Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Charter packing and preparation

As promised, I thought I'd write some content about packing for our charter. I ripped the following charter packing list out of the winter edition of the ASA magazine, and we are using this as a basis for our packing efforts. Once we've been on the trip, I'll have a better feel for what we really needed!

 
The list of other tasks that need to be completed before our departure for STT on Friday is long, and includes buying travel insurance through World Nomads who I've used before. As an aside, anyone know why travel insurance is soooooo expensive to buy in the USA?

So our list currently looks like this:

  • Passports
  • Money/Cards
  • Sailing log books
  • Sailing books
  • Head-torches
  • Solar lights
  • Spare batteries
  • GoPro
  • Fishing stuff
  • Sunglasses and strap
  • Bluetooth speaker
  • Audio AUX lead
  • USB Chargers
  • Phones and chargers
  • Laptop(s)
  • Beach Towels
  • Snorkeling gear
  • Swimsuits
  • Shorts
  • T-shirts
  • Smarter clothes for evening
  • Wet shoes
  • Boat shoes
  • Walking shoes
  • Hats/caps
  • Rain-jacket?
  • First Aid kit
  • Sunscreen
  • Bug spray
  • Seasickness meds
  • Ziplock bags?
  • Multi-tool and penknife
  • Duck tape

What are we missing?