A few additional things I forgot from the list I made above:
An island boat will have a windshield wiper (or ideally wipers on both the port and starboard windows). Sounds silly until you try to look through glass in a driving rainstorm without them.
Your nighttime navigation skills will build quickly from necessity.
You'll become an amateur weatherman, always aware of wind direction and the likelihood of pop up thunderstorms. This has gotten a lot easier with the advent of smart phones and weather apps.
Your boat will have a tool box and maybe some key spare parts on board.
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