Where do I put all that @#$% on a 32' boat??

micoverde · 08-02-2007, 13:53

Recently found this old page we created in our first year of cruising - it details our storage plan (Westsail 32):

A few random thoughts and observations from a first timer in Mexico

**Pblais** · 08-02-2007, 15:32

Once you figure out all the stuff you need to bring you think it's all over. That is until you have to pack it and then again when you have to find it.

So how many of those whosie whats its did we bring? I know we should have at least 5 left.

**S/V Elusive** · 08-02-2007, 17:25

And it don't get any better with a larger boat! I had to systematically go through the boat and identify ANYWHERE I could put stuff, assign a designation (so I could refer to it: ie. SSCT2 = Salon Starboard Cabinet Top 2), and then, of course, doing an inventory. Oh .. don't forget to keep up with the inventory. In the cases of consumables (usually food type stuff), they are only in about 8 different locations, and I sorta keep up with it, but it isn't that difficult to re-inventory those areas.

Steve Kidson · 08-02-2007, 21:09

Being on a boat is a little like being on holidays, you always take too much stuff.
Except maybe the beer

Fair winds

Steve

seafox · 09-02-2007, 01:42

I tried the inventory thing.....no fun, I prefer to rip the boat apart looking for things. Hate it when I find expired beer though.

Connemara · 09-02-2007, 13:53

"expired beer"????

What is that?

Never saw any.

Connemara

seafox · 09-02-2007, 18:39

I stashed 4 dozen speights in a locker and then forgot it was there. Just kept drinking and adding to the easy to get locker. When I discovered it over a year later, I poured it into a mug and it was fill of scuba divers. I rang the speights 0800 number and they told me it was "all natural ingrediants so should be right". Yeah right!!! (Tui ad that Alan will understand). We drank one but couldn't enjoy it.
I saved it to give to people who come on board without their own supplies

(na, I had to dump it

)

Connemara · 09-02-2007, 19:11

What u get for drinking that real ale crap. Give me a beer with preservatives any day.

Connemara

08-02-2007, 13:53	#1
micoverde Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Singapore Boat: Westsail 32 Posts: 79 Images: 3	Where do I put all that @#$% on a 32' boat?? Recently found this old page we created in our first year of cruising - it details our storage plan (Westsail 32): A few random thoughts and observations from a first timer in Mexico

08-02-2007, 15:32	#2
Pblais Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hayes, VA Boat: Gozzard 36 - Bright Eyes Posts: 4,543 Images: 7	Once you figure out all the stuff you need to bring you think it's all over. That is until you have to pack it and then again when you have to find it. So how many of those whosie whats its did we bring? I know we should have at least 5 left. __________________ Paul Blais s/v Bright Eyes Gozzard 36 37 15.7 N 76 28.9 W

08-02-2007, 17:25	#3
S/V Elusive Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ventura Harbor, CA Boat: Endeavour, Ketch, 43 ft., Elusive Posts: 2,250	And it don't get any better with a larger boat! I had to systematically go through the boat and identify ANYWHERE I could put stuff, assign a designation (so I could refer to it: ie. SSCT2 = Salon Starboard Cabinet Top 2), and then, of course, doing an inventory. Oh .. don't forget to keep up with the inventory. In the cases of consumables (usually food type stuff), they are only in about 8 different locations, and I sorta keep up with it, but it isn't that difficult to re-inventory those areas. __________________ "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward Thomas

08-02-2007, 21:09	#4
Steve Kidson Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Boat: Hartley 32 RORC; Vixen Posts: 192 Images: 10	Too much Stuff Being on a boat is a little like being on holidays, you always take too much stuff. Except maybe the beer Fair winds Steve

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09-02-2007, 01:42	#5
seafox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new zealand Boat: Lotus 10.6 Posts: 1,253 Images: 25	I tried the inventory thing.....no fun, I prefer to rip the boat apart looking for things. Hate it when I find expired beer though.

09-02-2007, 13:53	#6
Connemara Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Boat: Mirage 27 Connemara Posts: 238 Images: 2	"expired beer"???? What is that? Never saw any. Connemara

09-02-2007, 18:39	#7
seafox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new zealand Boat: Lotus 10.6 Posts: 1,253 Images: 25	I stashed 4 dozen speights in a locker and then forgot it was there. Just kept drinking and adding to the easy to get locker. When I discovered it over a year later, I poured it into a mug and it was fill of scuba divers. I rang the speights 0800 number and they told me it was "all natural ingrediants so should be right". Yeah right!!! (Tui ad that Alan will understand). We drank one but couldn't enjoy it. I saved it to give to people who come on board without their own supplies (na, I had to dump it )

09-02-2007, 19:11	#8
Connemara Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Boat: Mirage 27 Connemara Posts: 238 Images: 2	What u get for drinking that real ale crap. Give me a beer with preservatives any day. Connemara

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