Minimalising gear and Tools onboard

[Ozzie]

I thought I'd throw this in as a stimulus to new posts. I am about to do a haulout and as usual I am going to do a rationalization of what I carry onboard on my endless but fun attempt to reduce clutter and weight . One thing I'm looking at reassessing this time is my tools. I don't have huge amounts of tools and spares on Spritzig II but a few things I don't use much. Have a good selection of extra shackles and D rings and if I needed to jury rig sails I can butcher things such as the topping lift for more line , although that's a very unlikely need on my enclosed waters sailing unless the OB failed. Main spare for me ....outboard shear pin.

On a similar thread, last year I minimalised my sleeping/overnighting gear into one large screw top home brew barrel that I can take out on a planned overnight and store in one of the rear lockers as its sealed in the barrel and that's a very damp area for me.

I got onto this kick a few years ago as I do a lot of OS travel these days and travel sites are full of tips on how to travel better with less . Last December's trip to NZ I managed to get my check in bag down to 12 kg and my carry on down to about 6. Wife's bag still looked like a steamer trunk and I had to help her lug it up stairs but she s slowly reducing packing the more we travel. Even with only the two of us on the 563 we used to get swamped under gear and were moving stuff around everywhere at bed time. We have turfed a lot lately but I still aim at a place for everything and everything in its place and the only thing floating around the cabin is our sailing bags and a few pillows.

I'll throw in some pics of my gear later.

[Ozzie]

Question for those engineers among you. ( I'm retired I don't have to ponder such things anymore .) if a boats hull speed depends on its waterline length or perimeter length then technically would not having more weight onboard make the boat sit lower in the water and therefore increase the hull speed . At what point does the extra weight then slow the ship down to the point where the extra water line created by the weight increases the hull speed and what is the speed of a European sparrow carrying a coconut.


I'm going to post this on TSCOM and see what kind of answer I get there

[Yara50]

I must confess to having recent flirtations with unloved keelboats. Like any infatuation, you come down with a bump at the end.

Back to the question. It is all about wave making, and the boat trying to climb it's own bow wave. The maths are that hull speed is a function of the square root of waterline length. Square roots being the opposite to squares, the speed does not change much with a longer waterline. There is a factor that I cant be bothered to look up, but lets say a 16 ft waterline can do 4 knots. Square root of 16 is 4. Increase waterline length to 20 ft. and square root is 4.47. So going from 16 to 20 feet gives you just half a knot more.

This theory only applies to wave making hulls, and not planing types. Thats why modern racing yachts are designed light, with flat aft sections, so they can plane over the top and make minimal waves.

[snoopebj]

The speed of an European sparrow carrying a coconut is inversely proportional to the angle of its dangle when the sun is directly overhead.
Elementary my dear Ozzie

[Ozzie]

FRENCH GUARD: Allo! Who is eet?

ARTHUR: It is King Arthur, and these are my Commodores of local yacht clubs. Whose fleet is this?

FRENCH GUARD: This is the fleet of my master, Kevahn de Shepahrd

ARTHUR: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us food and shelter for the night, he can join us in our quest for the ultimate sailing vessel

FRENCH GUARD: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, he's already got one, you see.

ARTHUR: What?

GALAHAD: He says they've already got one!

ARTHUR: Are you sure he's got one?

FRENCH GUARD: Oh, yes. It's very nice-a. (I told him we already got one.)

FRENCH GUARDS: [chuckling]

ARTHUR: Well, u-- um, can we come over and have a look?

FRENCH GUARD: Of course not! You are Keelboat types-a!

ARTHUR: Well, what are you, then?

FRENCH GUARD: I'm An an Investigator 563 owner. Which does nothing to explain whay I have this outrageous accent, you silly keeal boota?!

GALAHAD: What are you doing in clearly rough waters

FRENCH GUARD: Mind your own business, we harve 49 % ballast raaatio.

ARTHUR: If you will not show us your Investigators we shall take your fleet by force!

FRENCH GUARD: You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottom with an explodo stove sons of a silly person. I hope you starter chord breaks and barnacles foul the through hull for your marine head so-called Arthur King, you and all your silly Keelboat types Thpppppt! Thppt! Thppt!

GALAHAD: What a strange person.

ARTHUR: Yes I hope there's not a whole forum of them

FRENCH GUARD: I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!



...it's quite cold here this morning and clearly I have not done anything productive yet ....

[Yara50]

At last count I had a tool box(es) in the following places:
* My walk-in robe in the bedroom
* Kitchen cupboard
* Boot of the Subaru (tow vehicle)
* Boot of the Daihatsu (the everyday commuter)
* Garage
* Office.
* Boat
This is ridiculous, but what else can I do? Home is multi-level, and I hate going up and down to get things. (Next house will be on the flat). Boat is down a steep driveway on the street.

IMHO you can never have too many tools on the boat, particularly if on a mooring.