How many of these do you have on board?

[Denek]

9. I have no idea what FID,s and Ntom,s are though.

 

[john_morris_uk]

9. I have no idea what FID,s and Ntom,s are though.

Fids are used for splicing lines. (See pictures in previous posts on this thread)
NtoM’s are Notice to Mariners. As issued by the Hydrographic Office telling you about chart corrections that need to be made.

 

[dunedin]

NtoM’s are Notice to Mariners. As issued by the Hydrographic Office telling you about chart corrections that need to be made.

I have to confess I have never looked at NtoMs in the two decades been sailing in Scotland. Not seemed to be a problem.
Very major things impacting leisure sailors (WW3 exercises, cabling laying etc) seem to get flagged on social media and/or marina and harbour notice boards.
Buoys are so rare outside main ferry routes that any changes (eg missing again) hardly matter, as need to check charts carefully for all rocky hazard. And few new surveys in shallow waters other than by Antares, so “new“ (a few every year) rocks normally advised by Antares and/or CCC Pilot book updates.
Very different in different waters down South and East.
PS. I did tick the paper charts (where SCFs actually available), and electronic charts up to date at time of departure on multiple devices

 

[john_morris_uk]

I have to confess I have never looked at NtoMs in the two decades been sailing in Scotland. Not seemed to be a problem.
Very major things impacting leisure sailors (WW3 exercises, cabling laying etc) seem to get flagged on social media and/or marina and harbour notice boards.
Buoys are so rare outside main ferry routes that any changes (eg missing again) hardly matter, as need to check charts carefully for all rocky hazard. And few new surveys in shallow waters other than by Antares, so “new“ (a few every year) rocks normally advised by Antares and/or CCC Pilot book updates.
Very different in different waters down South and East.
PS. I did tick the paper charts (where SCFs actually available), and electronic charts up to date at time of departure on multiple devices

I'll freely admit that I've amassed so many paper charts that there's no way I could afford the time to update them all nor the money to replace the once that have gone 'out of date'. I just treat them with caution nowadays and buy a new one if its obvious that there's lot of changes. (I learned that one when entering Poole Harbour at night many years ago when they'd done a complete rejig of the harbour bouyage. Nothing made sense and I had to follow first principles and feel my way in...

 

[Buck Turgidson]

12.
But I could improvise a lead line and have no use for tallow unless I do at which point I would improvise with grease if I felt the need.

 

[Gerry]

18. No cannon, currently, or RDF

 

[westernman]

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

I have tallow on my boat. And use it from time to time.

 

[chrishscorp]

Sextant No-unerbed at home
Paper Almanac Yes
Trailing Log No underbed at home
Lead line Yes
Paper charts Yes
RDF No and neither do i have semaphore signals
Hand bearing compass Yes
Kedge Yes
Fids No
NtoM Yes on phone
Hurricane lamp 2 LED ones plus a pack of spare batteries
Cone Yes
Manual bilge pump Yes, serviced and works
Signalling cannon No, On the look out for one
Manual fog horn Yes
Non-inflatable buoyancy aide Yes
Flares Yes
Wind scoop Yes, used yesterday
Tallow No but 3 different greases
Marlin spike Yes

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