What things should be banned from a boat?

[Frankie-H]

Solid coolboxes.

If being serious, white waterproofs, ie white at the top / shoulders, the bits one would hope to see if the wearer is overboard.

Sorry don't understand either of those

I love our cold boxes, especially the new 220/12v one. At last cold drinks.

Are you saying that you would rather not see your crew, if they fell over board.

 

[mdonnelly]

Me!
Keep starting jobs and never finishing them.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

I've cut the number of loose breadcrumbs down to insignificant by placing the breadboard on a plastic tray (with raised edges).

I have cut it even more by buying sliced bread.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Sorry don't understand either of those

I love our cold boxes, especially the new 220/12v one. At last cold drinks.

Are you saying that you would rather not see your crew, if they fell over board.

White is not visible in a sea with white crests on the sea! Orange, Yellow or Red are the right colours for safety gear.

 

[Frankie-H]

White is not visible in a sea with white crests on the sea! Orange, Yellow or Red are the right colours for safety gear.

Thanks for that.

Now what about those cold boxes.

 

[AMCD300]

People who want things banned from boats should be banned from boats.

 

[Nostrodamus]

Beer,
My head is spinning again and all those jobs I had planned for tomorrow will no doubt have to wait... oh how I love that word "manyana"
Now to go sheep sheer the wife

 

[trapezeartist]

Incontinent seagulls.

 

[Mistroma]

Thanks for that.

Now what about those cold boxes.

I think post said SOLID ones. Reason might be the space that they take up. We usually take one solid and one soft foldable one when going to boat for short cruises. This allows us to pack most of what we need. Once contents are in the fridge, the soft box is stored inside the hard one and that goes into the bilges.

However, the solid one was just too big to stow out of the way on my previous boat. It was a real nuisance then, so I can understand the point.

 

[Tomahawk]

concrete mixer?

 

[Nostrodamus]

concrete mixer?

Good for repairs on a ferro boat. You also might want to build an extension.

 

[Tomahawk]

Good for repairs on a ferro boat. You also might want to build an extension.

Not necessary as you can mix it by hand.. using SWMBO's salad bowl from the galley..

 

[Nostrodamus]

Got it...
Apparently these face Kini's are all the rage in China to stop the sun getting to your face. Should I buy one for my wife to stop her hair getting everywhere around the boat.

 

[mjcoon]

Got it...
Apparently these face Kini's are all the rage in China to stop the sun getting to your face. Should I buy one for my wife to stop her hair getting everywhere around the boat.

They're bound to get banned in France...

Mike.

 

[Boatshed London]

Slackers.

 

[Ex Libris]

Bananas !

 

[ProMariner]

Biminis.
Merchant Bankers.
Fender Socks.
Front Opening Fridges.
All current designs for emergency steering.
Sinks that flood when healed.
Hull Windows.
Furled Headsail Covers.
Mid Cockpit Travellers.
500 individually switched interior lights.
En Suite Heads.
Cabin doors that jam when sailing.
Spare parts, that never have, or will, fit anything aboard.
Razor Sharp Bow Roller Fairleads.
All current tank gauge systems.
Heads that cannot be pumped quietly.
Non serviceable at sea steering systems.
Cavernous poorly sealed cockpit lockers.
Amateur electrical 'modifications'
All current designs of locker catches.
Bunk beds.
Leaky diesel jerry cans.
Interiors that have a 12 foot drop between chart table and galley, when heeled.
Gear that needs a 'knack' to make it function as advertised.
All current designs of horseshoe lights.
Electrical gizmos that hum/click/bleep all night in port.
Cabins without ventilation.
Cockpit Stereo Speakers.
Sprayhoods.
Engines that lose priming in the raw water loop.
All current holding tank systems.
Plastic Swannecks in the exhaust system.
Washboard based companionway hatches.
All current designs of saloon seating (same guy as Stagecoach Bus Seats)
Single fresh water tank systems.
Most current designs of compass placement and illumination.
Tank breathers below topside sheer lines.
All current designs for mechanical/electrical gear shift/throttle.
The help of fools.

Just a few of my favourite things.

 

[WestWittering]

Coral Worm



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