Hi Guys, need your help, will be departing for the caribbean and wondered if anyone could reccomend what spares to take. Regards Peter
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A few:
1. Spare Domestic Water Pump 2. Spare Engine Alternator and starter 3. Extra Belts (Alt, Main, Raw water), filters, Cooling water pump rebuild kit. 4. Extra impellers 5. Oil change materials (oil, filters, oil disposal jugs) for the number of oil changes anticipated. To name a few.
1. Spare Domestic Water Pump 2. Spare Engine Alternator and starter 3. Extra Belts (Alt, Main, Raw water), filters, Cooling water pump rebuild kit. 4. Extra impellers 5. Oil change materials (oil, filters, oil disposal jugs) for the number of oil changes anticipated. To name a few.
Peter, are you leaving from Australia?
If so, that should be your concern. The Caribbean, at least the eastern part, is civilized. Most everything is available within a days sail.
If so, that should be your concern. The Caribbean, at least the eastern part, is civilized. Most everything is available within a days sail.
Standing and running riggin parts.
Lines, blocks and tackle. A spare electric bilge pump and a manual one. A watermaker in your ditch bag. Some fabricating materials, pieces of wood, pipes, gasket material, U-bolts and clamps, screws nuts and bolts. Water hoses, fuel filters, water separator, impellers. Something will break and in accordance with Murphy's law you will not have a spare for that so be prepared to use ingenuity and tools to solve problem. I would rather have a good selection of tools and some basic materials than a bunch of spares. Don't forget the duct-tape. Design redundant systems for charging batteries, solar and perhaps wind to back up or complement alternator.
Lines, blocks and tackle. A spare electric bilge pump and a manual one. A watermaker in your ditch bag. Some fabricating materials, pieces of wood, pipes, gasket material, U-bolts and clamps, screws nuts and bolts. Water hoses, fuel filters, water separator, impellers. Something will break and in accordance with Murphy's law you will not have a spare for that so be prepared to use ingenuity and tools to solve problem. I would rather have a good selection of tools and some basic materials than a bunch of spares. Don't forget the duct-tape. Design redundant systems for charging batteries, solar and perhaps wind to back up or complement alternator.
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