As the countdown continues I'm in the process of making lists of all the spares on board. I've got a good array of screws, rivets, nuts, bolts, washers, spare cable, battery terminals, shackles, pipes, jubilee clips, etc, etc.

When it comes to the engine we've got half a dozen of each filter, spare set of glow plugs, half a dozen impellers and half a dozen belts, a spare set of water pump screws and spare oil. I am about to order a spare alternator - anything else I should get?

We've got spares for the bilge pumps and I am about to order a spare fresh water pump.

Anything else significant I should take? I am conscious that many things won't be available off the shelf overseas and will need to be ordered / shipped from home. However there is a limit to the amount we can spend on spares that will likely be ballast in some dark corner of a hard to reach locker.

I think we've got most areas reasonably covered - however I keep reading of people with bust engine water pumps or starter motors, but how far to go?? Should we carry more spares, or more epoxy/jubilee clips/cable ties and some intuition?!

Jonny