Most Expensive, Smallest bit of Boat Junk U Needed to Buy

[Pelagic]

Do old girlfriends count?

[Reefmagnet]

Dead right on the cars. I'm forking over 150 bucks to get a couple of small pins and bushes made for my jib cars. Absolute bargain compared to new replacement cost.

I also think Simnet leads are ridiculously priced, too. Especially after the usual "aussie markup" is applied.

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[MarkJ]

Some of these responses are eye watering.

Half this stuff I've never heard of. What's a toggle adapter bushing?? Don't tell me or my boat will decides she needs one.

Who the hell said we could go cruising in $500 per month.

Yes, Palagic, ex-girlfriends are specifically excluded. I said SMALL and useless.

[haiqu]

Vane repair kit for a Raymarine windvane. $170.00

I only needed the inner screw but you can't buy that separately.

[UNCIVILIZED]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Do old girlfriends count?

YOU WIN!!!

Though there were a few custom, exotic metal fittings for the IACC boats which may come close. They were of the sort where if you have to ask how much $...

As to personal use. Most likely, Titanium Devcon. $120/lb
Though the per/lb cost of many rigging fittings is definitely higher than that. But $120 for epoxy putty still irks me. As unlike pricy rum, the putty has a shelf life.

[Stumble]

I think the most expensive per pound is a Karver Halyard lock. At 150grams and $1,500 it's about 1/4 the price of a gold bar.

[Panope]

Insurance survey. Useless piece of paper. $400.

Steve

[RaymondR]

Left hand nut to hold the flange onto my Yanmah gear box. About 3/4" and cost $60 back in 2002.

[Dulcesuenos]

Amiot traveler car for our main sheet. They wanted $1695. For a new one , we re welded ours instead and replaced the toggles.

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[willpep]

I recently installed a Raymarine autopilot. The cost of Seatalk cables kind of surprised me. For example, 30 bucks for a ~1 foot cable. Not a large cost from a boating budget standpoint - just felt like a rip off.

[redhead]

$1500 for the second alternator we needed. We then redesigned everything and don't need it now. Functions perfectly as Engine Room Door Propper Opener.

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[Defeverboat]

$250.00 for a westerbeaker gen exhause elbow

[mannix2]

$32 for a screen door hook.

[skipgundlach]

The two-point navigation system. Available in various colors, but difficult to find images other than light tan.

Sometimes free, but the maintenance is staggering.

(Likely you'll have to look it up )

[Liam Wald]

I just paid $300 for a Johnson water pump">raw water pump for my Yanmar. Ouch!