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CaptainK · 05-05-2006, 23:53

I have already devoted a small space for all of the tools, that I intend on having on board my boat.

You never know what tool you'll ever need. When it comes to fixing things on board a boat?

**GordMay** · 06-05-2006, 03:15

Kevin”
I almost always know (ahead of time) which tool I’ll need aboard - it’s the one I don’t have /w me.
Gord

CaptainK · 06-05-2006, 09:31

Quote:

GordMay once whispered in the wind
Kevin" I almost always know (ahead of time) which tool I'll need aboard - it's the one I don't have /w me. Gord

Well Gord.

That's what I meant in the post before you posted that comment. I plan to have all the tools needed. Which is why I already have a small space set aside for the tools ahead of time before I move aboard. And start my renovation project.

And sort of like you said, "You never know which tool you'll need. So bring them all!!"

**GordMay** · 06-05-2006, 09:57

Kevin:
If you ”...plan to have all the tools needed ...”
then
”... a small space set aside for the tools ...”
won’t be large enough.
And, according to Murphy’s Law, the missing tool will be the one you need.
Thus, I don’t carry a chain saw file.

Gord

**S/V Elusive** · 06-05-2006, 10:14

As Kai pointed out, I have a really great area in my aft passageway for tools AND spare parts - in fact, I think it is safe to say that most things stowed aboard fall into those two catagories. One never has enough: tools or spare parts ... unless you have three boats and two houses plus a spare 'dub' bus to stash things in.

CaptainK · 06-05-2006, 12:05

LMAO

Yeah Thomas. You're right about having to have a space for tools and spare parts.

Unfornately, for right now. I only worked out enough data on where I will put my tools for right now. I am slowly working on where I could put "some" of the more critical spare parts somewhere on the boat.

Considering that my boat is a 1973 Catalina 27. Outboard version. No inboard engine. At least I don't have to worry about prop shaft packing gland failures and such. I only have to worry about the outboard konking out. And having the necessary replacement parts on hand?

05-05-2006, 23:53	#16
CaptainK Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona... USA Posts: 2,387 Images: 7	I have already devoted a small space for all of the tools, that I intend on having on board my boat. You never know what tool you'll ever need. When it comes to fixing things on board a boat? __________________ CaptainK BMYC "Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin

06-05-2006, 03:15	#17
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,316 Images: 230	Kevin” I almost always know (ahead of time) which tool I’ll need aboard - it’s the one I don’t have /w me. Gord __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

06-05-2006, 09:57	#19
GordMay Administrator Site Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W Boat: C.L.O.D. (Cruiser Living On Dirt) Posts: 9,316 Images: 230	Kevin: If you ”...plan to have all the tools needed ...” then ”... a small space set aside for the tools ...” won’t be large enough. And, according to Murphy’s Law, the missing tool will be the one you need. Thus, I don’t carry a chain saw file. Gord __________________ Gord May ~~_/)_~~ (Gord & Maggie - "Southbound") "If you didn't have time/$ to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"

06-05-2006, 10:14	#20
S/V Elusive Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ventura Harbor, CA Boat: Endeavour, Ketch, 43 ft., Elusive Posts: 2,234	As Kai pointed out, I have a really great area in my aft passageway for tools AND spare parts - in fact, I think it is safe to say that most things stowed aboard fall into those two catagories. One never has enough: tools or spare parts ... unless you have three boats and two houses plus a spare 'dub' bus to stash things in. __________________ "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." - William Arthur Ward Thomas

06-05-2006, 12:05	#21
CaptainK Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Phoenix, Arizona... USA Posts: 2,387 Images: 7	LMAO Yeah Thomas. You're right about having to have a space for tools and spare parts. Unfornately, for right now. I only worked out enough data on where I will put my tools for right now. I am slowly working on where I could put "some" of the more critical spare parts somewhere on the boat. Considering that my boat is a 1973 Catalina 27. Outboard version. No inboard engine. At least I don't have to worry about prop shaft packing gland failures and such. I only have to worry about the outboard konking out. And having the necessary replacement parts on hand? __________________ CaptainK BMYC "Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." - Benjamin Franklin

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