What To Do When Those Boat Bits Take Over the Garage

“Don’t worry, it’ll all be out of here in a few weeks.” Sound familiar? It’s probably a well-used line that has enabled many a sailor to turn a multipurpose space into boat gear storage unit. That time they wanted to buy a project boat: “It’s all there, I just need to put it back together.” And that time they wanted to do a bit of a makeover on the other boat: “I just need to get all the gear off so I can sand and paint.” Fast forward an undeterminable length of time, and the garage that was once used for a car and other assorted collective items is now, you guessed it, full of random boat hardware and accessories.

What does one do about it? The more you can get out of the garage, the more you will find the pieces you need or really do want to keep. But where to start? One of the aforementioned boats came with lots of spares. “Great!” Except many of them didn’t fit the boat. In all fairness, there have been a few attempts at paring down the pile, or, at the very least, reorganizing so it looks like less. This latest effort did unearth a few candidates for the “sell” pile.

One example is this beautifully crafted rocking seat. Perfect for those moments when the seas are tossing the boat around and you just want to be able to sit reasonably level.

Since the Rocking Horse’s asking price is less than $1,000 (actually less than $100) we can place the ad and photo in Latitude’s Classified section, for free! 

And then there’s this binnacle with a large, easy-to-read, compass. Again, a free ad.

Seriously. Something has to be done, and today is the day. The two items above have joined the ranks of “Seeking new forever home.” There must be someone who needs them. The saying, “One person’s trash is another’s treasure” can’t have made itself up. We believe there are people who need these and other spare, unusual, hard-to-find (or any other description) items for their boat or project. Therefore we’re adding these to the Classy Classifieds‘ Boat Gear section, which, we’re happy to mention, is now free for items under $1000, and now includes a photo. Woohoo! The garage will be empty in no time. At least, that’s until some other boat bits come to fill the gaps. But we’ll cross that ocean when we come to it.

Happy selling! (Just don’t show the other listings to you-know-who.)

Classy Classifieds — If you’re selling a boat, add your listing by 5 p.m. today to be included in the August issue of Latitude 38.