Handy stuff for pocket cruisers, et al.

[bensolomon]

Kestral hand held wind Anemometer. Gives temp, winfmd speed, water temp, barometric pressure. Use it on my boat since I do not have mast head instruments.

[smith8273]

I like the 3M Command Adhesives hooks, and I have one of these Oxyled touch sensor lights in the top loading icebox

[Don C L]

So this may look like an empty detergent bottle with a handy pour spout, but I think I see a great alcohol container and dispenser.

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by jefjo

WANT!! NEED!! MUST HAVE!!!!

You won't regret it. I've had an Aeropress for over 12 years now. On my second order of filters. It's my go-to when having coffee alone.


And it's great on the boat... with one small downside. If you forget to pack one or more of the parts... no coffee. Yes it happened one weekend.


To keep the peace, on the boat we now mainly use a collapsable drip filter like below:

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by Snowpetrel

I am loving my Aeropress Coffee maker. A great taste in a small light package. Its probably saved its cost in not paying cafe prices. Perfect for small boats. Attachment 147467Attachment 147468

What are the metal bits?

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Don C L

So this may look like an empty detergent bottle with a handy pour spout, but I think I see a great alcohol container and dispenser.

Don I prefer to keep my alcohol in its original container

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by newhaul

Don I prefer to keep my alcohol in its original container

Yes, well, now you are talking about the GOOD stuff

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Don C L

Yes, well, now you are talking about the GOOD stuff

that's the ok stuff Mt gay is the good stuff

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by newhaul

that's the ok stuff Mt gay is the good stuff

Ok, make sure you have the good stuff when you get down here!

[hermes79]

Originally Posted by hamburking

I've seen tons of sailing videos people take using gopro cameras. And I always think wouldn't it be nice to have an extra thousand bucks to get one of those and make my own videos. Well, my daughter came up with a bright idea...she uses a waterproof fuji finepix camera (about $100) with a mini-tripod that has a velcro strap. She lashes the whole thing onto her laser. For a total cost under $200 (don't forget the memory card), she has a setup that produced this video:

https://youtu.be/0c2ed29Y630

Very nice video

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by hermes79

Very nice video

Welcome aboard Hermes!

[jefjo]

Originally Posted by newhaul

that's the ok stuff Mt gay is the good stuff

That Mt Gay is ok... but this single barrel 16 yo.... MMMmmmMMM!! Almost down to half a bottle. Time to go back for more!

[Adelie]

Originally Posted by Don C L

So this may look like an empty detergent bottle with a handy pour spout, but I think I see a great alcohol container and dispenser.

Reminds me of a story the first skipper I raced with told. He was cruising in the south Pacific and became acquainted with this guy single-handing on a moderately large boat for that time. One evening fairly early in their acquaintance they're BSing on the singlehander's boat and the guy offers everyone shots of rum. To dispense the drinks he goes over to the kitchen sink and turns on one of the taps. Turns out he'd gone thru the caribbean and stocked up on very inexpensive rum. Having multiple water tanks, he just dedicating a 70gal tank to the rum which made storage easier. I think avoiding alcohol limits and duties was also part of the deal but the story is from 30yr ago so I don't remember that well.

[Lake-Effect]

Originally Posted by hamburking

I've seen tons of sailing videos people take using gopro cameras. And I always think wouldn't it be nice to have an extra thousand bucks to get one of those and make my own videos. Well, my daughter came up with a bright idea...she uses a waterproof fuji finepix camera (about $100) with a mini-tripod that has a velcro strap. She lashes the whole thing onto her laser.

GoPro's are great, but I can't justify the cost for my occasional uses either. Last year, in a sale on my favourite Chinese sales site, I got a GoPro knockoff for around US$50. It has all the bits including mounts and a waterproof case.

It is not as good or robust as a GoPro, but it's been useful and good fun for the money. Last summer I lashed the camera to a boathook, started it in record, then submerged it and manoevered around the keel, and this produced a great inspection video. This year I'd like to attach it to a kite and fly it off a the stern for some great chase video.

PS I also have a Garmin handheld - got a GPSMAP 64st for Christmas, plus the bluechart for all of Canada and I like your idea of the swingout mount. I also put a lanyard on it for handheld use.

[406Columbia]

Ok everyone, I have a Columbia 29 and she's a beauty but not a massive interior so space comes at a premium. After looking around the wife and I had decided to build a centerline table with two leaves, thinking it would give us the best value.

After speaking to Don and discussing why he was removing his custom made centerline table I kept looking for more ideas and came across this. I think its the answer to a solid table and useable space on pocket cruisers or any confined space. I may even buy an extra mount for this table leg and mount on in the generous cockpit for when we want to do drink outside or put food for the kids out, etc.

Meet the Lagun Table Leg! The second video really gives you a good idea, the first one is if you want to see more on the leg mounting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgkur197js&t=319s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZsFMOU8Pg&t=103s

This is the best price anywhere on the internet I could find after much searching and shipping will impress you. Customer service was very prompt with answers also.
https://www.rv-table-mount.com/


Here is the folding teak table top I am buying, they have three different sizes and quality appears to be quite nice as well.

https://www.svb24.com/en/roca-foldab...-tabletop.html