Replacement parts

[Squadron]

Ahoy!

I have enough on the boat to take day trips and maybe a weekend trip or two. The boat in question is a Hunter 22, in great working order.

So now that the boat is working, I'm turning my attention to things that would be "nice" to have.

The situation is this: I have enough to make little trips out, I have the required safety equipment and some additional line and a small set of stainless steel screws and tools. But if we're out on the water and anything goes significantly wrong, my best bet to repair the boat would be if it spontaneously becomes self-repairing and can spawn its own pieces. In other words, I've got absolutely no spares of any values.

Another problem is that I have absolutely no idea of what spare parts to get. That's where you come in! I need your stories of what bad can happen on the water in a weekend sailing vessel. What sort of repair tools will I need for the outboard (a 9HP Evinrude long shaft gas sucker), what sorts of stainless steel parts should I be getting?

Any ideas would be appreciated!

 

[Benny]

For coastal sailing the most valuable emergency part that you can carry aboard is a towing insurance card and a VHF radio or cell phone to call them. For around $120 a year you may get unlimited towing coverage.

 

[higgs]

I would respectivly disagree with Benny. The last thing any sailor wants to do is call for help. We want to be as self sufficient as possible. Calls for help only invite lawmakers to step in. Have a spare spark plug, carry a volt meter and spare fuel filters. Have an anchor ready to deploy. If you even do small trips, you will eventually need that anchor. Once anchored, one can leisuraly go about solving problems.

 

[sinnettc]

Have an anchor ready to deploy. If you even do small trips, you will eventually need that anchor. Once anchored, one can leisuraly go about solving problems.

YES!

I left both anchors at home the day we launched because I wanted to mark the rodes. First the outboard wouldn't start, then I managed to foul the main with the spinnaker topping lift, which I couldn't see because the sun had set and it was dark. I was really wishing I'd brought an anchor as I was being blown onto the lee shore by the ramp.

I didn't run aground but there was a lot of panic and swearing while I figured out what the issue was, cleared it, and got the main all the way up.

I won't launch again without having at least one anchor aboard.

 

[ggrizzard]

All stainless hose clamps of various sizes that fit your systems, tools, bulbs for navigation lights, extra anchor and attached rode, stainless cotter pins that fit rigging, internal battery powered radios (Hand held VHF and AM/FM), extra batteries for radios, flashlights, PFD vest strobes, water pump impeller (and knowledge of how to change it on the water), Manual bilge pump that reaches overboard from the cabin.

I'll think of more and add later. Safe and fun boating!