Boating requires you to carry a spare boat with you, in pieces, plus enough raw materials to build a third boat if needed. That’s not counting the dinghy I carry, and the spare parts for the dinghy.
Seriously, I have spent all day going though the spares and tools on the boat, the main thing is they are only any good if you know you have them and know where they are. When I started yachting some 15 years ago with Tim in Greece, I soon realised that you could spend your whole life emptying every locker in the boat looking for something, each and every time. As the memory loss is kicking in this problem gets worse. So to combat this I wrote a little iPhone app that I catalog everything on. It has a great search facility, and it really works, as long as you keep it up to date every time you stow something.
So that was my day, I emptied out the quarter berth, that had been the spares/toolroom and found better homes for everything, so now Tim, or any other visitors will have a berth with lots of stowage space. Now it’s empty, I will spend tomorrow cleaning it thoroughly
Paul C.
I take it that the ‘find it’ app has come back into play then 🙂
Can I use the app, too?
Hi Bruce, It’s in the app store, iPhone only as ABFindit (AB for Able Seaman, and also to get at the top of the list), however, it’s years out of date and didn’t work when I tried it on my iPhone 5. Just as soon as I get the jobs on the boat out of the way, I plan to work on it, and upgrade the version in the app store. However I think there are already superior inventory programs out there.