rugged enough to prevent kiss kiss pontoon love bites..
No string though .

 

[Hacker]

2 Stanley toolboxes and a Halford Professional 200 pc set (it’s heavy enough to be used as ballast).

 

[mrming]

Got a nice Wichard ocean safety knife and a new number 16 spanner to replace the one in Davy Jones’s Locker.

 

[KevinV]

A bottle of Jamieson's Black Barrel, to keep the damp out

 

[Pye_End]

I wonder how many multi tool gizmos the average play sailor has now.

I received a mobile phone magnifier which is brilliant for youtube on a wet day in port. I can give a link if anyone is interested.

Does it work?

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Does it work?

Very low tech. No electrics. I tend not to use it on a table but just hold it. Couldn't find the one I've got but just like this one. Might be worth paying a bit more.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NP2HH1V/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B08NP2HH1V&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_ssd_tt&qid=1735550956&pd_rd_w=bTOxx&content-id=amzn1.sym.632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666:amzn1.sym.632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666&pf_rd_p=632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666&pf_rd_r=70YWMSEPGJDNVMDGQ71E&pd_rd_wg=x2FCX&pd_rd_r=69bd8499-c5a4-4730-b218-2b60d3adb46d&pd_rd_plhdr=t

 

[MoodySabre]

From number 7 granddaughter

 

[GEM43]

Next summer’s off-watch entertainment, well it’s kind of boaty!

 

[mjcoon]

Very low tech. No electrics. I tend not to use it on a table but just hold it. Couldn't find the one I've got but just like this one. Might be worth paying a bit more.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NP2HH1V/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B08NP2HH1V&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_ssd_tt&qid=1735550956&pd_rd_w=bTOxx&content-id=amzn1.sym.632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666:amzn1.sym.632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666&pf_rd_p=632045c6-bd11-46a2-8a95-3c8490cff666&pf_rd_r=70YWMSEPGJDNVMDGQ71E&pd_rd_wg=x2FCX&pd_rd_r=69bd8499-c5a4-4730-b218-2b60d3adb46d&pd_rd_plhdr=t

Jolly good idea. I have a couple of Fresnel lens magnifiers and could make a stand to go with it/them. They should not say in the blurb "provide higher screen resolution", though! No wonder they get many returns...

 

[stranded]

Got a Hawkeye handheld depth sounder which together with a golf rangefinder will lull me into even falser senses of security when we push our luck in marginal anchoring depths.

And a Mozart knife for trimming bits of proud caulking. I cannot offhand think of any other single tool which has so exceeded my expectation - using it is a bit like therapeutic colouring-in, and possibly even more satisfying than unpainting a grubby terrace with a power washer.

 

[Sianna]

A lovely pair of binoculars for the boat

 

[Wansworth]

At least I have stopped getting books on yachting!

 

[justanothersailboat]

...when the books on yachting stop, it's time to buy a yacht instead?

 

[greeny]

A top down furler set up. She doesn't know the price yet though so shhhhh! A long time ago we decided to just buy ourselves something we want instead of the otherwise inevitable November December of trying to second guess what the other may want.

 

[dansaskip]

An insulated mug for keeping a brew of tea hot

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Santa brought me a 21v car buffer polisher kit. (for 'car' read 'boat')