After having the unfortunate experience of losing a canoe and half of our gear early on in a trip (luckily the situation only lasted 24 hrs), my paddling partner and I were discussing the benefits of carrying on our person some kind of emergency bag. Anyone do this? I was thinking something secured to the back of the pfd that had a nalgene, iodine pills, small container of deet, space blanket, first aid, protein bar, etc). Trying to think how to rig it so it wouldn't be in the way most of the time, or get torn off in a rough swim. Additionally, does anyone separate personal gear into different boats? My partner goes heavy on the clothes packing, which worked out well for me because otherwise I'd've been in my wetsuit the whole time, and I was lucky he brought some things from his fat period that I could squeeze into. Or, does anyone split up the kitchen into different boats? With one boat down, we were without stoves, pots, pans, etc, though we still had food stuffs - just no good way to cook it. During said incident, we nearly lost both boats. That would've gotten really ugly. Interested in any thoughts...
_________________ "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." - WATER RAT, The Wind in the Willows
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