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What I got from Bob this evening for a 1979 CSY 44 (which is about 50
feet if you count the bow pulpit and dinghy davits) fiberglass boat
with a Perkins 4-154 engine, 2 banks of four 6 volt batteries each,
four solar panels and a wind generator - no genset - cruising up and
down the ICW with some off shore legs.

He has:

cordless drill
4-1 screw driver and a whole bunch of other tools (tool box)
2 foot channel locks
strap wrenches
chain strap wrench
cable cutter (used for making jacklines out of cable and cutting the
staysail stay)
wrenches for the motor mounts
roto tool for routing and cutting, and a saber saw (he's built a
storage cabinet this winter and got my snorkel mask all full of
sawdust)
infrared thermometer - used on engine and refrigeration
spare throttle/clutch transmission cable (after ours broke when we
were anchored in the wilds of SC)
spare exhaust mixer elbow (after ours disintegrated being made of
aluminum - it lasted 20 some odd years though - had one made up by a
plumbing supply shop)
spare injectors, spare starter, spare alternator, spare electric fuel
pump, spare raw water pump, spare engine cooling pump, spare
alternator bracket (ours broke offshore), spare thermostats, several
fuel and several oil filters
spare caps for the dinghy chambers, and spare plug for the dinghy
although Bob lost the check valve off it today.
sewing machine - like Sailrite but that won't do actual sails
inverters for the sewing machine and tools, plus little ones for small
stuff
three changes of oil - change every 200 hours-mfg recommends oftener
but we use synthetic
rebuilt kit for the marine toilets and a handful of joker valves
spare batteries for the GPSs, battery operated lights etc.
spare hoses for everything (he thinks) and spare belts out the ying
yang

We have broken the water pressure pump and replaced it but don't have
a spare at the moment. But for what we are doing and where we are, we
can just go buy another one if we need it.


"Skip Gundlach"
wrote:

"Bruce" wrote in message
...
A
You disappoint me. I was waiting for Skip to do a spreadsheet and
shopping
list of everything recommended, then buy it all and watch his boat sink
from
the excess weight. Boo hoo. I was going to sell him all the excess junk
we
hauled around for 3 years.
Bruce

LOL!!

Well, then, how about a list of what *not* to buy?? Yours should be a good
reference point, I'd expect.

That said, I'm aware of the relative availability of 'stuff' in the
Caribbean in general. However, I'd rather fix something that breaks than
hobble to someplace to have someone else do it, if I'm able and equipped. I
really don't want to carry more than I need, but, for example, a spare
starter and alternator and injectors + pump seems worthwhile, along with the
water pump parts and belts and the usual consumables.

I'd be very nervous without filters and a few other things, as well...

So, your comments on what you never used in 3 years would be welcome - as
have been the comments preceding! - thank you all, and keep them coming...

L8R

Skip, full survey on 16Feb

PS how's the rebuild coming?

grandma Rosalie