best logbook

[vyv_cox]

I made my own on the pc. Fits on 2 sides of A4 paper so that you use it like an open book.
Not the best of pictures, etc.

Almost a copy of mine . You have a couple more columns, for example I have never felt it necessary to log barometric pressure. We log every moving hour, no matter where. Even on the Canal du Midi!

 

[Storyline]

As others I made my own. I use a Filofax size

Very nice but I was taught never to use To: a destination - always use Towards:

Something to do with not counting chickens I assume.

 

[emandvee44]

Log Book

Made my own - A4 spiral bound - 30 double pages each one. I also included a space for crew on board.
Other home made docs, some perhaps a bit over the top but might be useful under some circumstances.
Pre-departure check list (a bit like on an aircraft but a lot shorter )
Passage plan (three sheets)
Maintenance log - computer based -print out from time to time and file in a four ring binder)

Cheers,

Michael.

 

[Burnham Bob]

I've got one of Claudia Myatt's log books. Fully functional but fun too.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Log-Book-Little-Ships/dp/0955026938

 

[LadyInBed]

Very nice but I was taught never to use To: a destination - always use Towards:

Sorry, I didn't make it clear, To is an abbreviation for Towards

 

[nigelmercier]

Don't use a book - they're all too vague, so I use a computer ...

Thank goodness, I was beginning to think I was alone. I can find the last oil change, or the last time we visited a certain place, in about 2 seconds.

 

[mrtreeboy222]

hi guys, cheers for your replys and i already keep an electronic log - say if the book got wet and ruined, then its backup.

I didn't even consider doing one myself?! silly me.

i'll pop down to staples at the weekend and get a pukka pad (and possibly a pukka pie if i go home via olivers chippy) and do it that way

 

[nigelmercier]

i already keep an electronic log - say if the book got wet and ruined, then its backup...

Then all you need is an A5 ring binder (I use an A5 filofax) and print it out every so often.

 

[nigelmercier]

As others I made my own. I use a Filofax size

Nice, apart from "Hight"

 

[LadyInBed]

Nice, apart from "Hight"

I had never noticed
height x 100 times.

 

[Scotty_Tradewind]

Now that dementure has surely begun, I've started an alphabetically Indexed A4 hard cover book with the outside title saying 'where is it?'

Trouble is do I list 'bits of string' under 'L' for Lines, 'R' for Ropes or what?

 

[mcframe]

Now that dementure has surely begun, I've started an alphabetically Indexed A4 hard cover book with the outside title saying 'where is it?'

Trouble is do I list 'bits of string' under 'L' for Lines, 'R' for Ropes or what?

Both.

And under C for Cordage and S for String.

The clever bit is that you use little bits of string to link the entries together, forming some kind of, err, "web" ;->

 

[WoodyP]

Oh, and for the pedants, Dementia is kicking in when you spell it dementure

 

[nigelmercier]

I had never noticed
height x 100 times.

Well, I am a proof-reader