DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT?

[jssailem]

It is spring time. The sun is starting to cause the itch.

We got to get the boat in the water.

Do you really know your boat?

There is a US Navy tradition, practiced by skippers getting command of a new ship/boat - BEFORE THEY SIGN THE ACCEPTANCE PAPERS. They spend time looking in all the nooks and crannies of the ship/boat.

We private owners fork out gobs of cash, for surveys and short hauls to examine the systems. Have you ever spent the time to Open up every Void and space on your boat?

Get a good flashlight and camera. Look in and record what you see.

You never know when you may need to find something important that may save your summer vacation or help keep your boat afloat in an emergency.

 

[JamesG161]

Get a good flashlight and camera. Look in and record what you see.

This may help looking and recording in the Nooks and Crannies.
https://www.amazon.com/Yuhoo-Inspec...hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584070157912792&psc=1

Jim...

PS: Called a Endoscope.

 

[jon hansen]

yeah, i know my boats

 

[rgranger]

yeah, i know my boats

Me too...

I made the nooks and crannies

Here is one I restored.... tore it down to the stringers and rebuilt the interior... then rebuilt the keel.

 

[Leeward Rail]

There is a US Navy tradition, practiced by skippers getting command of a new ship/boat - BEFORE THEY SIGN THE ACCEPTANCE PAPERS. They spend time looking in all the nooks and crannies of the ship/boat.

It must take a long time when there is a change of command for the Abraham Lincoln or other big ship.

 

[Ralph Johnstone]

PS: Called a Endoscope.

OUCH !

Don't call it that, call it a borescope. Sounds less invasive .

 

[Leeward Rail]

PS: Called a Endoscope

Which end does it go in ?

 

[JamesG161]

Talk to your Proctologist for more details.

Mine is for my Boat use only, the one I had got Dunked.
Jim...

 

[Hollyberry]

Been there done that (nooks and crannies, not the endoscope....)

 

[capta]

We know her very, very, well however, after three years we were still finding things we hadn't noticed before then.

 

[Tally Ho]

I have crawled all over Tally Ho, removed covers, photographed all sorts of stuff…
I find it good reference when I am not at the boat.



I was really curious how much storage was in this box, that no access…so I cut a hole in it…
now all my spare life jackets are stored in there ( couldn’t find a photo of the cut out).


The Admiral cannot understand how I can spend so much time puttering around my boat

Greg

 

[Justin_NSA]

Like my 103 year old house, I've been every place on my boat. Waiting for better weather to apply my barrier coats and bottom paint.

 

[mermike]

There's one place in the stern I haven't investigated yet. Need to either drop 40 lbs or hire a small child. Guess which will happen first.

 

[Leeward Rail]

Guess which will happen first.

Getting a new boat ?

 

[mermike]

Never say never, but that's the least likely.

 

[jssailem]

hire a small child.

Equip the child with a camera and a retrieval rope. On the camera. Or the child. Fielder’s choice

 

[Leeward Rail]

Never say never, but that's the least likely.

In my case... No small kids around.. and losing 40 lbs is a fond dream.

 

[Siamese]

I'm gonna say, yes! I do 99% of the maintenance, and have crawled into every spot that could possibly be crawled into. I like to know my boat.

 

[fred1diver]

Getting to know mine very intimately, as I do all my own work on her, still a few hole to inspect, trying to squeeze as much storage out of her as possible.
Great boat but a bit shy on storage space

 

[dLj]

I'm still discovering things on my boat. There are a lot of nooks and crannies... What I'm working on presently is discovering the nooks and crannies that reside behind all the finish work... That's a major job unless I strip my boat down to the hull ( I don't want to, got too much sailing I want to do first).

dj