How many of these do you have on board?

[johnalison]

Sextant ; Plastic, at home
Paper Almanac ; Old Reeds, current one at home still
Trailing Log; At home. Not bothered to install deck fitting
Paper charts
RDF; May still be knocking around at home
Hand bearing compass; very old Mini, on board
Kedge; 10Kg Bruce
Fids; Only one
Cone
Manual bilge pump
Signalling cannon; No. Air rifle at home. Is this any good?
Manual fog horn; Mouth-operated rather than hand
Flares
Marlin spike

 

[dunedin]

7

But also a lot of other stuff arguable more useful to me including
- PLB x 2
- MOB AIS x 3
- LED flare (as well as the residual / legacy pyro ones included in the 7 above)
- 3 backup navigation devices with full Uk Admiralty charts
- detailed pilot guides (eg CCC)
- tides app on phone
etc

 

[mrming]

I have 6. My Dad would have had a lot more of those items on his boat in the 80s when I was growing up.

 

[ctva]

You forgot rum and gin. Not worth going sailing without. ?

 

[lustyd]

flares do, in fact , work when out of date.

They might, they might not. That's why the date is there since you can't sensibly test them.

 

[laika]

13. 14 if you count my designer danish oil lamp as a "hurricane lamp" but I'm not going to be hanging it outside in a hurricane.

Do people really print out NtoM and keep them on board rather than just updating their charts as needed?

I didn't know rdf were still going. Seems a recent album is on spotify but none of the early stuff and I don't think anyone other than Nigel Tetley ever bothered with vinyl on board.

 

[mjcoon]

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

I was going to comment that extra points might be on offer for those who know the difference between a fid and a marlin spike (not me!)...

 

[prv]

14 if you count my designer danish oil lamp as a "hurricane lamp" but I'm not going to be hanging it outside in a hurricane.

I included my very traditional tin hurricane lamp, which I’ve several times hung from the end of the boom for a gentle pleasant light while drinking and chatting late into the night at anchor. Admittedly though it doesn’t live on board, it’s something I’d bring on trips where I think it might be wanted.

Pete

 

[mrming]

I was going to comment that extra points might be on offer for those who know the difference between a fid and a marlin spike (not me!)...

The fid is the thing in my toolbox that I haven’t learned to use properly. The marlin spike requires less skill and is actually on the boat. ?

 

[Stemar]

They might, they might not. That's why the date is there since you can't sensibly test them.

I found one on Jissel when I was clearing out. A hand held white steamer scarer, around 10 years out of date. Given the problems of disposal, I let it off in our garden, a few miles from the coast. It went fizzle, phut, and that was it. No big white flame or anything useful. It got a soak in a bucket of water afterwards and went into the bin

 

[LittleSister]

Sextant - NO (I have one at home.)
Paper Almanac - YES (One on board, another at home, both a bit out of date.)
Trailing Log - NO (Non-trailing type aboard. I have a trailing one at home.)
Lead line - YES
Paper charts- YES
RDF - NO (Never had or used one.)
Hand bearing compass - YES
Kedge - YES
Fids - NO (? Not sure whether any or all of what I call marlin spikes are fids.)
NtoM - NO
Hurricane lamp - NO (Used to carry one, but lamp and paraffin took up inordinate space aboard my small boat.)
Cone - YES
Manual bilge pump - YES
Signalling cannon - NO
Manual fog horn - YES
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide - YES
Flares - YES
Wind scoop - NO
Tallow - NO
Marlin spike- YES

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Just a lousy 7 I'm afraid.

I did own a kedge but it resides somewhere in the Walton Backwaters.

 

[Mister E]

I am not allowed the Canon. As I would be inclined to use it on the jet skis.

 

[James_Calvert]

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 scored 11 but maybe 3 less by your reckoning...

Hangs head in shame emoji!

 

[BobnLesley]

When we left the boat in NZ we'd 17 aboard - no RDF, trailing log or signalling cannon - and to be honest our store of tallow was only about 25 grams in the bag with the sewing awl; then again, we did have most of the key elements of the plum gun still aboard too (4/10 version of an orange gun) which bang-wise would make a more than adequate substitute for the signal cannon.

 

[michael_w]

Sextant - At home
Paper Almanac - Yes
Trailing Log - No
Lead line - Yes
Paper charts - Yes
RDF - No
Hand bearing compass - Yes
Kedge - Yes
Fids - Yes
NtoM - No
Hurricane lamp - No A proper parrafin anchor light, Two more at home !
Cone - Yes
Manual bilge pump - Yes
Signalling cannon - No
Manual fog horn - No A conch shell from Dominica
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide - No it's in my dinghy sailing kit bag
Flares - Yes
Wind scoop - Yes
Tallow - No Lanacote used instead.
Marlin spike - Yes

 

[pyrojames]

You forgot rum and gin. Not worth going sailing without. ?

There are some things that you shouldn't have to ask about! ?

 

[capnsensible]

Depends which boat im on......

 

[dansaskip]

I have 16 of them. I was getting worried until I noticed some posters had as many and even more.

 

[iain789]

Before the fire on board which destroyed or damaged most of my equipment my score was 10. It's now zero, but that's OK seeing that I am currently boatless

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