More than a pencil rack

[14K478]

My boat has a shallow step on the way down from the wheelhouse to the saloon. The top of it is a hinged lid and it forms a very handy space for storing tools or what have you.

Don't forget to go out for a spin - even if just a little one - while you're next at the boat. Remember, you want to have a to-do list for your boat, not a boat for a to-do list!

Mine has these in it:


Rope clutches hadn’t been invented when she was built. The next step down has the tools in it, but it tends to overflow…

 

[Bouba]

Mine has these in it:

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Rope clutches hadn’t been invented when she was built. The next step down has the tools in it, but it tends to overflow…

That’s a lot !.....is your boat really big....or do you steal them ?

 

[LittleSister]

Mine has these in it:

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Rope clutches hadn’t been invented when she was built. The next step down has the tools in it, but it tends to overflow…

That's funny shaped ballast!

 

[14K478]

That’s a lot !.....is your boat really big....or do you steal them ?

She is a 1975 built winch farm. I have a policy of buying, and case need refurbishing, any suitable cheap handle that goes past!

 

[14K478]

Check the diameter of your favourite pencils before you do anything else!

Very sound advice. And make it deeper than you think necessary. The pencil dividers and stopwatch holder that my father made in 1973 has gone with me from boat to boat because the pencil and dividers holes are a couple of inches deep.