Best mod iv'e ever done

[Csail]

Best mod iv\'e ever done

Fitted Webasto heating and the boat feels so much better. Worth every penny and not hard to fit.

 

[VictorII]

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Best mod I've ever done was making the aft bunk 15 cm wider. Sleeping became a whole new experience!

I suppose this is a best mod thread? ;-)

 

[Koeketiene]

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Inboard autopilot - it's changed our sailing experience.
Best £500 ever spent.
Free from the slavery of the helm.

 

[johnalison]

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A bit before your time perhaps, but our best mod was a Decca repeater in the cockpit (circa 1990). No more going below every few minutes to check where I was.

 

[PCUK]

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My Decca would only play the 78s where it was!
Yours must have been a Double Decca!
I'll get me coat!

 

[VicS]

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[ QUOTE ]
a Double Decca

[/ QUOTE ] That really does take the biscuit

 

[michael_w]

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Little deck clip to hold a teaspoon so it's always handy and you don't have to rummage in a drawer whilst the boat is trying to stand on her head.

I'm planning on fitting a boot jack. I've got one of those brass beetle things. Just need to work out where to fit it.

 

[DanTribe]

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I thought this was going to be a biker v scooter thread.
I can remember a few mods getting "done" at Brighton & Clacton in the 60s

 

[gary3029]

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Wind generator was my best ever buy. Never another flat battery when I go down to the boat

 

[VicS]

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[ QUOTE ]
Wind generator

[/ QUOTE ] I my case small permanently mounted solar panel. Also the Autohelm

 

[phatcat1]

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I have some re-cycled plastic bootjacks, pm me your address, I will send you one!

 

[Becky]

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Thing I most appreciated was when we used a lappie for nav, and we connected a cheap TV (12v) to it with a long lead and positioned the tv on deck inside the windscreen so we had the chart on deck so we could watch it while pressing the autohelm buttons. (Often wondered what that wheel thing was for).

Fab for harbour approaches in poor vis or at night. So simple too. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AIDY]

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Can i ask a stupid question ? what's a BOOTJACK please /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[VicS]

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[ QUOTE ]
Can i ask a stupid question

[/ QUOTE ] Yes, but Google would have told you the answer.

 

[AndyAndKatie]

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Your right Vic, It did.. LOL

 

[Heckler]

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solar panel same for me, 56 watt does well to provide plenty of power
stu

 

[Victorious]

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A secure and rattle free place to stow the washboards

 

[Marmalade]

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For me

1. Windgen

2. Plotter in cockpit

 

[Steve_R]

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I'm sure we weren't the only ones to call it Desmond!

 

[NickiCrutchfield]

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Welly remover.