We bought Ranger in 2002 at Crowley's Yard in S. Chicago with very little equipment on board. The POs hadn't done much, as I think they were using it to daysail. There was only a single Danforth anchor, no batteries, obsolete instruments, and not even a stereo. We were also "blessed" with a pressurized alcohol stove/range (that was immediately rebuilt to use Origo burners.)

The boat had been on the hard for 8 years (but had been maintained by the yard) and was very dirty & messy. I threw out a lot of junk.

Our immediate goal was to get the boat ready for extended coastal cruising which Dale accomplished over the first winter, commuting a few times to the boat in Chicago. We used the following criteria to evaluate where we would spend our money:
1-Safety
2-Reliability
3-Comfort
4-Performance
(You can imagine that there is a great deal of overlap, but I think you get the idea.) We continue to use this hierarchy today.

Here is a brief list of the equipment added and major accomplishments that first season:
-Nexus instrument suite including below decks autopilot
-Bruce & CQR 35# anchors with individual bow rollers. One rode is all chain and one chain/3-strand combo
-Lofrans vertical electric windlass
-Rolls batteries (2) 185 aHr
-55W solar panel
-Balmar high output alternator and controller
-Xantax 1000W inverter/charger with battery monitor
-Echo charger
-iCom 710 SSB with antenna tuner, insulated backstay
-iCom VHF w/RAM
-Raymarine radar (antenna on mast) with helm display
-ProFurl roller furling
-Lewmar 48ST primary winches (in addition to existing winches)
-FrigoBoat refrigeration (love it)
-25 gallon Nauta bladder for auxiliary holding tank (never used)
-Safety gear including flares, PFDs & teathers, radar reflector, jacklines (and additional hard points to fasten to.)
-Docklines & fenders
-Interior lighting and ventilation upgrades-each corner of the main saloon has a halogen reading light
-Custom V-berth matress
-We stripped and barrier coated the bottom before applying bottom paint
-I had made an 8' pram that we used as a dinghy. We bought a new Mercury 3.3 HP outboard
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