A 2006 fishing license!

A gift certificate to your local boat supply store (e.g., West Marine).

Cruising Guides and Charts for your location and dream location.

Sunscreen.

And everything else already suggested by others.

Where will you be boating?

Bryan
Sea Ray 185 Sport

"kellyinitalia" wrote in message
ups.com...
My husband and I recently purchased our first boat - a 24' Maxum
cruiser - and now we're boat crazy. I'd love to get him something
boat-related as a Xmas gift, but since we're so new to boating, I have
no clue what to get! Any ideas?

I say buy both of you the autoinflatable life jackets. Then wear them,
they are the mark of REAL sailors (at least if you tell yourself that
you are more likely to wear them all the time).
Another nice item: A personal EPIRB to attach to those life jackets.
Then, personal strobes to attach to those life jackets.
Parachute flares.

How about some of the classic must reading such as Chapman's.
gps-or GPS chatplotters
digny
charts
cruise books
boating magizines
once you have been bitten-too late, you will want it all


or a really good first aid kit
you will be surprised how feeling safe makes boating even more fun!