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[Elessar]

That's difficult, from my pocket

Anyway, all these people with multiple different sets of keys (why?) surely have that many more chances to drop one of them over the side themselves.

Pete

I am a key losing champion. I just have to decide how to cluster the pain.
Not just keys.
Swam and oafed round on a kneeboard for about two hours on Sunday.
With my iPhone in my shorts.......

 

[frderek]

Like!

Well, in the same locker are the domestic battery isolator and the stern-gland thingy that needs to squeezed to expel the air after the boat has been out of the water (which it is twice a day!), then it makes an awful lot of sense. With my forgetory, it wasn't a case of 'if' I forgot to open the sea-cock but 'when'.

 

[prv]

Swam and oafed round on a kneeboard for about two hours on Sunday.
With my iPhone in my shorts.......

As soon as I get on the boat, phone, wallet and keys go in an area next to the chart table known as the "trash tray". This is a habit from back when carrying a phone was still a novelty - in those days I used to turn it off for the week as well! But it still feels wrong to me to be sailing a boat and feel a phone in my pocket.

Pete

 

[Hydrozoan]

I keep keys on a lanyard when moving about to and from on the boat on the pontoon, or in the dinghy or kayak. Can be cow-hitched round the belt and the keys put in the pocket, or hung round the neck (it has a breakable link). I do the same when out walking.

 

[johnphilip]

not quite foolproof

I mentioned this in the bit about thieving on the Classic Boats forum, but think it worth mentioning here on its' own.



As I live in dread of driving 45 miles then finding I've left the bung behind, I have a holder for it in the car.

The red top from a WD40 can is exactly right to take the usual 1" brass bungs, so the red top fitted on the centre console means I can always be sure I have the thing with me.

But this time we drove down in the wife's car................

 

[Achillesheel]

Picked up a new (to me) car in Gloucestershire on a Friday, drove to boat near Falmouth, sailed on Saturday, got back to (fairly remote) beach and car on Saturday afternoon about 5.30 to drive to my brother's house in North Cornwall.

Managed to lock keys in car - along with mobile phones, SWMBO's handbag, money, shoes (wearing sailing boots).

In the end, I borrowed my brothers car to drive home to Cheltenham, pick up spare car key, and drive straight back to Cornwall. Three hours plus each way.

I have been paranoid about the way I lock the car ever since!

 

[colhel]

I used to keep the boat keys in the car, this worked well until I took the wrong car.

 

[chinita]

I don't know what the OP is on about.

I thought the Anderson 22 was a trailer sailor?

Why bother with a bung or a tender?

Just tow the boat around behind you wherever you go.

That way, it is always there when you need it. At the drop of a hat, no fuss, no bother and no need for the WD40 cap.

 

[FishyInverness]

I thought everyone kept a spare set of boat keys in the gas locker.

Surely in a friend/neighbours gas locker would make more sense?

 

[prv]

Surely in a friend/neighbours gas locker would make more sense?

Only if they never go out sailing

Pete

 

[FishyInverness]

Be fine around Seaport Marina up here then!

 

[PaulJS]

I have my boat keys on their cork ball keyring attached to the tender engines kill cord. We've got about 4 knots of tide so I would prefer not trying to row the tender across the stream to my mooring!