Friday, August 9, 2013

"...so where the ^$^%$* is the fondue fuel...??"

Finding things on a boat can be maddening.  I was looking for something (which I have now forgotten) and came across not one but two plastic bottles of fondue fuel - you know, the stuff you put in the fondue warmer to keep the cheese hot.  They were both the wrong stuff.  On a boat (if you decide to have a cheese fondue to start with), you can't go having volatile flammables hanging around.  You need the gel type and you need to know EXACTLY where the damned thing is.  So in looking, I realized we only had a very DIM idea of where things were and what type of things went where. In an emergency, you can't go rummaging through all sorts of stuff to discover items you never thought you had in the first place

So!!!  We have decided ti inventory the boat.  That's right - do a bloody inventory and CATALOGUE everything so we know: 1) what the heck we have, 2) exactly where the items are, and most importantly: 3)  where emergency items are located (like the fire extinguishers we have on board for example).  Here is one of three drawings that will be n the Owner's Manual along with the manifest.  The drawings will also be on the nav table.





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