Boat toolkit ?

[baz]

OK -- so we now have a new R25 and one of the obvious things I will need is a toolkit. I wish to have on the boat its own toolkit rather than hauling stuff from my auto garage and leaving behind the wrench/spanner that I needed for the boat.

Is their advice on what this toolkit needs to contain for our R25 with YanMar 150HP engine ? Thanks in advance... 🙂

Our Ranger Tugs goodie bag did contain one useful tool -- a screw driver with all the bit sizes that fit all the various screws in and around the boat. A nice touch.

I also note the electrical Windlass comes with its own special wrench. I wonder where one gets a spare ?

BTW -- is the boat Metric or SAE or maybe a combo ?

 

[Auklet]

Gill and Barry --- The boat is SAE and I believe the Yanmar is metric. This isn't bad since many years ago I worked on English race cars. As you probably know, there five legal sets of measurements back in "Jolly old...". I found four of them in my A-H Sprite alone. I still have my Whitworths. There was a small set of metrics that came with my Yanmar. I later added a really neat set of tools from Westmarine that folds into an easy to store triptych case. Adding an oversize adjustable spanner solves a lot of problems. I also try to take along a battery powered drill with an extra battery. Doesn't matter what you have on the boat, the tool you need is the one back in the shop. Good luck.

 

[sparky]

Oh where to begin?

I bought the largest fishing tackle box I could find. In it I have:
Wooden plugs
electrical tape
duct tape
various wrenches
various screwdrivers and every conceivable head
large socket set
hacksaw
wire cutter
metal file
hose clamps and zip ties
electrical connectors (crimps)
multimeter
spare shore power breaker (broke one already)
long tongs and tweezers
spare fuses
spare zincs for everything: thrusters, prop, engine, generator
spare oil and fuel filters
spare coolant cap (long story, first 2 were defective...)
serpentine belt for engine
fiberglass cloth and appropriate resin/hardener
crazy glue, 5200 and silicone
flashlight, extra batteries
spare handheld VHF

and the list goes on, but that's it from memory. :idea:

Sparky

 

[sparky]

Oh,

a $60 Spare seawater strainer lid (it is plastic, if you tighten it too hard it will crack, rendering your boat inoperable). Not locally available.

Will also purchase the small seawater strainers for the A/C and Genset, though these can be interchanged and we could survive without one of these components if we had to... 🙁

BTW, a second fire extinguisher, so I have one mounted at the back over the battery switches, and one mounted forward at the entrance to the v-berth. Also installed a fire/smoke detector low on the teak wall leading to the v-berth. Actually had that one go off one day in following seas...


Sparky

 

[BaseCampAnne]

I also am considering where to place fire extinguishers on the R 25SC. I hung them on my C-Dory easily since the window frame screws were the exact size needed to hold the frames for the fire extinguishers. I wonder if anyone has found a simple way to do that on the tug, and therefore not need to drill holes or ? to hold the fire extinguishers.

After going through the two Ranger soft-sided briefcases that came with the boat I have chosen items I will make copies of and probably keep in a three ring binder. Most of the information I hope to squirrel away in an out of the way area. I am curious where others store such items? Perhaps an easier accessible "hidey hole" under the microwave would work, but that would suggest a cutout in the fiberglass and then a door, which is probably quite pricey and requires skill. Any recommendations or suggestions I might follow up on?

For those who have the electric engine for the Ranger dinghy, do you store the 3 sections in one of the compartments under the cockpit floor, and if so, how do you protect the engine sections (and other items such as crates, tools, etc.) from rattling around?

I am considering installing some hooks in the "basement" area. I have no idea how to install hooks (or shelves) since I don't know what is behind the fuzzy fabric to connect to. I doubt there are studs...Suggestions?

Does anyone have an idea of how to utilize the space above the doorways when entering the cabin? The edges on both ends above the bathroom door seem concave-shaped, if I recall, and I have no idea how to work with that to perhaps make those areas a storage place for paperback books or ?

I also would like to store charts in a simple way so they won't tumble off in rough seas, without spending money on doors. I have seen netting, but haven't figured out how it is attached and regularly moveable/ accessible...?

I have looked at photos of wonderful projects individuals have built on Ranger Tugs, and loved seeing beautiful work, but cannot replicate. If anyone will consider hiring yourself out, let me know, please!

if not, I am hoping to visualize/collect ideas for securing/storing things that do not require such skill 🙂

Thanks in advance for any suggestions 🙂

Anne Cox

 

[mspaugy]

Anne I am too far away to hire out as a handyman, the airfare would kill you! 😀