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**s/v Beth** · 12-04-2012, 10:58

Phil:The earlier version of the list had "handheld VHF" and "handheld GPS" just for that reason. I took off the "handheld' just to please the "we want it on our boat" crowd. You guys are just like a herd of cats.

To All: Please do what you want with your GPS and VHF. If you keep on going back to this I am going to add a sextant to my bucket (taped to the bottom of course, to make sure it stays dry).

LeaseOnLife · 12-04-2012, 10:59

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Originally Posted by Bash

Excuse the thread drift, but I believe a ship's radio license requires mariners on marine frequencies to log any instance where a mayday call has been heard. Isn't this an international convention?

A piece of paper will suffice! no need for a log book !?

barnakiel · 12-04-2012, 13:08

Guys/Ladies,

I was thinking about how to make the 'essentials' idea more concise - sort of looking for an acid test to apply to an item so that one can quickly say: 'this is essential, that is not'...

To start with, I thought of the following 'test':

"If I lose this item on the passage can I continue my adventure regardless?"

Applied:

bucket = not essential,
sails = essential,

etc.

If we find such a rule, or set of rules, then we could with some accuracy say what is essential for which voyage. Bikini ESSENTIAL ... less so if going to Alaska.

Regards,
barnakiel

LeaseOnLife · 12-04-2012, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by barnakiel

Guys/Ladies,

I was thinking about how to make the 'essentials' idea more concise - sort of looking for an acid test to apply to an item so that one can quickly say: 'this is essential, that is not'...

To start with, I thought of the following 'test':

"If I lose this item on the passage can I continue my adventure regardless?"

Applied:

bucket = not essential,
sails = essential,

etc.

If we find such a rule, or set of rules, then we could with some accuracy say what is essential for which voyage. Bikini ESSENTIAL ... less so if going to Alaska.

Regards,
barnakiel

barnie, where is your mind.... bimini vs bikini ?

**s/v Beth** · 12-04-2012, 13:34

I have thought about this too barnie, but very little is essential under that test. If you lost the rig and sails- you would just go to port to get them replaced. The same with a bucket, though less so. GPS- can continue to sail without it, but if I want to find Hawaii, I wouldn't leave port without it. and so on. Really all we need is a ship without holes, a means of propulsion and a way to eat and poop, but I would not take a kayak with canned goods and a set of drop down drawers into the pacific.

rlaribee · 12-04-2012, 14:00

>> Bikini ESSENTIAL ... less so if going to Alaska.

Uh, no. Nope. No way I'm wearing a bikini.

David_Old_Jersey · 12-04-2012, 14:30

I am beggining to suspect that whether a Bucket is essential (or only a luxury

) will be added to the CF hot topic list (along with Guns and Anchors)......

.....FWIW, I have 3 Buckets onboard - and I'm still tied to the dock

.....and they stack inside each other (albeit that more from chance than design

). I figure having 3 means I don't need a sextant

.

sailorboy1 · 12-04-2012, 15:35

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Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

.....FWIW, I have 3 Buckets onboard - and I'm still tied to the dock

......

OK please be sure that permanent markers for labeling the buckets is added to the list especially on David's boat!

**Wotname** · 12-04-2012, 15:52

Single bucket with metal sextant taped to the bottom for ballast or two buckets taped side by side for stability?

**atoll** · 12-04-2012, 15:58

make sure it is a metal bucket,and a bag of sand to put in it.
it it makes a great emergency stove,assuming you have some petrol to pour into the sand as fuel.