What gear have you got onboard that you wish you never bothered with

[DAKA]

Just looked on the for sale forum and seen Dougie's garage sale, it occurred to me that I could sell about a ton of equipment off my boat that hasnt been used for 2 or more years and not really miss it.

I have carried a kedge anchor including warp and chain for the last 10 years and never used it.

On arriving on foreign soil , I used to dash into the first chandlers I found and rush to fit a courtesy flag , now I have an extensive set I never bother to hoist them anyway.

Spare steering tiller, yes believe it or not my Princess came with a 5 foot bent heavy duty steering tiller which can be attached to steer the boat if the auto pilot fails, both steering wheels fall off and I loose an engine

I think its time some of this cr p, got sorted , what have you got on board getting in the way ?

 

[benjenbav]

Just looked on the for sale forum and seen Dougie's garage sale, it occurred to me that I could sell about a ton of equipment off my boat that hasnt been used for 2 or more years and not really miss it.

I have carried a kedge anchor including warp and chain for the last 10 years and never used it.

On arriving on foreign soil , I used to dash into the first chandlers I found and rush to fit a courtesy flag , now I have an extensive set I never bother to hoist them anyway.

Spare steering tiller, yes believe it or not my Princess came with a 5 foot bent heavy duty steering tiller which can be attached to steer the boat if the auto pilot fails, both steering wheels fall off and I loose an engine

I think its time some of this cr p, got sorted , what have you got on board getting in the way ?

Don't be in too much of a hurry to get rid of the spare steering tiller. I've used mine. Err when I thought my hydraulics had failed but in fact I'd forgotten I'd left the autopilot on, since you ask.

I do have some wooden blocks attached to each other by rope which may be some sort of rudimentary ladder or something for spreading the load against a harbour wall or maybe some form of obscure martial arts equipment or - as I use them - something to rest other stuff on at the bottom of the lazarette.

 

[MarieK]

Forward Looking Sonar

 

[rafiki_]

Crew!

 

[DAKA]

Don't be in too much of a hurry to get rid of the spare steering tiller.

Not sure the phrase 'get rid' is technically correct, I am testing the waters to see if I can follow Dougie's example and make a few quid out of it
Alright not a lot of effort went into my sales pitch but as you have pointed out these are essential for everyone to carry and can also be used as a kedge anchor

£30 anyone + P&P or pick up from Newton creek where I was about to dump it

 

[CX54WEK]

The Skipper

 

[strakeryrius]

A rechargeable 1,000,000 candle power torch - never ever used it.

 

[pappaecho]

JRC 1000 Radar. It has the same size LCD screen as a 10 year old Garmin chartplotterm the difference being that the Garmin is eminently readable, whilst the 2 year old radar is not

 

[SpottyDog5]

Forward Looking Sonar

Me too, complete junk, and I have two of them, lucky the previous owner paid for them.

 

[kashurst]

hair straighteners

I have an forward looking sonar and I'm quite fond of it (it's useful!)
however the emergency tiller et el are probably just jetsam in waiting - that and the hair straighteners (what ever they may be.......)