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Yacht trips are not only about swimming, covering distances, working on sails and lines, or docking at the marinas. They also involve a lot of down time, which can be spent in many different ways. Here are a few productive activities to try when you have a bit of down time on your yacht.
Try developing your crew’s knotting skills
- There are many well illustrated books on knotting, and websites complete with animations, to help expand your knowledge. Generating a Turks Head and being able to splice a piece of three strand reliably can be very satisfying.
- The ability to master rolling hitches and a variety of bowlines could turn out to be a game changer in an emergency; the ability to tie a bowline in the dark by feel could be a lifesaver.
Purge your yacht tool kit and spares box
- Oil those sticking pliers, replace that broken spanner or screwdriver that doesn’t quite fit, and that hacksaw deserves a new blade. Free or discard those rusty shackles, refresh your sealants and adhesives, and check what spare nuts you have available.
- Check you have everything you might need to get to safety when the unexpected happens. For example: tyraps, stiff wire, several small reels of electrical wire, some new insulating and self amalgamating tape, a range of hose clips and exhaust clamps, some spilt pins, threaded studding with nuts, a good range of self tappers, some Dexion offcuts, and a couple of ratchet straps. Make note of everything you don’t have, so you can get it when you return to shore.
