Onboard tools

[N1EYO]

I’m in a quandary. I’ve got a garage/workshop full of tools and I’m trying to figure out what to take and what to get rid of. What, in your opinion, are the “must have” and the “nice to have” tools onboard? I’m a person comfortable with engine, electrical, plumbing and have a stalemate agreement with carpentry. I can do it but am by no stretch a shipwright. Also, how many of each hand tool?

So...

Hand tools?
Test equipment? (DVM etc)
Power tools?
Air tools and compressor?

Thanks all.

[paulajayne]

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ts-198599.html

[N1EYO]

Originally Posted by paulajayne

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ts-198599.html

Ah. Thanks. I’m not sure why I didn’t find this thread when I looked the first time.

[SV Bacchus]

My first year I took enough tools to rebuild the engine if necessary. Air tools, big sockets, etc. Looking back it was a little foolish as it was a lot of weight and took up a fair amount of space.

I have pared it down quite bit but I do have multiples of things used topsides quite often. These are things such as nippers, pliers, and all sorts of sizes and types of screw drivers. Why? They seem to jump over the side on their own quite often.

[Teknishn]

Originally Posted by SV Bacchus

They seem to jump over the side on their own quite often.

In my experience, if it can jump over the side or fall into the most inaccessible part of the boat....it will.