As
I think we might have mentioned a few times before; when we bought
Impetuous she came with a miriad of stuff. As well as the big
important stuff like sails, winches and self steering gear, we were
also given lots of little stuff; stuff that you might never consider
but that really adds up.
The
cupboard behind the cooker, for instance, was full of boxes of
screws. During our rebuild the screws moved to one of the drawers in
the head, agreeably as odd a home as the cupboard behind the cooker,
but they fit there so well. Actually sitting on the toilet whilst
contemplating what screw one needs for a job seems a fortunate
duality of a room that perhaps mightn't have one.
When
we were readying the boat to leave Texas we made sure we had plenty
of all our favorite sizes whilst we still had access to Blackburns',
our marine store. Indeed we no longer had space for all the screws in
just one drawer so the jubilee clips (hose clamps); another item
that came with the boat in large number; had to be relegated to
another place. Neither of us are quite sure where to at the moment,
but we know we have hundreds of the things lurking somewhere.
So
today I went to the drawer to find some small screws with which to
screw on the Ratan doors that I have just finished making for the
galley cupboards. No suitable screws were to be found. The hinges
for said doors are brass, obviously I was after a brass screw to
suit. A ½'' number 6, oval headed, countersunk, brass wood screw,
with a flat head drive to be quite precise.
I
had to rob the afore mentioned screws from the inside attachment of
other such hinges to carry out the job. This make do attitude I
suspect we'll find increasingly necessary, traveling in far away
places. It's a sobering thought though. With only a thousand miles
under the keel we have started running out of screws.
1 comment:
This will definitely go down as one of the best blog entries I have read. I know that sitting in the "John" will now bring up the thought of screws!!! We really like the finished Ratan door - very nice work. Mike & Ruby
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