Document storage on board.

Scary and it works.... Polythene bag!!!

Useful for all those manuals that you rarely need, but have to have on the boat. Just folded over at the end will do for most stuff.
 
It depends how often you are going to use them , so how often they are at risk of catching a wave. As others have said, a plastic bag is sufficient for storage - you can always use ziplock bags to stop them spilling out over the cabin sole and ensure they remain dry. Manuals which may need to be laid out for reference can be put in punched plastic sleeves and bound in a ring binder, then they won't get grease stains all over them. Easy access items, such as the quick reference sheets for the instruments are probably best encapsulated to make them stiff and completely waterproof.

Rob.
 
rob2 said:
It depends how often you are going to use them , so how often they are at risk of catching a wave. As others have said, a plastic bag is sufficient for storage - you can always use ziplock bags to stop them spilling out over the cabin sole and ensure they remain dry. Manuals which may need to be laid out for reference can be put in punched plastic sleeves and bound in a ring binder, then they won't get grease stains all over them. Easy access items, such as the quick reference sheets for the instruments are probably best encapsulated to make them stiff and completely waterproof.

Rob.
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It's not the waves - it's the humidity (at this time of the year).
 
I use a couple of these, probably came from Staples but can't remember.

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They have 7 fair size pockets, with an index tab for the rear 6.

All the various manuals fit in these, readily accessible, keep things dry, not that our saloon is wet anyway.

I have another ring binder in which I keep stuff I might need to take out often such as pilot plans for various harbours etc.
 
Chuck in a couple of the shoe shop silicate packs a season to keep them dry inside punch pockets or plastic folders.
When only one or two pages are needed - laminate them for ease of reference.
Better still download the PDFs and keep them on your I pad.
 
Leighb said:
I use a couple of these, probably came from Staples but can't remember.

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They have 7 fair size pockets, with an index tab for the rear 6.

All the various manuals fit in these, readily accessible, keep things dry, not that our saloon is wet anyway.
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That's fairly similar to what we have. I don't have a problem with damp. Only real difficulty is that the thing is too bulky for the bookshelf we try to stuff it into.

I know a yacht in wet or rough weather can be a soggy place, but I'm curious whether Graham also wraps all his books in plastic?

Pete
 
I simply keep my documents in a locker inside the boat. No problems with damp. I find the only things that get damp at all are books left in the cabin on opens shelves when sometimes condensation drips on them and that is very minor.

I have a plastimo funnel vent which is always open when I'm not sailing and the inside of the boat stays fresh and dry - condensation is minimal. Ig your papers are getting soggy, extra ventilation might make the boat nicer to come back to.
 
I use the more see-through robust plastic bags, one for my collection of manuals and one for Reeds. These live on the bookshelf. I keep the charts for a cruise in an art portfolio (also very useful for carrying them to and from the boat). The charts for today's passage are kept in the nav table and ones that I will need in the cockpit at start/end of the passage are inside robust transparent art sleeves A2 size, also in the nav table. Ships papers are in a single folder similar to Leighb's. There are some circuit diagrams and a few copied pages out of the engine's workshop manual in an envelope file in the nav table.

The art portfolio is a bit of a nuisance to store on board, but it will stand up against the bulkhead alongside the berth in the rear cabin of our Jeanneau Sunlight 30.

I use a dehumidifier over winter when she is ashore. I haven't had a problem with damp (but we don't live aboard). The suggestion of using those little silica gel packets often packed with various purchases would serve to keep the things in the bags and packets dry if necessary. These can of course be re-generated in an oven for a few hours.
 
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