What Do You Keep On Your Boat - “Just in Case…”

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Not asking about the usual safety kit i.e. life raft etc, but other crap taking up locker space. I feel the need to thin out the accumulation of stuff that has never or rarely been used for coastal sailing.
Do I need to carry my underwater inspection camera case? battery drill?
My tool bag now weighs a ton and needs a thin out.
Bits of hose, spare fittings, can of screws, and all manner of bits and pieces.
Big sail bag of “spare ropes”
I’m even eying up the rarely used outboard and inflatable for removal back home into the boat shed.
I reckon I could gain a knot in boat speed and an inch of freeboard with the weight removal!

I will admit to a slight hoarding tendency and slight paranoia about things I might need….but for coastal sailing?

I feel a big declutter coming on this autumn.
 
Probably more than half the inventory. Tools, spare parts, lifejackets, life raft, additional fuel in jerry cans, waterproofs (in summer), spare torches and batteries, flares, plb, spare sails, storm jib, spare mooring lines, sewing kit, spare clothes, preventers, spare autopilot, spare oil...
 
We have tons of storage on our boat - the problem is we fill it!

We're having the same thought as you and have committed to emptying the contents of at least half the lockers onto the pontoon this summer and getting brutal.

At the last quick look we had: bits of "spare" wood, enough spares to overhaul the heads 3 times, way too many spare fluids for the engine & systems, same as you with the lines & hoses. We even have spare bedding on board.

All of this would be necessary if we were extended cruising, but as our plans for the next season or two are coastal cruising in territorial and local waters, it all seems a bit much!
 
All of the above plus a couple of kapok LJ's and 3 extra heavy weather jackets and trousers (I mainly sail solo).
The most probable surplus item is a mini Workmate, but it will stay as I have the space and am not too bothered about the extra knot.
 
Every year I completely empty the boat. This then allows me to have a rethink on what goes back each year & there is often quite a few things. The most important thing to get off a boat is a daughter. It is not so much the person herself but the accessories that go with them. Why for instance does one need 5 pairs of shoes for a 4 day trip to Ostend, when the maxm she could walk in a direction is 31 feet; then she would end up in the drink. To make it worse, on arriving there, we have to go SHOE shopping :unsure:
The luggage (junk) a female brings aboard has to be seen to be believed. No wonder many yachts have 2 heads.
I would not mind if they took it all home with them, but some of it is still there afterwards " Dad can you leave this aboard until later to save me taking it on the ferry?" You know it will be there at the end of the season.
I spend ages trimming the extras, Only have spanners for nuts & bolts that need them. Only have the right amount of plates, & cutlery for one unless family expected, limited spare food, etc, then it get ruined by family visits:rolleyes:
 
I've just emptied my boat and I could not believe the amount of crap there was. So much of the 'just in case' bits and bobs were corroded or seized anyway ..
It suddenly looked empty .... week later other crap had started to replace the first lot.
 
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