Spare Screws.....storage?

[Ed Tanzer]

Where do you store spare screws on a 53 MY??? Is it OK to store vertically?
Thanks,
ed
MV JJ FLYGIRL
hull # 463

 

[rbeta]

ours are under the master queen berth

 

[Nonchalant1]

Our master queen berth had a special interior storage space just the size of 2 spare props. It could only be accessed from the middle of the mattress support boards where there was a hatch big enough for the props. Stored horizontally with shipping blankets for packing.

 

[Fanfare]

Aft in stbd. generator compartment. One on the outboard stringer, other on the inboard. Wanted to counterweight our port list. Farther aft would have been better but no room. Having carted these around, with spare stub shaft, for at least 20 years I am considering leaving them home. If I need them the air freight may be less than the weight penalty.

Of course, we all know what happens when you leave anything behind.....

 

[MikeP]

Our 53MY's spare props, still wrapped in the original paper, were mounted inside the forward section of the flybridge (1980 model). From the appearance of the mounting method, it appeared to be the original location though I have no way of knowing if it really was. Certainly, when we bought the boat in '04, those props had been mounted there for a Loooong time.

 

[TopHattandTails]

2 tuned props and a spare shaft are stored at my winter storage. If I bang something, the boat gets hauled anyway. Might as well have the spares at the yard that hauls her. If its just props I'm switching out, it would take them 15 minutes to haul, switch, power wash and re-splash. I'm back on my way and the damaged props would go to the prop shop, get tuned and returned to the barn for another day. If I'm traveling that process gets stretched out to a few days at the longest, waiting for the delivery.

 

[MikeP]

I always keep them on board.

Having them on the boat means you can repair the problem wherever the boat is, including in the water/anchored out somewhere. It seems to me that having the spares on the boat covers you no matter what the situation. The weight involved is meaningless - less than having one additional small adult on board.

 

[bigbill]

i'm with top hatt and tails here. my spares stay at the house where the boat is moored. if i bang them up to the extent that i cant limp home on one engine, thats why i have a towing policy.
mike, those (little adults) add up to a lot of weight if you carry a lot of spares, and it will result in decreased fuel mileage. the more hours you put per year the more it adds up. i put about 200 hours a year, so i try not to carry any extra weight if it is not necessary. in twenty years of owning inboard powered boats, i have never needed or wished i had my spares with me.(knock on wood)