What is a "Fruitbowl" ?

Put simply, the fruitbowl is the name The Bona Boaters have given to the anti-vandal key. The name stems from the trip in 1993. This was the first trip we did in which we came upon anti-vandal locks on some of the paddle gear. In those days, we did not each have our own anti-vandal (AV) keys as we do now, and there was only one AV key on the boat. When we arrived at the first AV-fitted lock, there was a bit of a panic - nobody could find the AV key ! It was eventually located in a box in the airing cupboard, with a tin of brasso and the water tank key, and was buried underneath a pile of Nicholson's guides !  We decided that it should be kept somewhere readily at hand, and we decided to keep it in the fruitbowl... hence the name !

Back to The Bona Boater's Homepage.