Equipment

On my Spain to Cyprus trip I had following with me:

Above my deck

• Winged paddle
• Homemade Greenland storm paddle
• Waterproof chart
• Deck compass
• Neoprene spray skirt
• Life Jacket with attached gear
  • Knife
  • Light
  • Camera
• A strap that I added to my decklines just behind the cockpit holdsDeck light magnet
• 3 liter water bag + carabiner
• 2 nalgenes for energy + carabiner

Paddle clothing warm

• Hat
• Long sleeve shirt - in hatch
• Shorts - turn into pants for land

Paddle clothing cold - currently in hatch

• Dry top
• Farmer John wetsuit
• Pogies
• Neoprene cap
• Booties

Cockpit - everything is tied in with string and carabiners

• Bail bucket
• Bilge pump
• Sponge
• Dry bag
  • ~50 feet of rope
  • Pulley
  • Emergency distress beacon
  • VHF marine radio
    • Ideally this would be on my life jacket, but the model I have is not as waterproof as the manufacturer claims.
  • Headlamp
  • Deck light
  • Hand compass for sighting and making bearings

Hatches - mostly in dry bags

• Food
  • Cooking
    • Gas
      • In some countries it's hard to find cartridges. An alcohol system might have been a better alternative.
    
    
    • Stove
    • Lighters
    • Pot
  • Chia seeds
  • Nutritional Bars
  • whole grain pasta or rice
  • dried lentils or peas
  • nuts
  • dried fruit

• Electrical gear
  
  
  
  • Battery charger + rechargeable batteries for GPS and lights
  • Smartphone
  • Keyboard for smartphone
    
  • backup GPS that will be in cockpit dry bag for long crossings
  • Too many charging wires

• First Aid
  • Put together your own bag.  Don’t waste space on silly things like band-aids for booboos.  Make sure you can use everything you have and that everything you have will help with something that’s truly dangerous or will slow you down.
  • Looking at what I have here, I could definitely use more drugs and I seem to have lost my scalpel.
  • Tweezers
  • Alcohol
  • 2 IV sets
    • Alcohol pads
    • Gauze pads
    • Medical tape
    • Two bags of 500 ml 0.9% saline solution
    • Syringes
    • Gauze rolls
    • IV tourniquet
  • Gloves with talc to keep them elastic
  • Pen for writing on people
  • Thermometer
  • Elastic cohesive bandage/tourniquet
  • Abdominal bandage
  • Burn Gel
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Tourniquet, silicon
  • 2 first aid field bandages, camouflaged
  • Sterile gloves
  • Rescue blanket

• Toiletries
  • Dr Bronner’s
  • Sawed off toothbrush and paste
  • Toilet paper
  • Nail clippers

• Sleeping stuff
  • Sleeping bag
  • Roll up foam mattress
    • Weighs less than inflatable and won’t leak
  • Bivy sack
    • A lot of condensation builds up
    • More subtle than a tent for sleeping on private property
    • Lightweight and small
    • Mine is old and I’m worried it leaks, but it might just be condensation.

• Land clothing
  • Everything that’s in warm paddle clothing
  • There are no redundancies, I only have one shirt, one pair of underwear, etc...
  • Fleece
  • Rain shell
  • Rain pants
  • Long underwear
  • Underwear

• Assorted repair gear
  
  
  • Salt will destroy anything that’s not marine grade
  • If I were away from civilization for an extended period this list, as well as others, would be more substantial.
  • String
  • Bungees
  • Carabiners
  • 5 x 5 inch pack towel
  • Half of a paddle assembly glue stick
  • Swiss army knife (don’t let it get seawater wet)
  • 2 pens (backup computer)
  • Zip ties
  • Duck tape, removed from roll
  • Sand paper
  • Epoxy syringe
  • Fiber glass
  • Tape for edges

• 10 liter water bag
• 2 paddle floats so that I can sleep on a long crossing if necessary.
• Charts
• Day pack for land adventures
• Duffle bag that gets really small when bunched up for moving gear to and from campsite

If you have any questions about what I have with me, are interested in reviews of my gear or gear decisions, or would like recommendations for your own trip, feel free to contact me.