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4 hours ago, system 4-50 said:

Boating Perquisites - Version 3,429.5

 

  1. Alarm, crew summoning ding-dong
  2. Anchor with associated chain and rope.
  3. Antifreeze
  4. Anti-vandal key & spare
  5. Armco hooks (like nappy pins but simpler)
  6. Baby wipes - loads
  7. Basic toolkit
  8. Batteries for LED torches & spares
  9. Beer
  10. Beer money
  11. Binoculars for seeing what is happening on the lock ahead
  12. Bio washing liquid for use in Dump Throughs - where applicable
  13. Bread knife
  14. Boat hook
  15. Boat license stickers
  16. Boat sudden evacuation grab bag
  17. Bottle opener
  18. BSS stuff
  19. Bucket
  20. Burgee (optional)
  21. BW key & spare
  22. Camera 
  23. Carbon Monoxide alarm [CO Alarm]
  24. Cat o' nine tails to keep the crew in order (& some soft rope)
  25. Chair
  26. Chocolate biscuits - loads
  27. Clock (for tunnels)
  28. Clothes & footwear & spares (note all may be needed in a single day)
    1. For cold weather
    2. For wet weather
    3. For warm weather
    4. For hot weather
  29. Cash - loads
  30. Coffee
  31. Compass
  32. Cooking Stove & fuel for it
  33. Corkscrew
  34. Cup-a-soups
  35. Cutters for use in weed hatch
  36. Depth/draft gauge
  37. Diesel
  38. Dipstick for diesel tank
  39. Dogs - minimum 2 max ~ 12 
  40. Duvet - Tog dependent on boat heating system (or lack of) 
  41. Electric Blanket 
  42. Emergencies Action Plan 
  43. Fan belt(s) - spare
  44. Fenders (for sleeping) - various , to taste
  45. Firelighters, box of, & spare
  46. First aid kit
  47. Floats for keys
  48. Fuses, spare
  49. Gang plank (for mutinous crew)
  50. Gas bottle spanner (must be reverse thread)
  51. Gas lighter thingy for lighting stove zip lighter blocks 
  52. Glasses (optical) as needed & spares
  53. Gloves, nitrile, for dealing with weed hatch material which can be sharp.
  54. Goat chains 2
  55. Grease - stern gland 
  56. Guides - eg Pearson's, Nicholson's, Waterscape
  57. Hammers 2 - sledge/lump 
  58. Headlamp & spare bulbs
  59. Heating system & fuel for it
  60. Horn
  61. Indoor games kit (for prolonged bad weather, contents according to taste)
  62. Jubilee clips, Stainless Steel, spare, in a range of sizes
  63. Jump lead - used on your domestic batteries if for some reason your starter battery dies
  64. Jump rope - rope with loop at 1 end & nappy pin at the other. For quick securing to Armco.
  65. Kart tyres on a few metres of rope as fenders (For Shroppie 15" - 17")
  66. Kettle
  67. "Keys", eg  for
    1. water filler
    2. toilet pump out
    3. diesel filler
  68. Keys to everything & 2nd spare set (with keys individually identifiable)
  69. Leatherman/Swiss army knife
  70. Lifejackets (primarily for rivers)
  71. Lock key longthrow with roller handle & spare
  72. Lock key shortthrow with roller handle & spare
  73. Loupe & tweezers for splinters
  74. Machete, for quick release of trapped ropes
  75. Magnet with string already attached or on rod
  76. Maps
  77. Mirror
  78. Mobile phone & charging system
  79. Nappy pins 4
  80. Nappies, disposable, for engine bilge cleaning
  81. Nail scissors 
  82. Oil, spare, engine 
  83. Optimism - large size
  84. Padlocks - spare
  85. Paper & pencil
  86. Pins 4 (2 extra long)
  87. Pole, barge (Must be comfortable with spending long periods of time on the roof)
  88. Quaker's Porridge Oats - for use as a temporary adhesive/sealant only
  89. RCR membership or similar (where appropriate)
  90. Ropes, at least 3 (bow, stern, centre) but 4 (2x centre) makes life easier for some
  91. Sacks, plastic, black, for the storage of all manner of thing including Smokeless Fuel & Rubbish
  92. Salt (pinch of) for treating expert advice & traditional wisdom
  93. Saw 
  94. Scaffolding pole, 8ft, preferably heavy gauge aluminium
  95. Scissors
  96. Slippers
  97. Sponge 
  98. Stationary wallet, plastic, to keep paper stuff dry.
  99. Sticky Tape - sellotape, duct tape, easy-off tape, double-sided tape. 
  100. Sun glasses & spare
  101. Sun hat & spare
  102. Tea
  103. Thermos flask
  104. Tiller bar and pin (& padlock, depending on neighbourhood)
  105. Tin opener
  106. Tinned food - loads (for emergency use)
  107. Tissue - loads
  108. Toilet paper - loads
  109. Torches (LED) & spare
  110. Towel (for travelling around the Galaxy)
  111. Two-it (must be round) 
  112. Umbrellas - 1 large 1 small 
  113. VHF radio & certificate
  114. Vinegar for chips and wasp stings
  115. Walkie-talkies, pair
  116. Water
  117. Waterscape Boaters Guide - print
  118. Water hose & adapters (2)
  119. Wellies (aka Wellington Boots)
  120. Wire - spare, electrical
  121. Wok plus two large wooden spoons (ramming speed)
  122. Working toilet with more than adequate capacity
  123. Zip ties
  124. Zip (or other) fire lighter blocks 

Note 1 - Boats under 12ft in length may have difficulty in passing under low bridges when carrying the full inventory. 

Note 2 - Possession of these items may become mandatory in a future edition of the BSS regulations.

List updated 08/03/2017

Blimey, by the time the OP's bought that lot it will be too late for his holiday. :)

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2 X Fridges. One for food and one for beer..

1 X additional leisure battery with own solar panel and controller to power beer fridge on an independent circuit in case main batteries fail.

1 X change over switch to connect beer fridge to main batteries in case beer circuit fails 

1 X audible low power alarm on beer fridge

oh and more beer 

heavy duty trolley to transport beer to boat

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