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Old 17-02-2017, 23:36   #1
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How to secure books in their shelves?

Hi there,

Anybody mind showing my wife and I your way of securing your books/items in your bookshelves? We have quite a few unsecured shelves on our boat, and before making our first big trip we'd like to make sure that our boat can take a big hit without losing everything on the shelves. Any suggestions? Many thanks!
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

We keep a stiff wood batten spanning the length of the shelf that rests in "U" shaped slots at each end. Our batten fids are about five inches above the shelf base and are easily raised to remove or replace items.

Although we use these for books, we also use them for many other shelved items.
... even glassware.

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We keep a stiff wood batten spanning the length of the shelf that rests in "U" shaped slots at each end. Our batten fids are about five inches above the shelf base and are easily raised to remove or replace items.

Although we use these for books, we also use them for many other shelved items.
... even glassware.

Thanks for the reply! You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of the brackets themselves would ya?
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

Fiddles or even bungy cords.


Even better get a cat. Other than a small lip at the bottom of the shelf, nothing holds our books in place. They just stay there (I'm sure in perfect storm conditions it might be an issue but we've never had a book get free)
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Fiddles or even bungy cords.


Even better get a cat. Other than a small lip at the bottom of the shelf, nothing holds our books in place. They just stay there (I'm sure in perfect storm conditions it might be an issue but we've never had a book get free)
How do you use the cat?... last time tried to use the ship's cat like that it tried to claw my eyes out and then jumped ship.....

I stop the 'bottle rattle' with those sleeves they put duty free booze bottles in at airports... that and kitchen paper which also works well...

My 'glass rack' started life as a cassette rack in the 80's, moved on to holding CDs ( sideeways) in the 90's , and now does good duty with 'glasses assorted'....
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How do you use the cat?... last time tried to use the ship's cat like that it tried to claw my eyes out and then jumped ship.....
You missed one important step:
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

When we had a cat on board it also punctured the inflatable when trying to jump ship. [emoji3]
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

I believe Kindle has an effective system...

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I believe Kindle has an effective system...

The kindle is a fantastic addition! Yet we still have tons of books like Charlie's Charts, Boat manuals, Jimmy Cornell books, and many many others that we can't get rid of but need a secure home for.
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

a couple of brass eye hooks and this equipment hammock stretched in front of book shelf is what i used

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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

fishing net works quite well.no i have no pix. place a length of fishing net over the cabinet faces. affix in some hidden manner and ta daa..
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

I don't have any photos of the "brackets" at the ends of my wood battens or fids in the photo, but they are very simply "U" shaped cuts of wood screwed to the bulkhead that firmly receive the slats. I believe that I've seem similar fittings in metal that hold curtain rods. Actually curtain rods might be an easy source for what you could use.
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Fiddles or even bungy cords.


Even better get a cat. Other than a small lip at the bottom of the shelf, nothing holds our books in place. They just stay there (I'm sure in perfect storm conditions it might be an issue but we've never had a book get free)
could I use a half dozen guinea pigs instead? The buggers keep breeding and I've run out of space.

Edit, beaten to it, too obvs innit.
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Re: How to secure books in their shelves?

I use Calibre and Calibre Companion.

I can download any e-book I have onto any device I choose, without having to connect to Amazon's, Google's, or Barnes&Noble's websites.
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Thanks for the reply! You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of the brackets themselves would ya?
We used barrel bolt fasteners to hold the fiddles in place. A small block of wood at one end to keep the fiddle oriented properly with the barrel bolts holding the fiddle in place against it.
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