Glad you took the advice and tried a short evening trip out.
Are you going mackerel fishing or wrecks/rough ground?
If its just mackerel fishing you just need 2/0 feathers if its wrecks and rough ground 5/0+ daylights would be a good starting point with a 8-12oz lead with a nice chunk of mackerel, for your 1st time out you cant go wrong with that..then if you get used to it go onto the leadheads and pirks.
Ask the Skipper, he will be happy to help you out.