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Lazy Jack? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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You do not have to have them. However, they are
cheap to install and make dropping the main an easy operation for one person by keeping the sail on the boom and off the deck or from going
overboard. There is nothing worse than this happening at 02:00 and all the crew being woken to help sort the mess out.
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Indoor table Must have / optional / not needed at all
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If you were just doing a trip to get from A to B, I would not bother with a
saloon table. However, with a crew on board, it is sometimes a convenient item to have to ease the working area and let crew do their own thing in a bit of comfort.
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Anchor windlass? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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Not really needed for a boat of this size and an expensive chunk of kit.
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Spray Dodger? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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I would make this a "must have". The Miura can be a wet boat and the dodger helps the crew keep a bit dry. Also beneficial for these boats is the use of side cloths on the aft
safety lines.
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Bimini? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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I would think this is a "must have" to prevent the roasting of yourself and crew in the tropical sun. Personally I would have an arch over the stern with a couple
solar panels and some form of
canvas bimini rigged from that.
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LPG Gas? Must have / optional / not needed at all
Oven? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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How do you propose to cook? The minimum I would look at would be a two plate gimballed hob. An oven is not essential as you can take a cast iron Dutch Oven with to use for bread baking and stews on the hob.
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Satelite phone? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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Not needed. If you want to let friends and
family know where you are, a simple Spot unit should work well. For
emergency use,
purchase an
EPIRB.
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Radar? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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Not needed at all unless you intended to sail in areas constantly
fog bound.
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Life Raft? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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I think you will find that the Oz requirement is that you have one on board for offshore sailing, although I do not know the recreational
boating laws for Oz.
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Fridge? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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Nice to have, but not required. You will find that
refrigeration would be your biggest power guzzler. However, you need to slowly learn to prep
meals that require no
refrigeration of the base ingredients. This will most likely mean a change of your lifestyle and eating habits.
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Davit for the dinghy? Must have / optional / not needed at all
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A BIG NO - store a small dinghy on your foredeck, well strapped down.
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- Storm Sail? (My main sail has only 1 reefing point, but the sail is pretty small..) Must have / optional / not needed at all
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Get a sail loft to insert a second and third reef in your main - I cannot see that a main has been manufactured with only one reef! The Miura was originally designed for hank-on fore sails but I have seen them with
single roller furling sails of about 140 to 150%.
You will need to figure out your power
consumption on board and get
batteries to be able to handle it and a means of
charging those batteries. A lot of boats the size of the Miura stick an arch over the aft
cockpit and install an array of
solar panels to keep the
battery bank charged. You will most likely need to go through the boat and change all your lights from incandescent to LED to save on your power
consumption - both the Nav lights and internal ones. I have seen a few Miura's fitted with 40L camping style fridges, but do not know how efficient they are in the tropics.
There has been a recent series of an Oz couple sailing an old 30' boat up the
west coast of Oz from Perth to Darwin, which I found an interesting series - search for it on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/O5RTZi2i92M
You will get quite a good idea how they lived and managed on a
small boat - the scenery on their adventure is also magnificent.
Have a happy 2018 with lots of boat prep!
John