Bugger....

[BarryH]

......ralised when I got home that I left one of the cockpit seat cushions in the cockpit. Is it going to be windy and will it blow away? Soddit!

 

[Pete7]

Its not going anywhere today, though it is raining in Gosport this morning so your cushion will need a few days in the airing cupboard.

Pete

 

[Jcorstorphine]

Done something similar.

Many years ago, I got home from a weekend away in the boat which was on a swinging mooring and realised that I had forgotton to close the seacocks. Drove back down to the boat, a one and a half hour drive, hauled our solid fibreglass dingy all the way down the beach ( it was low tide) rowed out to the boat (raining).

Got into the boat and found that I had closed the seacocks. Now years later i have a check list which I check when leaving but sometimes, i still wonder did i close etc.

 

[Caliban]

I went down to the boat on Saturday, opened the side cover, my heart leapt into my throat at the sight of the companionway wide open. I immediately assumed thieves, cos there is a lot of very new/valuable stuff in the cabin, and only an complete eedjutt would forget to lock up when they left the boat . . . . . . . . wouldn't they?

 

[Leighb]

SWMBO and I made a list last night of the things we forgot to bring home yesterday. Worst is the coolbox, with what is left of the weekend rations, the milk and lettuce will be horrible. Fortunately we are close so I will pop over this morning and collect all the bits and pieces - and probably find some others that we didn't remember.

Friends a few years ago rowed ashore only to find that they had not got the car keys and on the same key ring were the boat keys. so no point in rowing back as they had shut the padlock.

They had to get a lift home to get spare keys for car and boat.

 

[LadyInBed]

They had to get a lift home to get spare keys for car and boat.

Spare car key on boat, Spare boat key in car

 

[VicS]

Spare car key on boat, Spare boat key in car

So with one set locked in the boat and the other set locked in the car how does that help.

I have car keys, boat keys and a key case containing house keys, spare boat key and spare car key.

Still not impossible to lock myself out but requires some determination to do it.

 

[Leighb]

Our solution to the locking oneself out of the boat is to be obsessive about shutting the hatch padlock as soon as we have opened the hatch, that way we can be sure that we cannot lock the boat without having a key with us.

My boat key is on the same key ring as the car keys, so it should be infallible? However..............

 

[photodog]

SWMBO and I made a list last night of the things we forgot to bring home yesterday. Worst is the coolbox, with what is left of the weekend rations, the milk and lettuce will be horrible. Fortunately we are close so I will pop over this morning and collect all the bits and pieces - and probably find some others that we didn't remember.

Friends a few years ago rowed ashore only to find that they had not got the car keys and on the same key ring were the boat keys. so no point in rowing back as they had shut the padlock.

They had to get a lift home to get spare keys for car and boat.

Nothing worse than snapping the padlock shut on the companionway at the same moment you notice the keys left on the saloon table.....

 

[prv]

Our solution to the locking oneself out of the boat is to be obsessive about shutting the hatch padlock as soon as we have opened the hatch, that way we can be sure that we cannot lock the boat without having a key with us.

Kindred Spirit came with a padlock that could not be closed without the key - it didn't snap shut like the conventional type. Ariam has a lock built into the upper washboard, again needing the key to lock it. So I've avoided locking myself out, and since I only have one keyring (house, boat, and car) I also ensure I can get into the car when I leave.

Hasn't stopped me leaving my wallet or phone locked in the boat a couple of times, though

Pete

 

[Leighb]

Nothing worse than snapping the padlock shut on the companionway at the same moment you notice the keys left on the saloon table.....

We have done that too, which is why we adopted the obsessive plan. It took me about 40 mins to break in using a borrowed huge screwdriver.

 

[cliff]

Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet, Watch and Keys (Sea cocks closed, Gas off, Batteries off)

 

[LadyInBed]

So with one set locked in the boat and the other set locked in the car how does that help.

Good point

 

[oldbilbo]

Does it help if this 'smartypants' mentions that, for several years, he used a companionway hatch padlock that used 4 numbers and not a key? Yes, it was completely weatherproof - and I'll use that idea again.

 

[photodog]

Does it help if this 'smartypants' mentions that, for several years, he used a companionway hatch padlock that used 4 numbers and not a key? Yes, it was completely weatherproof - and I'll use that idea again.

Another pin to remember.... I'll stick with keys... I already cant cope with 2 visas, a debit, a alarm code,
Etc...