RE: Mumblings from the West Coast
<<<< Here are some tactics for organizing boat documentation. Use 3 ring
binders.>>>>>
We also use those clear plastic page protectors. They are top-loading,
so small papers don't fall out. We can put skinny manuals, warranties,
and other paperwork that comes with "stuff" into the sleeve and it fits
neatly in the three-ring binder without having to punch it. I have
another cloth-covered, zippered three-ring binger for important papers:
documentation, registrations, insurance policy, etc. I slip these
documents into the plastic page protector too. It makes is easy to pull
things out and to back them back where they belong.
We have a notebook for Engine/Propulsion, Electrical, Cabin, Deck, and
Electronics. This system works most of the time.
Andy and Dinata Misovec
aboard Atlantic 44 "Frobenius"
in Baltimore, MD
<<<< Here are some tactics for organizing boat documentation. Use 3 ring
binders.>>>>>
We also use those clear plastic page protectors. They are top-loading,
so small papers don't fall out.
We have a notebook for Engine/Propulsion, Electrical, Cabin, Deck, and
Electronics. This system works most of the time.
Along these same lines we have 11 Loose-leaf Binders with all boat info in
them.
Below is the Index that Pat has prepared . A copy is at the front of each
binder. She also has the name on the spine of each.
Several , such as Trip Info have morphed! After completion of long trips
that info is removed from the boat and kept at home to save space.
CCC
M/V CC RIDER
CHARLES C. and PAT CULOTTA, Jr.
Patterson, La.
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/
VOLUME ONE
Gen Set
VOLUME TWO
Good Poop
INDEX
1- BOAT HANDLING
2- SPLICING
3- METRIC
4- GOOD POOP
VOLUME THREE
EQUIPMENT(radios, appliances, depth finder)
INDEX
TV Antenna
Flash light (Trawler Fest)
Fridgemate Fan for Norcold
How to figure BTU usage
Magic Chef range
Norcold 963
Oil pressure gauge Murphy for pt. Engine
VOLUME THREE
EQUIPMENT(radios, appliances, depth finder)
INDEX
TV Antenna
Flash light (Trawler Fest)
Fridgemate Fan for Norcold
How to figure BTU usage
Magic Chef range
Norcold 963
Oil pressure gauge Murphy for pt. Engine
Dometic freezer
Horizon Explorer VHF (bridge unit)
Flashlight-Yellow waterproof "Super Sabre Lt."
Salon chairs purchased in Beaumont
Bowmar hatch parts list
VOLUME FOUR
HAUL OUT/SHIPS PAPERS
Haul Out
Ships Papers
Document
Insurance
Surveys
USC
Vessel Info (original)
Short wave
Towing/Salvage
VOLUME FIVE
Perkins
Velvet Drive
VOLUME SIX
TRIP INFO
PORT CAPTAINS
PHONE
Telephone
Mississippi/Alabama
Florida-North
Florida-West Coast
West of Patterson (local)
East of Patterson (Local)
West of Patterson
Misc
Port Captains
VOLUME SEVEN
SYSTEMS / EQUIPMENT
12 Volt
120 Volt
Water
Sewer
Battery
A/C
VOLUME EIGHT
Auto Pilot/ Steering/Hurricane/Rules
INDEX
1- Auto Pilot
2- Steering Gears
3- Fuel-Speed
4- Teak
5- VHF Channel Set
6- Hurricane Prep
7- Rules of the Road
VOLUME NINE
Equipment
INDEX
1- Equipment:
Radar
Fenders
Gas Grill
Fire Boy
Lock Mechanism
Morse Controls
Signal Tone Horn
Beckson Hand Pump
Fujinon Binoculars
Foul weather Gear
Deep Set Hi-Tensil Anchor
Uniden hand held Radio
Water Filter (Galley)
PFD (inflatable)
2- Equipment List
3- Equipment Address/Telephones
2- Equipment List
3- Equipment Address/Telephones
Nicro Marine Solar vent
Gust spotlight
Beckson Vent (stbd. Side passive type)
Megaphone
Oneida SS silverware
Newmar battery charger
All Guard Teak treatment
Barb-B-Que Magma
Depth Finder
Ham Radio active antenna
Dehumidifier
Volcanic material air freshener
Clip on fan
Emerson TV/VCR player
Exhaust fan (12v head)
Waterhose (Sears-green)
Solder gun Wen
Boat Cleaning miracles
Sea Sickness remedies
Bread box (plans)
LED (how to)
Cellular antenna
VHF (handheld)
Radio Shack speakers- bridge units
Tool Box -Craftsman
Mildew
Portuguese Man-o-War Remedy
SHURFLOW water strainer
Soft tissue Injuries
Strobe light floating
TaylorMade Big B Inflatable fenders
Inverter
Xantrex Prowatt 150
Kenwood Short Wave receiver
Shurhold Brushes (Deck)
Good Poop? Is that your marine sanitation chapter? ;-)
I also use the three ring binder format with the plastic protector pages.
Not quite as many as Charles, but mine are focused on the boat systems and
equipment.
One thing I've been doing is downloading all the equipment and instrument
manuals I can find in .pdf format, even if I have the hard copy. You can
usually find these on any decent manufacturer's site. Eventually I plan to
scan in all those one and two page equipment sheets and go as digital as
possible. Of course, I won't throw the paper away, it'll just retire to the
library instead of the flybridge.
Keith
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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Culotta" cculotta@cox-internet.com
VOLUME TWO
Good Poop
INDEX
1- BOAT HANDLING
2- SPLICING
3- METRIC
4- GOOD POOP
I recently discovered a free downloadable Windows program that converts
anything that you can print into a .pdf file. It sets itself up as another
printer and when you go to print a document you just select PDF instead of
your printer. Then it asks what you want to name the file and creates it.
You can also scan a document and then send it to Primo PDF.
It is called PrimoPDF and available free at:
I have been using it for a month or so with no problems. I am creating a
library of manuals on the hard drive with backups on CDs.
No connection other than it works well and is free. Hard to beat a deal
like this.
Frank Burrows
Good Poop? Is that your marine sanitation chapter? ;-)
K,
No. ( and Pat would add, "Potty Mouth", :-) ))) It is all of the
articles that I have clipped from boating publications since 1972.
The term actually has a law school etymology as being the "meat" of a case
or judgment of a court.
By the way those volumes hold dozens of wiring diagrams for all that I have
added over the yrs. in addition to notes on HOW various repairs and
installations were made. ----So that I need not reinvent the wheel.
CCC
M/V CC RIDER
CHARLES C. and PAT CULOTTA, Jr.
Patterson, La.
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/