Thread: Boat setup - onboard necessities

Epirb/PLB/Flares/Radio/waterproof cellphone (or cellphone in waterproof case).

Bucket/bailer of some sort.

Spare fuses/electrical stuff that fits your boat.

Spare bungs, just on the off chance one gets brittle or wiped off in a whoops for whatever reason. Little tapered cone plugs can be useful for this too!

Emergency communications sticker for your area, as well as a contact sheet with important numbers etc.

Basic tools to do simple tasks on board.

Set up for the battery system (assuming you have a house and start for redundancy with a DVSR or isolation system). If not a jump start pack...

Wouldn't worry about a start rope - modern outboards cannot be pull started as they are the same as cars, if there isn't enough power the computer says F-U and you are walking!

As far as rope, sinking on the anchor and floating for tender lines. 12mm is a good diameter for a handling line, anything thinner gets a bit oww-ie if you are trying to hang onto it.

Something to put all this crap in, a vacuum packer is pretty helpful to keep things corrosion free and organised until you need them!

First aid stuff, suncream, burns if you have a cooker etc.

FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!!!! See above.

Probably a decent ladder as most supplied ladders suck balls and it's really hard to get back in if the boat is pitching and you end up over the side in a lifejacket. Kill switch too, learn how that works.