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If you ever wonder why Alex wanted to change to a bigger boat.. well it was definitely not because of my lightweight shoes. Do you have any idea of how much these things weight? One can wonder how the hell we have crossed an ocean with all these boxes, tools and everything else that are inside of our boat, and we did that with a 35ft back then, remember. Luckily there are many compartments on this new boat where these boxes can be hidden when not in use, not like on the old boat where it literally felt like we lived inside of an overloaded workshop. I can't say that we share the boat building passion, Alex and I, but I'm still glad to have these things around, the refit of Duende would have been much more expensive in case Alex wouldn't have all these tools to work with. I know many of you are curious to see what has been done on the boat in the past few months and I'll get back to you with some photos from the refit in a few days. We're currently on our way towards St Maarten where we'll stay some days before heading down South. Very excited to finally be on the way again.

Does all of you sailors have all these things onboard?

9 Responses to “tools”

Craig Stay said...: Whats in the festool/Hilti Boxes?; July 3, 2012 at 1:38 PM
Guido said...: Very nice post. The answer to your question is yes. Consider yourself lucky that he does not have a garage at his disposal. Some of us, do not only owns to mangy tools, but they own several vessel (all in need or repairs) as well. Cannot wait to see Duende after the planned refits, good luck and the best of maritime karma to both of you.; July 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM
TT said...: Festool: Random orbital sander with full selection of sanding disks 36-4000 grid. Hilti: Screwgun and drill.; July 3, 2012 at 2:17 PM
JK said...: Speaking of Refits:
http://www.morganscloud.com/2012/03/17/are-refits-worth-it/; July 4, 2012 at 6:19 AM
Tiri said...: Well, I guess the answer is “yes”.
We bought a sailing vessel 3 month
ago but actually we did not buy just a boat.
We bought different types of screwdrivers and screw wrenches,
special equipment for the outboard motor, a set of fuses
and so on….and the former owner has "sworn", that every
little think is necessary
for the boat. And step by step I get the feeling he was right…

Cheers! ….Tiri; July 4, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Dani said...: Yes. We have tons of tools on our boat, but it's is nice when you can hide them out of sight.

Looking forward to seeing the refit progress as well and am happy you are continuing on!

Dani; July 4, 2012 at 6:06 PM
Deb said...: The answer is either you have all those tools on board or you're super rich and you pay someone else to have all those tools in whatever shop you would pay to do the work.

Also, the morganscloud.com refits thread is one of the best I've ever been a part of. Worth reading.

Deb
S/V Kintala
www.theretirementproject.blogspot.com; July 4, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Roger said...: jag har oxå många verktyg. Det ar en manligt rättighet! Sen är det få förunnat att kunna använda dem rätt, Alex verkar till höra den skara! Så skatta dig lycklig, du har gjort ett fynd i flera avseenden. S/Y Magda Soliga svenska sommar hälsningar!; July 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM
nunocrzt said...: If we did have them on a 31.7 footer we would be draging it through out all regatas. :); July 9, 2012 at 5:25 PM

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