How many of these do you have on board?

[madabouttheboat]

5, but only use 1 regularly and another 1 very occasionally.

 

[Bobc]

Got 5. Only ever used 3.

 

[pyrojames]

There are three I haven't used, and flares which I have used but only to try and light a fire!

 

[zoidberg]

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

Looks like you forgot the umbrella and the bicycle....

 

[Daydream believer]

Sensible advice, apart from the glaring schoolboy error: flares do, in fact , work when out of date.

But if one does not check them regularly can one be SURE
"Watch carefully. I can only show you once!!!!! "

 

[Daydream believer]

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!)...

Can somebody help the poor souls that do not know by posting pics of ---a fid, a swedish fid, and a marlin spike please. May as well throw in a threading needle & D splicer whilst at it
I have all of them & use regularly; but do not have any pictures. I cannot recall when I last used the plain marline spike

 

[LONG_KEELER]

I used to sail on a boat where the owner had a licensed Very Pistol . Probably illegal now.

 

[pyrojames]

Can somebody help the poor souls that do not know by posting pics of ---a fid, a swedish fid, and a marlin spike please. May as well throw in a threading needle & D splicer whilst at it
I have all of them & use regularly; but do not have any pictures. I cannot recall when I last used the plain marline spike

 

[pyrojames]

I used to sail on a boat where the owner had a licensed Very Pistol . Probably illegal now.

Dad used to sail with a Martini Henry, and I with an air rifle. Most definitely illegal now, and probably was then too! It was in Australia though.

 

[johnalison]

I have just realised that a 'non-inflatable buoyancy aid' is a lifebuoy, so my answer should be 'yes' to that. I had visions of the sort of mini life-raft that ferries and things carry.

 

[Daydream believer]

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Labels?
D splicer ( I assume as it is still in the tube) set of Fids , 2 Swedish fids, marlin spikes, with integral shackle key

 

[mjcoon]

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Where's the "naming of parts"? (Famous poem reference.)

 

[Daydream believer]

I used to sail on a boat where the owner had a licensed Very Pistol . Probably illegal now.

I had one from 1968 until about 6 years ago. I handed it in because i could no longer source the shells. I would not have given it up if the shells had been available as it did not have the problems of normal flares .I had a Uk & an EU license which was renewed regularly

 

[gregcope]

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

Total: 14

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Sextant √
Paper Almanac √
Trailing Log sold it
Lead line √ Dual purpose Sea-Search magnet
Paper charts √
RDF
Hand bearing compass √ x2
Kedge √ with rode.
Fids √
NtoM
Hurricane lamp Got a lot of torches and a dozen of these chemical night sticks.
Cone √ and a ball.
Manual bilge pump √ x2
Signalling cannon A what!
Manual fog horn Must get one.
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide √
Flares √ Mixture of in and out-of-date
Wind scoop For the west of Scotland?
Tallow There are better products available these days.
Marlin spike √ rusty, but servicable

What about softwood bungs? √

 

[Blueboatman]

Looks like you forgot the umbrella and the bicycle....

17.. plus those two ?

 

[JumbleDuck]

Eleven.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Amongst many things we have;

Sextant
Paper Almanac
Trailing Log
Lead line
Paper charts
Hand bearing compass
Kedge
Fids
NtoM
Hurricane lamp
Non inflatable buoyancy aid.
Cone
Manual bilge pump
Manual fog horn
Flares
Wind scoop
Marlin spike

I make that 17

I draw the line at tallow etc. (Water pump grease is nearly as good and I’ve got that on board!)
I’ve been known to carry a torque wrench and an extensive range of sockets in 1/4 3/8 and 1/2” drive sizes
How about useful things like:
Sailmakers needles and a palm and thread?
Battery Drill and drill bits
Barograph
Gasket material
Spare bits of pipe.
A portable vice (with its clamp.)
A battery powered angle grinder. (All my battery tools are 18volt Makita so one type of battery fits all.)

 

[JumbleDuck]

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

Doing what to their charts?

 

[JumbleDuck]

I have just realised that a 'non-inflatable buoyancy aid' is a lifebuoy, so my answer should be 'yes' to that. I had visions of the sort of mini life-raft that ferries and things carry.

I assumed it meant a non-inflatable lifejacket thingy. We carry one of those each for use in the dinghy.