Inventory — spares, provisions and dutiable goods

Inventory is the list of what is actually aboard — spares, equipment, provisions, and the goods a customs officer will ask about. It also feeds the goods declaration block of your customs PDF.

Adding an item

Open Inventory in the left sidebar and add what you carry: spare impellers, filters and belts, safety equipment, tinned food, alcohol and tobacco. Each item holds a quantity and a storage location, so «two spare impellers, port lazarette» becomes a record rather than a memory.

Keeping it useful at sea

• Items running low or at zero are flagged, and the count shows as a badge in the sidebar.
• The dashboard lists what is approaching its best-before or replacement date, most urgent first.
• Storage areas and compartments record where something is — the part that matters at three in the morning.

Dutiable goods and the customs declaration

Mark an item as Dutiable and it appears automatically in the goods declaration block of your Customs Declaration PDF, grouped by category. Alcohol, tobacco and firearms are the usual candidates; what has to be declared varies by country, and the responsibility for getting it right stays with you.

The declaration itself is covered in Preparing your customs declaration.

Where inventory ends and maintenance begins

Inventory answers «what do we have, and where». Scheduled work — impeller every 250 hours, rigging check every season — belongs in Maintenance. The two work together: the maintenance job says the impeller is due, the inventory says whether a spare is aboard.

Last updated: 28 July 2026