Damage control
 

What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Dunnage, plugs. bracing, patches, ect to keep your vessel floating if
you hole your hull.

Joe

We have a complete set of bung plugs that match all our through hull hole
sizes, plus a great assortment of life vests of the kapok floppy sort left
over from when the boat was raced that could be stuffed into a big hole plus
there's an extra old genny that we keep forward in the v-berth...
"Joe" wrote in message
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What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Dunnage, plugs. bracing, patches, ect to keep your vessel floating if
you hole your hull.

Joe

besides the good items mentioned by Katy and Joe that some various bits of
plywood and a tub of plastic cement that seals while wet. I tried the
plywood bits to see where they would fit, where they might help without
being toolarge to store or too small to be of use. What I got rid of was
too many through hulls and oh yes, the panic prone. Going a bit further
with the old sail was to make one into collision mats already rigged with
lines. Finally the bow area is made into a collision bulkhead. Closest
I've come so far is hitting a floating log up in BC and having an engine
stick in forward gear while laying the boat into it's slip. Knock on
formica.

M.

"katysails" wrote in message
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We have a complete set of bung plugs that match all our through hull hole
sizes, plus a great assortment of life vests of the kapok floppy sort left
over from when the boat was raced that could be stuffed into a big hole
plus
there's an extra old genny that we keep forward in the v-berth...
"Joe" wrote in message
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What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Dunnage, plugs. bracing, patches, ect to keep your vessel floating if
you hole your hull.

Joe

I believe Seahag prefers the butt connectors.
As for me, I keep a pair of clean shorts onboard.
Scout

"katysails" wrote
We have a complete set of bung plugs

"Joe" wrote in message

What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Rum.

Oh, and we have bungs on lanyards attached to each thru-hull, plus lots of
replacement hose clamps.

Did I mention Rum?

Max

To each his own, I guess.....
And I think its' not the butt connectors Haggie likes but the butts
themselves that she admires (or so I've heard...)
"Scout" wrote in message
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I believe Seahag prefers the butt connectors.
As for me, I keep a pair of clean shorts onboard.
Scout

"katysails" wrote
We have a complete set of bung plugs

He also has a little bitty doggie that would just fit into a split seam if
he had to....she would complain a lot, but in the interest of saving her
masters she would be up to the task...
"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message

What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Rum.

Oh, and we have bungs on lanyards attached to each thru-hull, plus lots of
replacement hose clamps.

Did I mention Rum?

Max

OH! That's what I forgot to get at the chandlery yesterday. The
wood plugs I had ( they came with the boat) were still in the original
plastic bag but they turned to mush.

gotta write it down.

Scotty

"katysails" wrote in message
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We have a complete set of bung plugs that match all our through hull
hole
sizes, plus a great assortment of life vests of the kapok floppy
sort left
over from when the boat was raced that could be stuffed into a big
hole plus
there's an extra old genny that we keep forward in the v-berth...
"Joe" wrote in message
om...
What type of damage control gear do you keep on board.?

Dunnage, plugs. bracing, patches, ect to keep your vessel floating
if
you hole your hull.

Joe

"katysails" wrote in message

He also has a little bitty doggie that would just fit into a split seam if
he had to....she would complain a lot, but in the interest of saving her
masters she would be up to the task...

Actually had two dogs this weekend--dogsitting the neighbor's, which is a
sib to Niki. But no, we'd all drown before we allowed Nik to do that sort
of duty.

Max

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message

OH! That's what I forgot to get at the chandlery yesterday. The
wood plugs I had ( they came with the boat) were still in the original
plastic bag but they turned to mush.

Obviously the plugs should be fairly soft, such as basswood, pine, or soft
maple (which is actually a hardwood, but a softer one). But those woods are
prone to rot, if allowed to remain damp for periods. Soak them in some sort
of oil, such as linseed, before storing them. Or you can make them from
teak, but they'll be more difficult to keep in a thru-hull after driving
them in.

Max