*I'm like Walt.* My wife sure keeps a log of all work done and paid for...and reminds me of it often.* When we sell, we'll be able to show all the important expenditure, and what and when it was done.* I guess living aboard and doing that himself is what gives rise to (Tidahapa) Benn's signature comment.SeaHorse II wrote:
I don't keep a log on anything. Car, boat, trips, etc. Nothing. I do, however, have a receipt on everything that was ever done on the boat and they are in a file in my office.
Our attitude is that we're interested in what we're doing and we're interested in what we're going to do, but what we've done is done and we don't think about it much.* We don't spend any time talking about the past, but we do remind each other of something neat that we did if something jogs our minds into thinking about it.* But those things are strongly imbedded in our memories so we don't need to go back to a notebook or diary to remember them.* The stuff we don't remember obviously didn't make that big of an impression on us.Peter B wrote:
Sometimes I regret not keeping a cruising log, but then again, like Marin says, I doubt we would look at it.* Maybe years later when the boat is only a memory one might...?
Keith wrote:
I made up my own in Word and had it spiral bound at FedEx Office. I keep everything in that one book. I never could find one pre-made that had what I wanted in it.
I find Microsoft Excel is good for making forms and such because you can make a grid*and print the blank form, then hand write entries.*
We did not get any logs or maintenance records other than the project description and final receipt for the new fuel tanks and plumbing the PO had had installed the year before we bought the boat. But one thing that has been very helpful is there is an owners or opertational manual on board for every single thing on the boat.* Elecronics, stove, even the shower discharge pump.* The boat also came with its original 1973 American Marine GB36 operators manual and the original engine operation, service, and parts manuals.* All have come in very handy over the years, and as we have upgraded systems and equipment we have continued the practice of keeping every manual---even if it's just a pamphlet--- on the boat in a set of 3-ring binders.rwidman wrote:
The PO kept a log and I expected at least the maintenance part would come with the boat. It did not.