Books and Charts On Board

[Boathook]

Needed to find a pilot book so dragged the storage crate out of the store room (spare bedroom). For got how heavy it was. Made me think, do I need all these on board all the time. Should I be selective and take down only what is required for the weekend / holiday.
For the holiday this possibly means the whole lot to cover the likely area. I don't go far but have altered course before now and gone to the CI rather than West Country ...

What do others do ?

 

[MIKE_MCKIE]

Tend to find that stuff just accumulates onboard and we end up with semi submerged waterline! No point in draggging excess weight around, if you have spare space &/or weight available, take something more usefull, ie beer or if you want to be boring then Diesel or food!!! Of course charts & books of the relevant area are essential, just don't take stuff for CI if cruising round the Solent!
Just for info, some of our ships (60,000 tons deadweight) carry around as much as 600 tonnes of additional gear, like lashing equipment, container fittings, bulk handling grabs, spare parts, books, charts etc. Given that a reasonable charge for carrying paying cargo is in the region of USD 45 per tonne, it means they are losing out to the tune of usd 27,000 ON EVERY VOYAGE!!

 

[FullCircle]

We keep them on board, as we like to get them out and read them, even when we are not in that area.
Our guests seem to do similar when they have been through the library of fiction and the stack og PBOs in the forecabin!

 

[Judders]

My PBO small craft almanac stays onboard but my pilots are at home where I can read them at my leisure. I usually take the relavent one with me.