wheels 543 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 What's the name of the sunbrella competitor Alan. I don't know Steve. I just hear the conversations, but have no idea what they are talking about. The Reps are in each month and because of who the canvas guys are, they tend to get the first offers on good deals. Also because of who they are (used to be Brooks Brothers) they don't go down the road of using poor quality just to make the job cheap. So they are often discussing jobs and the fabrics that would suit and the only name I recognise then they are discussing is Sunbrella and if the material is better than or not for job x. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Pope 243 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Small hijack, re materials, We have 2 sets of Gill OS2 wet weather gear, Heidi's hasn't been used much, as for mobility reasons she finds it difficult to get about on Gwalarn. I spent a couple of weeks at the Barrier easter / anzac day etc. and by mistake used her WW gear, I noticed lots of white flakes through the boat, thinking it was paint I looked everywhere, I couldn't find where it was from. I brought the gear home to rinse it in fresh water before putting it away, and found the white flakes were from a rubberised? membrane on the inside of outer layer of the jacket. Literally peeling off every time you moved. Probably 6 years old, used perhaps for 1 month total over that time. Been stored, clean , dry and covered when not in use. Not too impressed!! I'll be checking mine next time i'm onboard, can't imagine it will be any different. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ex Machina 366 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 https://bigduckcanvasblog.com/2015/09/23/outdura-vs-sunbrella-fabrics/ Interesting comparison and observation about brand recognition of sunbrella Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 A toilet brush? (and, at risk of stating the obvious, bog roll...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Did someone mention bog roll???? Left hand side Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,589 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Cocktail shaker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mcp 32 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Marbles....make sure you don't for get them. .....and a backup credit card. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 360 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 An LED lantern we found really useful, would hang it from the boom for cockpit lighting but also leave it on in busy anchorage’s at night as masthead anchor light not visible from up close https://marine-deals.freetls.fastly.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1b2e871699de66caea4208e2cf16bd73/l/c/lc001_1.jpg You can’t take too many tools Buckets We used YNZ Cat 1 as a starting point, not that you will need it but it’s a good reference checklist Fenders, you need heaps in the Med Mooring lines, proper 3 ply stretchy ones, at least 4 and at least 1.5 x your boat length Once you get to the Caribbean chandelier are really good for all the things you forgot, however once you start crossing to the western Caribbean and into the pacific you need to be really sorted so use the ditch as your shakedown cruise. That’s what we did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jon 360 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 One other thing we had was a battery powered sensor light that we would leave pointing out the companionway at night if we were off the boat or even asleep in a busy area Not this one but something like this https://www.1-day.co.nz/images/products/AACALN212_zoom.jpg?v=2f8505dd17f64bef8d31 Used to just leave it sitting on the table and as soon as anyone walked into the cockpit it would shine out the hatch, not sure if it scared anyone away but made the Admiral happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 and of course some of these!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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