How many of these do you have on board?

[pyrojames]

Sextant
Paper Almanac
Trailing Log
Lead line
Paper charts
RDF
Hand bearing compass
Kedge
Fids
NtoM
Hurricane lamp
Cone
Manual bilge pump
Signalling cannon
Manual fog horn
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide
Flares
Wind scoop
Tallow
Marlin spike

 

[neil_s]

I have 10 of them. You've caught me out - the paper almanac is still at home!

 

[Moodysailor]

13.
Some may say that's an unlucky number, so I'll bring my cannon back down. I won't miss RDF.

 

[prv]

Paper Almanac
Paper charts
Hand bearing compass
Kedge
Fids
NtoM
Hurricane lamp
Cone
Manual bilge pump
Manual fog horn
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide
Flares
Tallow
Marlin spike

14.

Pete

 

[ctva]

12.

You forgot a plank, walking for the use of.

 

[pyrojames]

I only have 15, the cannon is at the gunsmiths and the wind scoop blew away...

 

[Mark-1]

4

If you count a bucket and sponge as a manual bilge pump and a fishing line and weight as an ad-hoc lead line then 6. I have some of them in my garage, though.

 

[ctva]

Also, a wind scoop in Scotland....

 

[prv]

Also, a wind scoop in Scotland....

Not something I miss even down here on the South Coast ?

Pete

 

[lustyd]

more importantly, how many know their manual bilge pump works, how to use the sextant, are the charts and paper books in readable condition and up to date, does the kedge have rode, and is the shackle rusty, does the trailing log work, does the hurricane lamp have fuel and lighter, are the flares in date, can the fog horn actually be heard by anyone not on board the boat, and does it need a new can of air every 5 minutes?

It's no good having them all on board otherwise

 

[Bru]

Sextant - yes but can't use it!
Paper Almanac
Lead line
Paper charts - sufficient for emergencies
Hand bearing compass
Kedge
Fids
NtoM
Hurricane lamp
Cone
Manual bilge pump
Manual fog hor
Flares
Wind scoop
Marlin spike

I make that 15 - can't say as I've much use for tallow and RDF is SO twentieth century

 

[Mudisox]

17 but no AIS or chart plotter.

 

[Gary Fox]

No RDF or cannon.

 

[Gary Fox]

more importantly, how many know their manual bilge pump works, how to use the sextant, are the charts and paper books in readable condition and up to date, does the kedge have rode, and is the shackle rusty, does the trailing log work, does the hurricane lamp have fuel and lighter, are the flares in date, can the fog horn actually be heard by anyone not on board the boat, and does it need a new can of air every 5 minutes?

It's no good having them all on board otherwise

Sensible advice, apart from the glaring schoolboy error: flares do, in fact , work when out of date.

 

[dom]

I have 16,; all except an RDF, trailing log, signaling cannon, and tallow.

LED Hurricane lamp is also not for the purists

 

[Never Grumble]

11 ... about ... I think

 

[PhillM]

13 and I would LOVE to have a winch mounted cannon

 

[pyrojames]

more importantly, how many know their manual bilge pump works, how to use the sextant, are the charts and paper books in readable condition and up to date, does the kedge have rode, and is the shackle rusty, does the trailing log work, does the hurricane lamp have fuel and lighter, are the flares in date, can the fog horn actually be heard by anyone not on board the boat, and does it need a new can of air every 5 minutes?

It's no good having them all on board otherwise

I deliberately didn't put flares on the list! EDIT, except that I did.... Ooops.

 

[Irish Rover]

Without resorting to Google I don't even know what some of these items are.

 

[Mark-1]

Sensible advice, apart from the glaring schoolboy error: flares do, in fact , work when out of date.

Also, you can always cobble together impromptu anchor cable on a boat.