Important Camping Equipment - List - for Boat Camping

By important, I mean important for camping, not that my list is important.

      Over the years, camping aficionados tend to collect everything needed.  They learn from  painful experience what not to forget - again.   Packing for them is just a matter of grabbing prepacked gear. They store it stuffed into one pack, one closet, or in my case, one group of Rubbermaid boxes. Everything is kept together so that when it is time to load up and go nothing important is forgot or left behind.  We call ours  "camping gear,"  and "camping boxes," and all of it is stored on the "camping shelves." 

         In our gear boxes you will find  rolls of aluminum foil with only six inches left, dead spray cans, water logged matches, and barely functioning openers, corkscrews and  rusty grimy pliers.  Did I leave out dim flashlights?

       Rather than list a truly massive list of mostly unneeded items, I thought I would attempt to list the important things that really impact me when forgot. Like my sleeping bag or coat, both I have forgot.

This is a boat camping list, 

not surprisingly, it doubles as a car camping list:

folding saw

ropes and tarps

baby or folding shovel

flashlights -  tested, with extra batteries

fire starting system or plan

stove or cooking system and fuel

fry pan

cooking pot

coffee system

bucket with bail (use for hauling water or bailing or storing icky stuff))

plastic bags big and little

sanitation needs

sponge or rags and towel

soap or detergent

water proof and animal proof food containers

kitchen stuff - spoons, openers,

folding chair

good knife or multi-tool

emergency tool kit

sleeping pad

sleeping bag

tent (for some)

water jugs

layered clothing for hot, cold, and rain

hat

mosquito repellant

suncreen

Some of the items don't belong in a gear box (like clothing) but should be listed.

For those of you that need more, try my
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