The Big Sort Out

Weekend 8^th Feb AM

 

The Big Sort Out

 

 

 Pieces of boat have been making their way from Ebay through our letter box for several years.  Most had made it to the boat in their protective postal envelopes and then squirreled away until needed.  The Big Sort involved finding all said items, removing them from their protective sleeves and re-uniting them with their friends.  And so it was that a large Tupper ware container now holds ‘Stainless Steel’, another ‘Shackles’, another ‘Bungs’, another ‘Tape and Glue’.  A large Tool box now contains Tools of the same variety, a large compartmented tool box contains Electrical items (eg. Terminals, enough for the Queen Mary),  the top of the cupboard under the chart table has been designated as the place to put the Microwave and therefore will be seldom moved,  the cupboard under the chart table now holds items which are vital but seldom used (Spares).   A drawer now holds electrical items, chargers etc.  A cupboard will contain Electrical items in constant use, ipads, kindles etc. 

The operation took 7 hours over an afternoon and a morning.  Everything has been sorted, logged and its location noted.  2 bins bags of mostly packaging have been removed.  Some ruthless sorting and soul searching parted with a small number of unwanted/old items.

Spare/Visitor bedding has been returned home to be replaced by 2 x sleeping bags.  We are not unsociable but we will need the space.

Jolly good therapeutic process, which yielded a whole under-seat locker and enough room in the outside locker for an additional diesel tank.

The dinghy storage is up for debate.  Regular usage may require relocation.

A world of future bartering and trading ‘Useful’ items has been revealed and therefore these items are deemed useful, but maybe not by us!