Essential tools/spares to have on board?

Been through this on several previous threads. I won't list my enormous range of tools on a tiny boat. I have found that, over time, I have come to organise them by task. E.g., I have a stove maintenance tuppaware that has good examples of the three spanners I need to do anything to the stove and a dose of frequently needed spares.

I have have four small general tool boxes:
Mechanical - spanners etc
Electrical - soldering, crimping, tape, strippers, fuses etc
Rigging - palm, fids, spikes, thimbles needles
Goop - oil, grease, dry lube, sikaflex, glue

Umpteen boxes of fastenings - bolts, nuts, screws, nails, washers,....

This relates to a previous thread about quality vs cheap spanners. I have decent spanners for all of the mission critical tasks (so far discovered!) and cheap sets for completeness.
 
KellysEye said:
This was what ws in our lockers for long distance sailig it doesn't detail tools:
FORECABIN

UNDER CABIN SOLE
- Rivet gun and rivets
- Jump leads
- Bottle of port x 2

STARBOARD LOCKER UNDER FLOOR
- Old Jabsco pump motor, diaphragm, feet etc
- New Jabsco pump motor (for sump and fresh water)
- Alternator
- Circular anodes x 2
- Electrical cables

STARBOARD LOCKER
- Wood: blocks, strips, ply
- Storage bags
- Cork tiles
- Pilots: Shell Channel, N Sea waypoints, English Channel waypoints, SW Spain and Portugal, Atlantic Spain and Portugal
- Electrical cables, 12 volt switch, junction boxes
- Life jacket (spare)
- Cat flap
- Net bags
- Engine spares box: water hose, decarbonising kit, cylinder head gaskets, big O-ring, impeller, screws, gasket,
cover for old Jabsco pump, assorted washers, fuse box, MD17 impeller x 2 (NOTE 1 is in Johnson box and has pump
shaft seals in it), thermostat, valve and spring, injector tips, Jabsco pump shaft, Jabsco impeller, Jabsco seal,
small light bulbs
- Blue box:Stern gland packing x 2, 12 volt ceiling light, winch self tailers x 2, GPS rail mount, fresh water pre-filter,
liferaft rail clips, black rail clips, wire strop and padlock, Mylar clear sail repair tape, yellow ripstop sail repair tape,
battery box webbing, brass hinges, various turning blocks and jammers, 12mm bolt thread and nuts, dinghy pressure gauge,
through deck fitting, big U-bolts
- 12 volt battery
- Watermaker filters x 4
- Fresh water filter
- Rope and sheets (inc 1 mooring)
- Carpet (under mattress)

CENTRAL LOCKER
- Pipe bender x 2
- Log
- Jigsaw
- Vice
- Chimney
- Ropes (inc 1 mooring)
- Electric heater
- Workbench
- Box file and HTML book
- Sail bags
- Grey storage bags
- Assymetric spinnaker
- Empty plastic briefcase

PORT LOCKER UNDER FLOOR
- Plumbing: copper T's, straight connectors, ball valve
- Plumbing: plastic T's, elbows, ball valve, through hull
- Stalock fittings

PORT LOCKER
- Sail batten under mattress
- 15mm? copper tube
- Awlgrip oyster white
- Hammerite
- Yacht primer (grey)
- Danboline
- Dulux white
- Toplac
- Flattening agent
- Degreaser
- Blue and yellow Awlgrip
- Awlgrip topcoat converter
- Non skid particles
- Frap hat
- Cable ties
- Rope
- Buckets
- Shore power adaptors
- 240v shore power plug and socket
- Mosquito nets for hatches
- Dinghy repair kit in tube

STARBOARD HANGING LOCKER
- Dinghy seat
- Harness x 2
- Xmas tree
- Fishing rod bags

PORT HANGING LOCKER
- Latesail jackets x 2
- Dinghy pump
- Tyre pump
- Knee pads
- 240v extension lead
- Medical box
- Food mixer bowls
- Toplac x 2
- Toplac with sand
- International undercoat (white)
- International #1 thinners
- International filler (2 pack)
- Paint brushes
- Big black hose
- Small hose

SALOON

UNDER NAV SEAT
- Freshness water filter
- Water dibber hose (and 1 spare)
- Small clear plastic hose
- Lewmar winch service kit
- Cockpit strip light
- Philips fluorescent light x 4
- Osram 35W 240v fluorescent light
- Philips 35W 240v fluorescent light
- Thorn striplight
- 13 amp 3 pin plugs x 2
- 13 amp 2 way adapter
- 3 pin through deck fitting x 2
- Holts silencer repair bandage
- Holts Gun Gum
- Radiator hose repair bandage
- MD17 oil filter x 6
- Emergency fan belt x 2
- Fan belts x 4
- 2 x MD17 big fan belts
- Throttle cable x 2
- Jabsco sump pump old parts (sergice kit no 43990-0062) and hosetail (part no 37175-0000)
- Box: bulbs, fuses, heat shrink tubing, fuse wirw
- Box: Kelly's Eye stamp
- Box: watermaker O-rings, inlet end plug, March May pump (in heads) end fitting and gaskets
- Box: sail repair tape, white, red, blue and sail slides
- Anchor winch remote control and deck fitting (down doesn't work)
- HRO chemicals
- HRO crankcase oil
- Chubb fire blanket
- Bottle of tin booster TBT
- Plastic wire protectors (wrap round)
- Old wind vane sail
- Gas regulator
- Racor R15S filters (engine) x 2
- Jabsco impellers for new pump 663-001K (in Jiffy bag)
- Jabsco impeller 15808
- Jabsco impeller 673-001K x 2
- Jabsco impeller673-001
- Jabsco impellers x 2 unknown
- Jabsco O-rings 18753-0104
- Jabsco screws, water seals, plate
- Cork, thin plastic tile, stainless plate
- Jabsco service kit for fresh water pump 30121-0000
- Jabsco toilet service kit 29045-000, seal assembly 29090 and 29120, plastic fittings (hinges etc)
- MD 17 thermostat
- Liquid lettering
- Hammar lifejacket fittings
- Mariner outboard spares (impeller, plugs etc)
- EPIRB bag
- Kelly's Eye transfers
- Bostik inflatable glue
- Grease tubes x 2
- Sat C plugs
- Diaphragm and handle for diesel pump
- Simrad WP40 belts
- Simrad WP40 old bits
- Window seal rubber
- HRO pressure gauge
- Trip switch 10 amp
- Bosch electrical box, battery terminal clamps and covers, exhaust deflector
- Plastic hose fittings for watermaker
- Whale Gusher Mk3 service kit
- Velcro sticky back

