I am getting ready to hit the road this season to do some regattas...the closest of which is an hour and fifteen minutes from my house. Most are 2-4 hours away.

What are some must-have's to bring along?

I already have an assortment of tools, electrical tape, various shackles and split rings, clevis pins, a couple of small blocks (like used on the spin or rudder setup), extra trapeze bungee cord, one-drop, sailkote, and spare trailer bulbs.

Spare trailer tire, wrench and jack?

If you have a cordless drill, that CAN come in handy...I've been bringing mine with me at the last couple of regattas...I haven't used it at any of them yet, but you never know.

It's a just in case thing, if you have to have it and no one else has one, you're screwed....:)

Mike

Cordless drill, drill bits, pop rivet gun, selection of monel and S/S rivets, roll (or 2) of duct tape, silicon sealant, silicon spray, vanguard sail repair tape, thread, needles and palm, assorted glass cloth, carbon cloth, epoxy resin and on and on and on

about 50ft of 1/8 amsteel. You can use this to replace a broken stay and bits of it can be used for EVERYTHING.. like to replace shackles, etc. I always keep a couple feet of it in the tramp bag along with a multitool

COURAGE!

And Amen on the trailer tire! glad I had mine going to GYC.

My trailer box is a funny shape, so some of this goes in the car.

Trailer tyre x 2 (you do not then HAVE to stop to get a replacement soon
Spare rudder blades
Spare Mainsail
Spare Spi
Jib (that has not been up the forestay).
Various Mainsail battens
Spare telltails
D12
V12
Epoxy and fast and slow hardner.
Glass Matt
Choppped strand
Micro Ballons
Glass ballons
Gelcoat
Epoxy foam
Baking paper (quick way to get a smooth finish on gel repairs).
Roll of Shockcord (for sale at cheap rates :-))
Spare Mainsheet. Various other bits of rope, Spare Spi halyard
Spare Main halyard
Boxes of spare shakles, ferrels, Rudder pins; Rubber joints
2 cordless drills (usually with all 4 batteries flat)
Drill set
Rolls of Spi tape, bathtub sealent (to fix silicone coated Spi's)
Gaffa/Duck tape
Electrical tape.
Spare blocks
couple of boxes of tools

Soggy rule book.
Couple of odd socks
Tuning and log book

Blue Astma inhaler (If you remember anything, please remember this ); there is also one in my tramp bag, Sailing bag, Ski boot bag and pocket.

Forgot something.

Kitchen sink.

Simon: Remind me to park next to you on the beach!

Do these tires go out on a fairly regular basis? Is there any preventative maintenance that can be done?

Given current employment situation,. most of it's for sale as well!!!!!

How many regattas would you travel to without a spare for your car? The trailer tires rarely blow out, but when they do there is never a replacement available.

I just make sure I sail at races where a combination of Wayne and MarkP is on hand. Between the two of them, they can fix anything. I may add you to my list; Are you going to Rutland?

I thought maybe it was a hub issue that could be checked pre-road trip.

I've never had a problem with the bearings on a beach cat trailer. Larger boats, yes.

The only time I had a blow out was on a Friday night headed to Daytona. . . and on Sunday coming back!

I've got 20-1/2" tall tires, most are a smaller diameter than that. Those little guys are spinning at a very high rpm compared to the vehicles wheels. I'm planning on attending an event that is going to be 2000 miles away, so 4k round trip. I will be purchasing a complete spare hub assembly, and another spare tire for that trip. Maybe even a set of bearings and seals. Just in case. Changing out a hub on the side of the road sucks, but even more so if you don't have a way to repair it yourself when you're in the middle of nowhere at 3am on a Sunday.

I very rarely travel without beer in my box and I am looking forward to sharing some with you next weekend.

Does

• kids bikes/scooters
• spade and buckets
• spare clothes for when the boys go swimming in there normal clothes
• deck chairs
• esky
• sunshade
• body boards
• spare clothes for when the spare clothes get wet
• towels
• bathers
• floaties
• kids wetsuits and lifejackets

count?

thankfully I have 2 boxes

No pictures, it didn't happen.