Essential items

[Tam Lin]

Yes, I'm messy too!

 

[prv]

What I do find I use more than anything else is kitchen roll. I go through tons of it every year. Surely I'm not alone in this.

Certainly I can easily use half a roll or more if there's any work on the fuel system needed. We keep a bulk stock right in the tip of the boat, under the forepeak bunks. Stops heavy stuff being put there and weighing the bow down.

Pete

 

[johnalison]

Thanks for the good wishes. But I don't remember your age (if you have mentioned it). I'm 72 and expect to be told next month what heart surgery I should have. Since I don't have any symptoms and enjoy some boisterous sailing (such as in the Cyclades a few weeks ago) I am a bit sensitive to all such mentions of assistive technology...

Mike.

Best wishes for forthcoming surgery. I may have mentioned that I am now 75. I have taken my various ailments and my wife with dodgy pins with me this year and am not too proud to accept whatever mechanical assistance will help. It's a shame that we have had to restrict ourselves to pottering in our 34 from Essex over to Poland and now nearly back, but one needs to know one's limitations.

 

[Hydrozoan]

Speaking of assistive technologies, IIRC Charles Stock carried a garden cane to push down his pyjama trouser legs after getting into his bunk.

 

[Captain Daz]

Here is my list so far. Do you notice anything missing or anything that need not be there? Someone mentioned an impeller, was that for the water pump? Someone mentioned a bucket , there is one on there with rope around the handle leading to another homemade handle further up, any idea what he might have used this for?

spare fuel cans
water carrier
tool box
flarees
life ring (horse shoe)
extra boat hook
net
radiator
radio
games
knife
binos
maps charts
Battery pack
oil
gearbox oil
grease
filter tool
inverter
pans
plates
cool box
cups
paper plates
bowls
diggers
Leatherman
Drill
Tea towels
hand towels
pressure cooker
Torch
Lamp
First aid kit and book
Sheets, pillows, duvet
Blue roll
Sunscreen
Salt and pepper
Kettle
gas
milk
coffee
tea
Good knife
wire
multi meter
string
glue
strong tape
wd 40
Lifejackets

 

[prv]

Someone mentioned a bucket , there is one on there with rope around the handle leading to another homemade handle further up, any idea what he might have used this for?

Washing mud off the deck, usually, or any other activity you might want a bucket of seawater for.

Pete

 

[johnalison]

Fly swatter.
Spectacles.
Swedish hook.
Novels and puzzle books
Scrabble.

 

[Talulah]

Here is my list so far. Do you notice anything missing or anything that need not be there? Someone mentioned an impeller, was that for the water pump? Someone mentioned a bucket , there is one on there with rope around the handle leading to another homemade handle further up, any idea what he might have used this for?

spare fuel cans
water carrier
tool box
flarees
life ring (horse shoe)
extra boat hook
net
radiator
radio
games
knife
binos
maps charts
Battery pack
oil
gearbox oil
grease
filter tool
inverter
pans
plates
cool box
cups
paper plates
bowls
diggers
Leatherman
Drill
Tea towels
hand towels
pressure cooker
Torch
Lamp
First aid kit and book
Sheets, pillows, duvet
Blue roll
Sunscreen
Salt and pepper
Kettle
gas
milk
coffee
tea
Good knife
wire
multi meter
string
glue
strong tape
wd 40
Lifejackets

Toilet Rolls

 

[James_Calvert]

Washing up liquid
hand soap - dispenser if you like
At least 3 boxes of matches, one to get wet, one to open upside down over something wet, and a spare. Plus a pack of candles or whatever you like to use for atmospheric lighting.
Spare batteries for anything that takes dry batteries.
12v phone charging arrangement
12v charger for anything else needing recharging
Spare navigation light bulbs - that said, I've only replaced 3 in 30 years...
Some bottled drinking water - handy if your tank water tastes nasty, and better than beer or sodas for cleaning teeth with.
Suitable bin liners - good for putting all the used and wringing wet with nastiness kitchen paper you'll be using.
3 other rolls of unsuitable bin liners which you buy before working out the correct size.
Loo cleaner and a brush to clean it with, you might want to cut the head of a proper one down to size rather than use a chandlery item.
Beach towels and pegs for hanging stuff up to dry.
Tea towels and oven gloves
Washing up bowl - endless uses!

Think I might have duplicated a few on your list but hope it helps!

Addition: if Camping gaz, a spare regulator.

 

[WestwardBound]

Too add to the lists .

Crotch-straps on lifejackets
PLB or EPIRB
Some people say you should have bolt-cutters in case your mast goes over the side. I do and hope they will languish unused in the locker
shackle key
Service kit for the loo
Good long spring lines

 

[Wansworth]

Pocket sized note book to continue making lists

 

[James_Calvert]

Pocket sized note book to continue making lists

:encouragement:

 

[Hydrozoan]

Some means to light the stove.

 

[prv]

Some means to light the stove.

+1

I've been on a boat where the smokers used up all the galley matches, because their own lighters had all got wet and wouldn't even spark. When it was time to put the kettle on, there were only two matches left in the box, and PigTrough wasted both of them by not understanding that he had to hold the knob in until the thermocouple warmed up. So then we had no means of ignition on the whole boat, no tea or coffee - and no more fags for the increasingly grumpy smokers!

Pete

 

[Hydrozoan]

In fairness, I now see James_Calvert said in #49:

"At least 3 boxes of matches, one to get wet, one to open upside down over something wet, and a spare."

 

[PhillM]

In fairness, I now see James_Calvert said in #49:

"At least 3 boxes of matches, one to get wet, one to open upside down over something wet, and a spare."

I have a couple of those gas cooker lighters. Fill them up at the start of the season and they seem to never run out. I do have matches but I don't think I have ever used them.

 

[dunedin]

Pocket sized note book to continue making lists

App / Widget on phone for taking notes when notepad not around

 

[mjcoon]

I have a couple of those gas cooker lighters. Fill them up at the start of the season and they seem to never run out. I do have matches but I don't think I have ever used them.

And don't allow smokers on the boat!

Mike.

 

[prv]

I have a couple of those gas cooker lighters. Fill them up at the start of the season and they seem to never run out. I do have matches but I don't think I have ever used them.

Same here, including the unused matches. I don't bother filling the lighters up again though; the spark alone is all that's needed for lighting the cooker.

The Boat Without Fire was a charter; a couple of boxes of matches among the provisions for five days should have been fine. Especially with half a dozen smokers on board, whom one might expect to lend a lighter if needed. Not break their lighters and nick all the matches without telling anyone

Pete

 

[PhillM]

Same here, including the unused matches. I don't bother filling the lighters up again though; the spark alone is all that's needed for lighting the cooker.

Pete

Gas, gas, don't get me started on gas

Origio - meths - never managed to get it going without a flame.