Faced with an ever increasing

[Becky]

pile of bits from the boat which are being jammed into my poor little study, where do you all store the stuff from your boats? Or do you leave most of it on board. Cushions and sails from Solitaire, my Moody 27 of last year, fitted into my loft with only moderate difficulty, but Cornish Maid has so much extra I have nowhere to store it. I intend to leave as much as posible on board (should I be announcing this?) and keeping the dehumidifier running. But I am still sharing my study with a liferaft, outboard, spinnaker, anchors, an enormous parachute thingy for mid-Atlantic gales, several miles of rope, off-cuts of hardwood; and that is only what is on top!
Sometimes I really despair about all this. Why can't we ban winter and cold weather and sail all the year round in the warm?

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[AndyL]

That\'s what boat jumbles are about. nm

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[FWB]

What's wrong with sailing all year round? With the right clothes it's never that cold in the UK, last winter wasn't that different from last summer----just the length of the days.

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[clouty]

there is no such thing.....

as weather that is too bad - there is just insufficient clothing.

(but I would not set out from a safe harbour into a forecast 7)

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[Gunfleet]

You could ignore the weather and keep sailing. That's what I do for two out of three years. Of course it brings the opposite problem - I don't know what to do with the ten extra fenders and complete set of doubled ropes during the summer. Now that you're really stuck with the stuff because you've taken it off the boat, maybe you should rent a big yellow (cupboard?) storage unit.

ps no room for stuff in study owing to vast collection of pilots, boaty books and out of date charts. Plus the 30 odd cameras.

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[benjenbav]

Builders due to start on new store. Should be finished by Christmas they said (didn't say which one). Only problem: How will I get the stuff back on the boat when it has inevitably multiplied to fill the store???

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[wicked]

Our local council kindly left some nice big green plastic boxes near our dustbin which are just the right size for putting boat stuff in as they fit nicely through the hatch to the loft. How thoughtful.

Dave

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[Becky]

The problem is that at the moment we are having yet more work done, and the boat is out of the water; this is intended to be temporary and we hope to be back before Christams. Agree that the right clothes makes a big difference. But with really cold days you need seriously warm kit anda good heating system. Our heating is playing up badly at the moment, and HWMBO says that as we are planning to go to warm climes we don't need a new one. But he doesn't seem to feel the cold. I do. Very badly. I am happy to go almost anywhere provided I can get really warm when below. I bought the three-layer Musto stuff- not very glamorous, but when I tried it on, I was told I wouldn't be able to tolerate it for long as it was quite a warm day. Couldn't tolerate it? I could have moved in permanently! I will admit to being very sensitive where cold is concerned.

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[Casey]

Had a new shed put in the garden. She calls it a summerhouse; I call it a Bosun's Store!

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[mirabriani]

A man has to have a retreat.
In America it is called a den
In England it is called a shed

Mine seems to get bigger with every move

Regards Briani

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[Cornishman]

Bring Cornish Maid back to where she belongs - it ain't cold down here. While the rest of you were shivering last week we were still seeing midday temps of about 10 degrees C and today it was 14. Haven't seen any frost yet, except on the moors. Although many boats do come out of the water there is sailing to be had for most of the year if you want it.


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[fireball]

Not sure why your bringing anchors and warps home ...
Just the soft furnishings and sails should be sufficient, the rest just needs cleaning and storing on board ...
We've left the saloon cushions onboard so we've got somewhere comfy to sit inbetween jobs!

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[Becky]

They are new anchors, Spades, enormous ones. A steel one for him and an aluminium one for me. Not taken on board yet. ( We still have a big CQR and an enormous fisherman anchor that makes the boat lopsided) Same with the warps. Liferaft mounting not yet screwed down so I have that too. And so it goes on. Fit something and we buy something else! New mainsheet track is onthe back seat of my car. With all its bits. My home feels more like a swindlery every week.

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[roger]

Junk rigged boat

YM back in Sleightholmes day had an article on the junk rigged boat. Its still apposite today. I know mine is!

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[graham]

Almost every house in our little estate has had the built in garage turned into a study or something.

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[Sans Bateau]

When we were house hunting this time last year the house had to fit a certain specification, I'll save you from the full list; storage needs included a double garage for the Sprite and MGB together with its own open loft to store the boat stuff. Thats where our gear goes.

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