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• Must have on board items:
  • No vise-grips?
  • Books, lots of them
    • Joshua Slocum said the same thing Chris
    • Sharing books
  • Family nostalgia. Drawings, notes to each other, tiny artworks.
    • I bought an ice pick 20 years ago.
      • And where the hell do you find ice that needs a pick anymore? I can
        • We make our own ice blocks. Small ones
          • I use a rubber maid dish pan when I'm here at home. Makes about an 18 pound block
        • All the marinas in New England and NY
          • I got a 20 lb block in Passcagoula Miss you could read through
        • There's a half a ton of block ice on my dock right now.
          • Tom, wouldn't it be easier to just install refrigeration?
            • I suppose. But I'm going the other way, charging less-sailing more.
              • Nothing wrong with that. I suppose
        • I freeze gallon jugs of water
          • Do the jugs split from expansion?
            • Only if you don't leave some room. Just don't fill them totally
            • I pour some water off before freezing...
      • You need ice, Dave.
        • I trust in SeaFrost but carry a block.
  • The list would be too long
    • Yes Dan! A microwave! Denny uses
  • A back-scratcher. Cheers, John
  • Pie plate...
  • A "Flopper stopper" or actually 2
    • The other hull(s)
      • That's funny!
      • That is pretty funny. We thought about
  • No lobster crackers? Use a winch handle... or a hammer