Next message: Rosalie B.: "Re: lv-ab: Log Book"
You don't need a regimented log book, they are too limiting and stifling.
We just use a good quality bound blank notebood with a substantial cover.
In the first few pages I've listed all the technical details about the
boat - serial numbers, filter numbers, oil grades, change frequencies, -
enough that a new owner could work though it and know what is required.
Don't try to fill these pages in all at once - just leave about 10 or 15
pages and add to them as you think of things. Some page headings help to
organize it. I even included a hand written "garbage disposal plan" in the
log book that saved me a ticket on one occasion.
From there on it is just a daily diary with two basic formats - one for at
anchor on in port for a while and the other when passage making. I record
all maintenance done and associated information. I record miles, fuel -
anything related to the boat operation and keep running totals where
necessary just from day to day. Underway I enter the Lat/Long, heading,
speed, hourly so I have a backup in case of loss of instruments. The whole
thing is informal and you just use common sense and judgement for what to
enter.
Andina Foster,
> Hi All
>
> I have been wondering if some of you are using a log book as live-aboards
or while sailing
> I would like to design a log-book usefull for both live-aboard and regular
sailing.
>
> What items are missing in the logbook you currently use and what are the
must have in a
> typical log book?
>
> Thanks for the info.
> Cheers
>
> Maurice
> Currently on the Hard (Ice and Snow)
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