STARBOARD SEAT FORWARD LOCKER
- Watermaker membrane cleaner
- Water purifier x 3
- White canvas
- Saw
- Hacksaw
- Plastic sheeting
- Mosquito netting uncut
- Long steel handled screwdriver
- Big sander
- Small sander
- Sandpaper, mask and goggles
- Hotknife
- Sikaflex and gun
- Red box: sail repair tape
- Walking stick
- Leg and hand weights

STARBOARD SEAT AFT LOCKER
- Soltran
- Outbored oil
- Engine oil
- Mast climbing kit

FORWARD ABOVE STARBOARD SEAT
- Lifelines (wrong clips)
- Motoring triangle
- Anchor ball
- Egg boxes x 3
- Light wet trousers (MC and JOH)
- Lifejacket x 2

AFT PASSAGE

UNDER FLOOR
- Racor R24S filters (generator) x 5
- Racor R15S filters (engine) x 3
- Racor bowl
- MD17 oil filter x 2
- MD17 fuel filters x 2
- Jabsco pump flywheel
- Jabsco pump for exhaust
- Fuel bodge kit and copper pipe fittings
- Plastic pipe fittings
- TWC smart regulator

PAINT LOCKER UNDER FLOOR
- Loctite rust remedy x 3
- Metal lacquer
- Fabsil
- Silicone spray
- WD40
- Copydex glue
- International etch primer base
- Corrosion buster pen
- Plastic pipe cement
- Hammerite brush cleaner

PAINT LOCKER
- White spirit x 2
- Sika primer DC
- Awlgrip oyster paint
- Acetone
- Ronseal varnish
- Unibond glue
- Sikkens varnish
- Sikkens thinners
- Duckhams grease
- Pennzoil hand cleaner
- T9 waterproof lube spray
- Soltran
- International pre-Kote
- Hammerite
- Rust converter x 2
- International etch primer (mix)
- Abrasive pad
- Syringe and funnel
- Machine oil x 2
- Small paint brushes
- Small paint pots
- Big paint pots
- WD40
- Diesel line gunk
- Fine sanding sponge
- eLECTRICAL CONTACT SPRAY

FOOD

SALOON STARBOARD FORWARD
- Heinz baked beans x 2 (03/06)
- Lasagne x 4 (03/07)
- Beeferoni x 2 (02/07)
- Potatoes big x 1 (01/07)
- Potatoes small x 4 (09/05)
- Potatoes x 1 (07/07)
- Mushrooms x 3 (09/08)
- Mushrooms small x 2 (07/08)
- Roast beef x 2
- Chicken and potatoes x 1 (12/05)
- Chicken x 1 (07/06)
- Corned beef hash x 1 (12/07)
- Box of Saltines
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Palm, Needle, twine?
 
Quote:A couple of metal coat hangers. ....Mike[/QUOTE]

A length of 3-4mm rigging wire approx' 1.5m long very useful for unblocking cockpit drains, fridge drain, bilge pump discharge point... anywhere where the drain hole is longer than an extended coat hanger. this item has proved invaluable on many an occasion

janeK
 
I do carry many of the tools and spares mentioned but the thing I use the most, and try never to sail without, is kitchen roll.
 
I do carry many of the tools and spares mentioned but the thing I use the most, and try never to sail without, is kitchen roll.
 
Disappointment, that the two most important "tools" have been missed:-

an Led head torch and a pair of short-focal length glasses.
It's damn all use having all the tools in the world if you can't see what you're doing or focus because of those damned varifocal lenses.
 
charles_reed said:
Disappointment, that the two most important "tools" have been missed:-

an Led head torch and a pair of short-focal length glasses.
It's damn all use having all the tools in the world if you can't see what you're doing or focus because of those damned varifocal lenses.
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Aren't they taken as norm?
low pwr led in pocket at night, cree and 12v halogen as search light, strobes, 12v led inspection.
Reading and magnifying glasses of various strengths.
 
rotrax said:
Some replies to this thread are listing spare parts and repair materials.

The Question refered to tools.

Just read the OP again and that lists spares too!

No mention of a hammer? A hammer is a VERY usefull tool.
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Sounds fine,

Got everything mentioned so far:)

Race oriented son no 1 complains about weight of the stuff I carry on board. Until something needs inspirational fixing!!

Carry whatever you are comfortable with , you still might need to borrow something else in an emergency.

Almost everybody is in the same situation.. :cool:
 
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