Best way to carry gear onto boat for 6 hour charter

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I used a large mesh duffle for most of my gear, and a backpack for computer, lights, small towel, and change of clothes.
 
What are some of the better ways to pack my gear for ease of getting it onto the boat as well as access and stowage once on board?
Probably too late for the OP but I like to travel light so the items below work well for me. Used to have just a mesh duffel bag, top loading, with the drawstring barrel lock. The Aqua Lung mesh backpack gives that option but also has a zippered side that allows for easy loading/removing or gear (which is the way I find myself using it.) Many times, while actually on the boat, I put my dry bag inside my gear bag and stow it in a dry area or under the bench. The one drawback, which will never effect me as a mainly warm water diver, is that a 3mm wetsuit is probably the max that I would try to put in with the rest of my gear. The 20L dry bag (I have a different one than pic below) holds anything I want to keep dry like shirt/shorts, flip flops, snack/water, money, phone, etc.....

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Honestly, I'm not sure. I asked around and now it seems like anytime someone needs to get rid of one it winds up at my house... at some point I'll have to tell people to stop, lol.

You can purchase them on Amazon, 2 for $25. Or get a nice long one for $35.
$35 seems like highway robbery but I guess Its better then nothing.
 
$35 seems like highway robbery but I guess Its better then nothing.

Oh I agree. I have yet to buy one. We live in a rural area, everyone has milk crates to spare.

And $35 is way better than $100+ for a duffel bag, lol.
 
I try to be non-obtrusive so take my gear in a mesh backpack and my personal items it a backpack/drypack. Nothing is more obnoxious than a milkcrate, tub, or hard-sided case that does not fit under the seat and has no place to be stored other than deck space.
 
Were can you secure milk crates now days? I picked up 2 from home depot but they are square. Would prefer traditional rectangle.
I stole my milk crates from the loading dock of my college's cafeteria. That -was- 25 years ago, but they're still in excellent condition...
 
Any old duffel plus a small drybag or small drybox. Anyone tries to get on to my boat with a rigid crate etc, stays on the dock.
 
I stole my milk crates from the loading dock of my college's cafeteria. That -was- 25 years ago, but they're still in excellent condition...
I've informed the GA police:)

Any old duffel plus a small drybag or small drybox. Anyone tries to get on to my boat with a rigid crate etc, stays on the dock.
Another good example why it pays to call ahead and find out what works. I haven't been on a boat yet that can't accept crates, but if the captain said so I'd part ways with them really quick.

Gear storage to me is not essential for diving. I'll throw it all in a trash bag for all I care.
 
I stole my milk crates from the loading dock of my college's cafeteria.

Your picture was on milk crates as a fugitive who stole milk crates :p
 
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