doug748
Well-known member
In the AIS thread someone said that nobody moaned about wind instruments. Well I will. I fitted some years ago and immediately thought what did I do that for? For the small cruising boat they are just about a waste of space, money and effort. Never switch the things on.
Whilst we are on a roll here are a few other things that I never bothered with, on small boats:
Self tailing winches - Silly expensive and overrated.
Integrated instruments, - Little advantage with the chance of network problems thrown in.
Hot water from the engine. I have a kettle.
Fridges (In the UK? someone is winding me up)
On board showers - Pilates in a damp cupboard
Pressurised water - Complex solution looking for a problem.
Bow thrusters (On 30 foot sailers, now? Summut is wrong)
Plus:
People build scaffold towers on the back of their boats to power that little lot - so that's one other thing to cripple the performance of your boat, to break down or worry about.
Before someone calls me a scourge of modernity, let me say I would walk over hot coals for AIS, chart plotter, furling headsail, Windex and Autohelm
There are a good few rows in embryo there and not one mention of politics.
What "must have" items do you avoid?
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Whilst we are on a roll here are a few other things that I never bothered with, on small boats:
Self tailing winches - Silly expensive and overrated.
Integrated instruments, - Little advantage with the chance of network problems thrown in.
Hot water from the engine. I have a kettle.
Fridges (In the UK? someone is winding me up)
On board showers - Pilates in a damp cupboard
Pressurised water - Complex solution looking for a problem.
Bow thrusters (On 30 foot sailers, now? Summut is wrong)
Plus:
People build scaffold towers on the back of their boats to power that little lot - so that's one other thing to cripple the performance of your boat, to break down or worry about.
Before someone calls me a scourge of modernity, let me say I would walk over hot coals for AIS, chart plotter, furling headsail, Windex and Autohelm
There are a good few rows in embryo there and not one mention of politics.
What "must have" items do you avoid?
.