What essential tools do you carry?

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Yantlet

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I am sure it's more that this quote I saw recently!

"You need only two tools on a boat: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape."
 
Where do I start?

A VERY comprehensive socket set and spanner set with additional sockets for the removal of injectors and the nut on the crank-shaft pulley.
A complete set of screwdrivers of various sizes and cross and blade ended.
Hard and soft faced hammers
A puller (three legged and two legged)
A rechargeable electric drill
Grease gun
Feeler gauges
Hacksaw
Woodworking chisels (only one or two)
Measuring tape
Digital Caliper (as most will know, the sort that measures inside/outside and depth in mm or thou'
Small vice (to go with my personal large ones)
Set square
Electrical connectors with ratchet crimp tool.
Electrical multi-meter
Various files
Carborundum paper and emery cloth
Bolt/stud extractors
A small set of stilsons
Various adjustable spanners
Grease gun with various greases available
Strap wrench (two sizes)
Various punches (pin punch, centre punch etc)
Metal working scribe.
Torque Screw drives in various sizes
Paint brushes and cleaners.

I haven't started on the spares we carry - as you only asked about tools.

I am sure there are few I have forgotten, and I wonder what will end up on board if we start going blue water sailing in our own boat. One of the reasons I fancy getting a generator is that I could take some power tools with us as well. After all blue water sailing is just a name for mending your boat in nice places.
 
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john_morris_uk said:
Where do I start?

A VERY comprehensive socket set and spanner set with additional sockets for the removal of injectors and the nut on the crank-shaft pulley.
A complete set of screwdrivers of various sizes and cross and blade ended.
Hard and soft faced hammers
A puller (three legged and two legged)
A rechargeable electric drill
Grease gun
Feeler gauges
Hacksaw
Woodworking chisels (only one or two)
Measuring tape
Digital Caliper (as most will know, the sort that measures inside/outside and depth in mm or thou'
Small vice (to go with my personal large ones)
Set square
Electrical connectors with ratchet crimp tool.
Electrical multi-meter
Various files
Carborundum paper and emery cloth
Bolt/stud extractors
A small set of stilsons
Various adjustable spanners
Grease gun with various greases available
Strap wrench (two sizes)
Various punches (pin punch, centre punch etc)
Metal working scribe.
Torque Screw drives in various sizes
Paint brushes and cleaners.

I haven't started on the spares we carry - as you only asked about tools.

I am sure there are few I have forgotten, and I wonder what will end up on board if we start going blue water sailing in our own boat. One of the reasons I fancy getting a generator is that I could take some power tools with us as well. After all blue water sailing is just a name for mending your boat in nice places.
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Thanks John, although I am not sure i want to know about your large personal vice!!
One thing for sure I will need a bigger boat .
 
Small watch makers screwdrivers
Self Amalgamating Tape
Glue:
Araldite
Liquid Metal
Superglue
Electical Tape
Masking Tape
Gaffer Tape
Various Cordage
Sewing Kit - Colthes
Sewing Awl - everything else
Telescopic thing with a magnet on the end
Bulldog Clips
Various sized drill bits Wood & Metal (Masonry optional)
 
Yantlet said:
Thanks John, although I am not sure i want to know about your large personal vice!!
One thing for sure I will need a bigger boat .
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I think my list might be getting towards the OTT side of generous. Although I do most of my own maintenance and the boat is 39 foot long or so and weighs 12 tonnes. Probably 11 tonnes plus a tonne of tools and spares... ;)
 
Among other odds 'n ends.... a set of fids, craft knife and spare blades, spare corkscrew, a dedicated fish filleting knife, a small vice-on-a-plank, a 12v rotary toolset, a small 12v circular saw, a long-handled tool for cutting away dead masts, bosunry tools own in 'tainer.....
 
oldbilbo said:
Among other odds 'n ends.... a set of fids, craft knife and spare blades, spare corkscrew, a dedicated fish filleting knife, a small vice-on-a-plank, a 12v rotary toolset, a small 12v circular saw, a long-handled tool for cutting away dead masts, bosunry tools own in 'tainer.....
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I forgot the set of fids, the swedish fid, the sailmakers palm, the needles and thread, the sail cloth, the tape - but I digress into spares.

I also forgot the mole grips and bolt croppers (as they count as a tool as well.)
 
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