What should you take day sailing?
Short answer: 15 items, from bungs through to wind indicator. The complete Day Sailing checklist is written out below — and the exact same 15 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
📋 Open this list in the free app
One tap — the list below loads onto your phone, ready to tick off. Free, no login.
The Day Sailing checklist — all 15 items
- Bungs
- Centreboard
- Flares
- Life jacket
- protest flag
- Sailing gloves
- sailing jacket
- Spray jacket
- sun hat
- Sunscreen
- tell tails
- tell tales
- Water bottle
- wet weather gear
- Wind indicator
Every sailor knows the moment: sails up, breeze filling in, and someone asks who brought the water. Sailing gear lives in car boots, garages and club lockers, which means every outing is an assembly job — and assembly jobs need a checklist.
This one covers the sailing day end to end: spray jacket and wet weather gear, the life jacket, water bottle and sunscreen, and the boat bits that always go missing — bungs, tell tales, the wind indicator. Tick it while loading the car and again on the dock, and spend the day sailing rather than improvising.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "spray jacket" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you take day sailing?
You need 15 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from bungs through to wind indicator — and the same 15 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=day%20sailing opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Day Sailing list (15 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.