Sage advice from Tom Cunliffe
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onesea
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You did better than me, I painted them red and green and getting in a twist...
Daedelus
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I updated my list for leaving the boat to include house keys after the time the crew (who lives miles away from me but mostly on the way) gave me the death stare when we got to my place some 50 miles from the boat and I announced I had left my house keys on the boat. He refrained from killing me when I said my next door neighbour had a spare.
Lists are vital - let's face it, going home from the boat it isn't that serious if you forget something, you can usually remedy it fairly easily, but surgeons throughout the world found that: “A simple surgical checklist can lower the incidence of deaths and complications after surgery by one third”, -
according to research published by the World Health Organization. The reduction in deaths & complications was similar in rich and poor settings. (Ie throughout the world)
Reported in BMJ. Jan 2009
If they can forget things with the importance of an operation then I don't feel bad about having a ready for sea list as well.
Lists are vital - let's face it, going home from the boat it isn't that serious if you forget something, you can usually remedy it fairly easily, but surgeons throughout the world found that: “A simple surgical checklist can lower the incidence of deaths and complications after surgery by one third”, -
according to research published by the World Health Organization. The reduction in deaths & complications was similar in rich and poor settings. (Ie throughout the world)
Reported in BMJ. Jan 2009
If they can forget things with the importance of an operation then I don't feel bad about having a ready for sea list as well.
Babylon
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A checklist of things not to forget:
* YM isn't just read by people who've been sailing a long time - there are plenty of newcomers to yacht ownership who could benefit from a leaving-the-boat checklist.
* All publications repeat themselves - there is a limited amount of knowledge and experience and so-called 'news' - so all information eventually gets recycled and rehashed.
* No-one forces you to buy magazines.
* Advertisers who repeat the same adverts month after month do so for good reason.
Each year I train several adult students on a 40-week full-time course of my own devising - a sort of 1600hr zero-to-hero programme if you like. Surrounding the core skills and techniques and project-based learning, tea- and lunch-breaks in the workshop are put to good use by the sharing of my own commercial, creative and client-handling experiences. The stories of my own cock-ups are particularly valuable.
At the end of each year, I tell my students that they have to go - because I've run out of anecdotes!
* YM isn't just read by people who've been sailing a long time - there are plenty of newcomers to yacht ownership who could benefit from a leaving-the-boat checklist.
* All publications repeat themselves - there is a limited amount of knowledge and experience and so-called 'news' - so all information eventually gets recycled and rehashed.
* No-one forces you to buy magazines.
* Advertisers who repeat the same adverts month after month do so for good reason.
Each year I train several adult students on a 40-week full-time course of my own devising - a sort of 1600hr zero-to-hero programme if you like. Surrounding the core skills and techniques and project-based learning, tea- and lunch-breaks in the workshop are put to good use by the sharing of my own commercial, creative and client-handling experiences. The stories of my own cock-ups are particularly valuable.
At the end of each year, I tell my students that they have to go - because I've run out of anecdotes!
johnphilip
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For years I have kept boat key, house key and car key on the same ring ( and even set up my spare set the same.) Foolproof (if not waterproof).
claymore
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Cannot see why you don't just simply say " to avoid that 'OH FEKKIT' moment when you are on the road home"
prv
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+1
I don't have "boat keys", "house keys", etc - I just have "my keys". Unless you're a prison officer or school caretaker or something with hundreds of keys that would be physically awkward to carry around, I don't understand why people categorise their keys in this way and then find themselves with the wrong set.
Since I need the boat key to lock the main hatch, this also ensures I can't accidentally leave the boat with my keys still in the cabin.
Pete
lw395
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I seem to have a lot of keys.
Padlocks
Dinghy compound locks
Motorbike keys
Motorbike d lock keys
Car keys
House keys.
lw395
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I sail on a couple of other people's yachts.
They have different unwritten lists of what needs to be put away where.
So they end up doing everything themselves after a sail while their guests look bemused.
When I was evening racing, we could pack up very quickly.
There was a check list, because the boat got loaned out now and then, and we also wanted to be able to rig quickly next time.
They have different unwritten lists of what needs to be put away where.
So they end up doing everything themselves after a sail while their guests look bemused.
When I was evening racing, we could pack up very quickly.
There was a check list, because the boat got loaned out now and then, and we also wanted to be able to rig quickly next time.
basil421
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My Boat locks with a padlock. A really vital tip to ensure a pleasant end to a day's sailing it to snap the padlock closed immediately on arriving at the boat.
Ask me how I know...
prv
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My Boat locks with a padlock. A really vital tip to ensure a pleasant end to a day's sailing it to snap the padlock closed immediately on arriving at the boat.
Ask me how I know...
The padlock that came with Kindred Spirit was a type which will only release the key when it's closed - meaning you can't lock it on anything without the key. I have had reason to be grateful for this a couple of times
Pete
Ex-SolentBoy
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The padlock that came with Kindred Spirit was a type which will only release the key when it's closed - meaning you can't lock it on anything without the key. I have had reason to be grateful for this a couple of times
Pete
Surely a padlock with a combination as opposed to a key would solve all these issues.
Simondjuk
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Ah ha, but then you could forget your keys entirely. Imagine arriving at your car after a long and tiring weekend on the water, only to find that you can't go anywhere because you completely neglected to bring any keys at all with you! Hmmmm?
basil421
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The padlock that came with Kindred Spirit was a type which will only release the key when it's closed - meaning you can't lock it on anything without the key. I have had reason to be grateful for this a couple of times
Pete
Excellent idea - I'll look out for one of these