How many times have you purchased same part for your boat?

[john]

I'm now on my third forestay! I've owned my Sadler 34 for 14 years, and over that time destroyed three forestays. this time it really hurts, in middle of summer cruise so needs to be done quickly - that's £300 thank you very much.

Got me thinking about other often replaced parts -I'm on my fourth Jabsco water pump (that circulates the hot water through the Calorifier) Each one £100+

Finally, and my worst buy ever on the boat, got two new Gebo hatches. Within three years both crazed badly, and now contemplating replacement. The original Canpa hatches must have lasted nearly 20 years.

Am I alone or do others have similar experiences?

John

 

[Kelpie]

How the 'eck does a forestay cost £300!?

 

[sailorman]

I'm now on my third forestay! I've owned my Sadler 34 for 14 years, and over that time destroyed three forestays. this time it really hurts, in middle of summer cruise so needs to be done quickly - that's £300 thank you very much.

Got me thinking about other often replaced parts -I'm on my fourth Jabsco water pump (that circulates the hot water through the Calorifier) Each one £100+

Finally, and my worst buy ever on the boat, got two new Gebo hatches. Within three years both crazed badly, and now contemplating replacement. The original Canpa hatches must have lasted nearly 20 years.

Am I alone or do others have similar experiences?

John

No

 

[john]

removal of furling system from boat, take to workshop, replace etc plus I guess an "on demand" surcharge for visitor in middles of holiday......

 

[jac]

Bought pair of mainsheet track stops.

Fitted one, opened second half of packet, bounce, bounce splash. (They sink)

Back to chandlers 20 mins after walking out and in goes a second special order.

 

[prv]

I think I can beat that - our boat (built in 1998) is on her third engine!

All before our ownership (the last one shortly before, so we have a nice new engine) so god only knows what people were doing to her.

Pete

 

[TQA]

I am on my 5th Garmin 7 series handheld GPS.

Sucker for punishment I guess.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Boat related...

I saw a Bosch circular saw on eBay. "That could be useful", I thought, and bought it. When it arrived I took it to my workshop to find a place for it to live. Under the woodworking bench seemed sensible, but when I tried there was no room. Because sitting there was the identical Bosch circular saw I had bought a year before.

Oh well. At least I am consistent.

 

[vyv_cox]

I'm now on my third forestay! I've owned my Sadler 34 for 14 years, and over that time destroyed three forestays. this time it really hurts, in middle of summer cruise so needs to be done quickly - that's £300 thank you very much.

Is this due to halyard wraps? The genoa halyard on a Sadler 34 is almost parallel to the forestay, so will wrap if it is not hauled tight before furling/unfurling the sail, and possibly even then. There is a new page on the problem at http://coxengineering.sharepoint.com/Pages/Halyardwraps.aspx

My own forestay, also Sadler 34, has been replaced once in almost 20 years, also due to a wrap but caused by seizure of the bottom swivel.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Nearly every season I find I have to buy another batch of wine to put on the boat. I more often than not have to replenish half way through the season too.

 

[stevebrassett]

The only things I regularly replace are the covers on the NASA instruments. They go brittle in UV. Other things wear out, but not excessively. The other thing I am not too successful with is tenders - I am on my fourth in 10 years.

They were:-
1. Dangerous
2, Rotten
3. Fell apart
4. OK so far.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I bought a Swedish fid for splicing this year. Guess what was in the place I choose to keep it on board. Dammit. And I am still not sure why I have seventeen tins of tuna aboard.

 

[Seajet]

I did the same as Jumbleduck, but with a sea anchor; for reasons I won't bore you with I felt I needed a drogue, so grabbed one at Force 4; when I got aboard and opened the locker there was the previous identical one - my memory had skipped over that one straight back to the old makedo job I had in my teens.

 

[Sinbad1951]

Yup, repair kit for jabsco macerator. Twice this season. Must be something I ate!

 

[smithy]

Those plastic mushroom vents, lost count of the times I've kicked them off or trodden on them. Finally bought some stainless ones

 

[JumbleDuck]

Those plastic mushroom vents, lost count of the times I've kicked them off or trodden on them. Finally bought some stainless ones

I have a stainless one. I trod on it. Now it leaks.

 

[Daydream believer]

Yup!
Anodes--just seem to go missing

 

[Steve C Cronin]

Anything made by Raymarine seems to have a short life on my boat.

 

[Lakesailor]

Boat related...

I saw a Bosch circular saw on eBay. "That could be useful", I thought, and bought it. When it arrived I took it to my workshop to find a place for it to live. Under the woodworking bench seemed sensible, but when I tried there was no room. Because sitting there was the identical Bosch circular saw I had bought a year before.

Oh well. At least I am consistent.

I bought a Swedish fid for splicing this year. Guess what was in the place I choose to keep it on board. Dammit. And I am still not sure why I have seventeen tins of tuna aboard.

Which of your several computers are you posting this from?

 

[pagoda]

I bought a Swedish fid for splicing this year. Guess what was in the place I choose to keep it on board. Dammit. And I am still not sure why I have seventeen tins of tuna aboard.

I've only ever had one set of fids, but I find tools have a nasty habit of going overboard, so I have multiple sets of allen keys, only a few of which get used! I have also got countless crimp connectors of various ratings, just in case!!
SWBMO won't tolerate tins of doubtful vintage on board. They all get taken home each winter to be used up at the house. It always results in a massive shopping session in March or April to replace them!