Keeping things in place

[MultiCountryDon]

Museum putty.
Keeps lamps, etc in place but doesn't rip up the original surface when you remove it.
AMAZING stuff. Amazon-where else ?

[JPA Cate]

Let me give Joh. Ghurt a nod for the non-skid matting. It is extremely useful! I also use it for shelf liners, because it keeps the condiment jars quieter. Also, use clean socks to keep duty free spirits bottles quiet. When we have them, they are stowed under the cabin sole, latched in place.

Ann

[Don C L]

I'm just using nylon line but using the clear plastic tubs on the shelves with the line holding them works great. Folks with flower pots don't sail, or they have a catamaran.

[Martin S]

Nails....

[chrisr]

Originally Posted by thinwater

I know that's not true, not if you like wind! Less leaning, but a quicker motion, particularly up front. The aft 1/3 is pretty calm.

well there's cats and then there's cats. ours is a bit bigger than yours and likely a bit heavier as well, and i can assure you there is very little we have to put away when at sea

that having been said, we (like all cruisers i think) accumulate stuff sitting around when in port. even a cat doesn't go to sea with the crystal decanter just sitting on the shelf...

always do a tidy up before moving on.

double sided tape / velcro / blu-tack is great for stopping pictures on the walls moving

cheers,

[Boatyarddog]

Originally Posted by Peel

I often see people post photos of their boat interiors with knick-knacks on the shelves, or potted plants in the cabin, etc. I love the idea of having decorative/personal items to make the boat more homey. I'm curious how you keep these in place when your sailing and the boat is heeling at 25˚. The only think I could come up with is something like museum wax that museums use to hold pottery and artifacts in place. I'm sure this community has lots of other methods for keeping things in place onboard a moving boat. Let's hear them!

Small bungees, to keep stuff lamps, plants ect. From swinging around
SV Cloud Duster

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by chrisr

well there's cats and then there's cats. ours is a bit bigger than yours and likely a bit heavier as well, and i can assure you there is very little we have to put away when at sea

that having been said, we (like all cruisers i think) accumulate stuff sitting around when in port. even a cat doesn't go to sea with the crystal decanter just sitting on the shelf...

always do a tidy up before moving on.

double sided tape / velcro / blu-tack is great for stopping pictures on the walls moving

cheers,

I'm quite sure that depends on how much wind, which is why I didn't specify. My point was that everything should be capable of being stowed or anchored.


In fact, we don't put anything away either, other than moves glasses away from edges. In part, it's also because I wouldn't want nicknacks on a boat. Books between stops (no special fiddles). Pictures secured with Velcro. But that's about it. The dishes stay on the table without fiddles, and we don't swtich to bowls in heavy weather. No need, doesn't help.

[BillKny]

If you like your knick-nacks, you CAN have them despite the neigh-sayers here.

Seriously.

There is a product that goes by different names, but most commonly called "earthquake putty" or "museum putty." A very tacky material that holds things well in place, but can be easily removed even from delicate surfaces. It's available in every hardware store in California (for obvious reasons!) but in other places you'll have to look a bit harder for it. Google is your friend.

Now, knick-nacks are not MY prefered decorative motif on a boat, but don't let people tell you it can not be done...

[David B]

Originally Posted by Peel

I often see people post photos of their boat interiors with knick-knacks on the shelves, or potted plants in the cabin, etc. I love the idea of having decorative/personal items to make the boat more homey. I'm curious how you keep these in place when your sailing and the boat is heeling at 25˚. The only think I could come up with is something like museum wax that museums use to hold pottery and artifacts in place. I'm sure this community has lots of other methods for keeping things in place onboard a moving boat. Let's hear them!

We don't go too far with 'homely' things, but a bowl of fruit, a small vase of a plant in each heads, books on the shelves sort of thing is how we make our 'floating home' a home.
When we prepare for sea, apart from the usual hatches and seacocks etc shut-downs, small vases, liquid soap dispensers etc get locked in the heads lockers, the bowl of fruit goes into the galley sink on top of a silicone mat, the kettle etc goes into galley lockers, then the loose cushions from the saloon go in front of the lockers and are shut in, keeping everything in there quite snug.

Books are generally in baskets on silicone mats and retained with fiddles.
The few framed pictures, are secured to the bulkheads with decent double-sided foam tape.

It takes but 3 minutes to prepare everything for sea, and about the same time to unpack when we are in port or at anchor.

Works well for us.

[David B]

Originally Posted by Don C L

I'm just using nylon line but using the clear plastic tubs on the shelves with the line holding them works great. Folks with flower pots don't sail, or they have a catamaran.

We have pot plants, we sail (a lot) and we have a monohull !
Three minutes and it's all secured away.

[David B]

Originally Posted by David B

We don't go too far with 'homely' things, but a bowl of fruit, a small vase of a plant in each heads, books on the shelves sort of thing is how we make our 'floating home' a home.
When we prepare for sea, apart from the usual hatches and seacocks etc shut-downs, small vases, liquid soap dispensers etc get locked in the heads lockers, the bowl of fruit goes into the galley sink on top of a silicone mat, the kettle etc goes into galley lockers, then the loose cushions from the saloon go in front of the lockers and are shut in, keeping everything in there quite snug.

Books are generally in baskets on silicone mats and retained with fiddles.
The few framed pictures, are secured to the bulkheads with decent double-sided foam tape.

It takes but 3 minutes to prepare everything for sea, and about the same time to unpack when we are in port or at anchor.

Works well for us.

Here is what I mean - 'homely, but very quick to stow.

[sailingabe41ds]

I use some of the above plus fishing line.

Abe

[kimoj529]

I use double sided carpet tape to hold down 4 different lamps- 2 on our aft deck and 2 in our saloon. In 7 years they have never moved. I screwed down a teak wine rack and stow the wine when we motor. I use glass glasses and stoneware dishes. I have other accessories secured with the carpet tape. We have had our boat for 7 years and cannot remember anything breaking. And we do use our boat. It's been down and up the east coast, to the Dry Tortugas, the Erie and Welland Canals, all the great lakes and the North Channel. Since we spend so much time on it I want it to feel like home.

[Jim Cate]

We have pot plants,

David, you might want to explain that term to our non-Aussie friends on CF!

Jim

[David B]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

David, you might want to explain that term to our non-Aussie friends on CF!

Jim

Never thought of that Jim .

OK - small plants in plant pots (we did have a large one, that was presented as part of the hand over, but much as we loved it, and it sailed from France to Spain and back, too impractical, so we handed it back for someone else to enjoy).