[Public-List] Things found in bilge.

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

On a charter boat, I once found a sardine tin that had never been 
opened, but had no sardines in it. It had corroded through.

  - George

On 7/24/15 9:20 AM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List wrote:
> Before last night's sail, I took the plunge into the bilge.  Laying down on
> the cabin sole, I was able to reach the bottom of the bilge.  My reach
> covered the forward one foot or so of the bottom of the bilge.  Among the
> items fished out of that stinky water:
>
>     - two hose clamps,
>     - various screws and bolts,
>     - bits of wood construction debris,
>     - plastic and metal plates about 4" x 2.5" with two well spaced slots
>     most of the way across the width of the plates that may have been part of
>     the previous engine mounts (?),
>     - various bits of wire,
>     - cut of ends of zip ties, and
>     - a pair of eyeglasses!
>
> Guess the eyeglasses must have jumped off the shelf above the ice box.
>
> What have other folks found that is interesting or surprising or unusual ?
>
>
> Strange goings on down there in the depths!
>

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