Let's settle it for once and for all....

[Sgeir]

Doors and washboards seems to be the new anchors. So let's settle it, doors or washboards? What's best?

 

[Slipstream 34]

Doors and washboards seems to be the new anchors. So let's settle it, doors or washboards? What's best?

We have both !

 

[Paul_G]

But


if washboards clear or not!

P

 

[Rossynant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USBW0EEw-o

 

[Poignard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USBW0EEw-o

Presumably the axe is kept handy for when the system jams up and you can't get out.

 

[Dave100456]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2p4i65QEik

The smooooth operator!

 

[LadyInBed]

We have both !

So do I
In general, it depends on the way the boat is constructed around the entry to the saloon.

 

[Zagato]

I prefer the door on the Drascombe over wash boards. Instant closer without having to slot wash boards in and find somewhere to put them secure when you take them out...PITA really, not an ideal solution, hadn't thought of them being a pain just used to it!

 

[uxb]

Doors! ' cos that's what I've got.

Washboards are all very offshore, seaman like yotty things that you can tell tales about loosing when you get rolled in a full gale off Port Hamble but they are a pain when your nipping ashore to the yacht club bar of an evening.

My first two boats had them and they were a pain. Last boatie has a nice one piece slidey thing which made a nice temporary chart table under the spray hood for those ' I'm lost' pilotage moments and still let the crew nip below to get a brew on. It was perfect once I'd replaced the sheet of marine ply with Perspex.

New boatie has doors and even a decent effort at a bridge deck, not that I'm ever likely to get rolled or pooped...

 

[Sandgrounder]

I have no objection to washboards, having mostly sailed with them, but I do find them inconvenient at home

 

[Rossynant]

Presumably the axe is kept handy for when the system jams up and you can't get out.

No worries, those washboards are balanced by shock-cord, may be adjusted to keep them up; in my case don't go all the way down and need to be pressed down and locked. So the 'handle' always accessible. Also they cannot jam down there. Might be possible in up-closed position if they swell or some grit gets into the grove, but it's theoretical.
Bought a boat neglected for last few years, but system works flawlessly. No axe necessary
I quite like it. Guess where H-R got the idea from...

P.S it's not my video, in case someone thought so; just found it nice.

 

[wklein]

No worries, those washboards are balanced by shock-cord, may be adjusted to keep them up; in my case don't go all the way down and need to be pressed down and locked. So the 'handle' always accessible. Also they cannot jam down there. Might be possible in up-closed position if they swell or some grit gets into the grove, but it's theoretical.
Bought a boat neglected for last few years, but system works flawlessly. No axe necessary
I quite like it. Guess where H-R got the idea from...

P.S it's not my video, in case someone thought so; just found it nice.

I went into a big oyster with that system, turns out the bungee had broken, washboard clattered into the cockpit sole and snapped the key in the lock like a guillotine.

 

[Blueboatman]

Replaced ply washboards with nice chunky teak, four instead of two, one steps adroitly over, sometimes removing the one, sometimes more..
And have lift off hinges , supply of nice chunky teak etc to make framed Perspex doors too
But not today!

 

[Boathook]

For me door, but it does depend upon the boat.

 

[KellysEye]

We had doors but every boat we chartered had a washboard. We much preferred doors because you don't take them off and have to put them somewhere.

 

[DanTribe]

Definitely washdoors, although doorboards can be handy.
Perhaps a combination?

 

[Swg]

Doors,lyrically superior and greater tonal range. More likely to give food for thought whilst riding on a storm.

 

[Grumpybear]

Doors,lyrically superior and greater tonal range. More likely to give food for thought whilst riding on a storm.

Looking at the votes, it seems that the hoi polloi are again daring to disagree with the cognoscenti. Shocking.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

We have neither, a sliding hatch on the coach roof with a pair of rails either side to keep you safe when climbing in and out. Can be slightly awkward to get in and out, but super safe. Fill the cockpit with a wave and only the siightly leaky locker lids will allow water to enter the boat.