What Things Most Newbies Wouldn't Think of That Need to be Onboard?

The title says it all.... Maiden voyage today to get my boat from Naples to Isle of Capri and when we got to the gulf and tried to hoist the mainsail, the mainsail equivalent of hanks on the jib (I don't know what you call the plastic pieces on the main luff that you slide into the mast) had a really hard time sliding up the mast's groove and we gave up. The more experienced sailor I was sailing with asked if I had any wax or any sort of lubricant to help the process and I had never heard of...

What Things Most Newbies Wouldn't Think of That Need to be Onboard?