A bareboat charter is one vacation where you do not want to bring along that nice new roller bag with all the bells and whistles. Charter boats tend to have very little storage space, and what space they have, is often oddly shaped. Once onboard, you’re going to want to unpack all your stuff, and stow your bag away for the week where it won’t be in the way, and that is so much easier when your big bag is a plain old boring duffel bag.

Duffel bags are tough, cheap, collapsible, and can even be bought completely waterproof, which is really handy when you’re transferring your gear by water taxi, dinghy, or even just outdoors anywhere in the tropics where a passing shower can happen pretty much anytime.

So, leave behind your beloved spinner/roller/hard sided bag, and grab something cheap and easy, and perfect for this job.