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A page to keep track of all sorts of interesting boat information to help us in our preparation to go cruising. See our main blog The Retirement Project link in the menu bar.
The Retirement Project (Our main blog)
Essential Equipment (This was our first list) (Includes some non-essential but would like to have)
- AIS
- Aluminum Foil
- Automatic Life Vests with D-rings
- Autopilot
- Baking Soda for cleaning
- Binoculars with lit compass
- Bleach
- Boat Brush
- Boat Hooks (2)
- Buckets
- Chamois
- Chartplotter
- Coffee Pot
- Cooking Utensils
- Cruising Guides
- Extra line
- Extra prescription glasses
- Extra Prescription medicines
- Extra Set of Binoculars
- Fire Extinguishers
- First Aid Kit
- Flags - country and Q
- Good Foulies
- Good set of stainless cooking pans
- GPS
- GPS
- GPS
- Hardware Kit
- Honda Generator
- iPads (2)
- Jack Lines
- Jerry Cans
- Lightweight towels that dry fast
- Manual Oil Change Pump
- Manual water pump for dinghy
- More GPS
- Non-fogging goggles
- Odorloss head chemicals (None better!)
- Plumbing spares
- Polycarbonate lightweight set of dishes and glasses
- Portable GPS
- Portable VHF
- Prism Polish
- Reference Books (see separate list)
- Sailing Gloves
- Sailrite Machine
- Sewing Supplies
- Solar Panels
- Spare Impellers (2)
- Spare raw water pump
- Stainless flatware
- Star Chart
- Teak Oil or Lemon Oil
- Tool kit
- Under water epoxy
- Vinegar for cleaning
- Watermaker
- Wind Generator
- Wind Vane
- Wiring Kit
- Wood plugs for thru-hulls
- Ziplocs (copious amounts)
Tim's Top Monohulls (Note that we ended up with a Tartan 42...)
Deb's Top Monohulls
Monohull Spreadsheet Scores
We have a spreadsheet with some characteristics that we would like to have in the ideal boat including :
| MODIFIED FIN KEEL |
| REASONABLE BEAM (3:1 OR SO) |
| LOW CABIN TRUNK |
| COCKPIT SEATS LONG ENOUGH TO SLEEP ON |
| HIGH BRIDGEDECK TO COMPANIONWAY |
| MEDIUM FREEBOARD |
| HATCHES>= 24X24 |
| LOCKING WASHBOARDS |
| SOFTER BILGES |
| HEAVY DISPLACEMENT |
| SKEG HUNG RUDDER |
| CUTTER RIG |
| L OR U-SHAPED GALLEY |
| DRAWERS IN GALLEY |
| SEPARATE SHOWER |
| ADEQUATE HANDHOLDS |
| WIDE COMPANIONWAY STEPS |
| ADEQUATE CLEATS |
| METAL TOE RAIL OR RAISED BULLWARKS |
| SMALLER WINDOWS |
| TOPPING LIFT |
| BOOM VANG |
| TRACKS WELL (LITTLE LEEWAY) |
| DUAL HELM |
| INBOARD SHROUDS FOR GOOD POINTING |
| AT LEAST 1hp FOR EACH FOOT |
| SOLID FIBERGLASS HULL Here are the scores out of 27 possible points: Passport 40: 24 Pacific Seacraft 40: 25 Jeanneau 42i: 17 J-40: 16 Tartan 42: 23 |
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