Mr Wizzard wrote:
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Back from the first 10-day leg of our extended summer cruise, (boat is
in Comox, BC and we're going back up in about 3 weeks).

What type of boat, what size, what engine, and what size?


36-foot Tug. 135HP Perkins/Sabre 6354NA.




I had four gallons of oil and one oil filter in my spares inventory.

On the boat, or at home etc ? And why so much oil on hand ?

On the boat. We get a couple of hundred miles or so from homeport on
our longer cruises, and it isn't unusual for a scheduled oil change
interval to occur while we're out. The engine takes just over 3 gallons
per oil change. Plus, you never can tell when something like my
screwed-up filter installation might create a problem that will require
adding or even changing the oil.



(It would also make sense to simply carry 8 gallons of fresh
oil......) I won't leave the dock again without *two* spare oil
filters, either.

You must have some very unique situation,
because most boaters I know don't carry
enough oil, and oil filters to change their oil
on their boats. This must be a really big boat ?

A lot of boaters spend most of their time no more than a few miles from
the boat ramp, and often with a lot of other people around who would
tow them back in a pinch. By modern standards, 36-feet is a medium size
to slightly smallish boat for the type of boating we enjoy.