Since this is the most popular Forum here, it seems like a proper place to ask about logs, specifically a maint. log for the propulsion system and all the other ship's systems.
Admittedly there are some general ones at the chandlery, with yachty-looking teak or leather covers... but they really do not seem to have much to offer except a column for your oil change dates and pages for calendar date listing your repairs to stuff.
I have been getting by for years with with a notebook and lined paper. Truth is, this has become somewhat like throwing all my files into one folder on the computer desktop... after a while there is so much stuff there that you spend too much time designing sort criteria!
And the paper version has pages of scribbled entries!
Creating sub folders on the computer solves that sort problem, but what is needed is a really useful paper version for the boat.
What I have in mind is a printed outline form for each system, under the major heading of "engine" or "drinking water system" or "waste management" or "electrical" or.... well, you get the idea. Of course "rigging" and other deck gear could have its own section(s).
After the title page for Engine, would be a Mechanical Maint. section, a Raw Water section, Closed Cooling section, Lube oil -- sub sections for crankcase and transmission. And so on. The Electrical would break down to AC and then DC distribution and then to Loads like Pumps, Refrigeration, and Instruments.
I can produce this, obviously, but am adverse to reinventing the wheel...
Anyone found or built up such a log? I am not adverse to using software, but when sitting at the nav table and studying this stuff, I much prefer it in a 12-point font printed form... no electricity needed. :nerd:
Note that once it exists on the computer, it could easily be saved out in RTF or PDF pages for printing (or sharing) -- If you all wanted to collaborate in inventing something like this, that is....
Food for Thought.
Ya Think?
Loren
Admittedly there are some general ones at the chandlery, with yachty-looking teak or leather covers... but they really do not seem to have much to offer except a column for your oil change dates and pages for calendar date listing your repairs to stuff.
I have been getting by for years with with a notebook and lined paper. Truth is, this has become somewhat like throwing all my files into one folder on the computer desktop... after a while there is so much stuff there that you spend too much time designing sort criteria!
And the paper version has pages of scribbled entries!
Creating sub folders on the computer solves that sort problem, but what is needed is a really useful paper version for the boat.
What I have in mind is a printed outline form for each system, under the major heading of "engine" or "drinking water system" or "waste management" or "electrical" or.... well, you get the idea. Of course "rigging" and other deck gear could have its own section(s).
After the title page for Engine, would be a Mechanical Maint. section, a Raw Water section, Closed Cooling section, Lube oil -- sub sections for crankcase and transmission. And so on. The Electrical would break down to AC and then DC distribution and then to Loads like Pumps, Refrigeration, and Instruments.
I can produce this, obviously, but am adverse to reinventing the wheel...
Anyone found or built up such a log? I am not adverse to using software, but when sitting at the nav table and studying this stuff, I much prefer it in a 12-point font printed form... no electricity needed. :nerd:
Note that once it exists on the computer, it could easily be saved out in RTF or PDF pages for printing (or sharing) -- If you all wanted to collaborate in inventing something like this, that is....
Food for Thought.
Ya Think?
Loren