HIDE & SEEK

Walkie talkies

Water filters 2

Water meter

WD 40

West Marine Epoxy

White paint

Winch grease

Winch rite

Windlass remote switch

Windlass remote

Wing nuts

Wire brushes

Wire clamps

Wire connectors

Wire ferrels

Wire pins

Wood glue

Wood plugs

Wood putty

Wood screws small

Wooden backing plate

Wooden clamp large

Wooden roller

Woodruff keys

Finding stuff drove me to distraction on my first boat, and it drove me crazy (until now) on my latest, a 13.7m schooner. You would think there would be enough room in a nearly 14m hull with an almost 4.3m beam for all the tools and spares under the sun, and there pretty much is onboard Britannia. But the abundance of locker space creates its own problems: It can accommodate a workshopfull of tools and spare parts, but that doesn’t mean I can always find them, or even remember where I put them.

I would frequently spend more time trying to find something – the right-sized screw, a special tool,