Here is a link and some photos of the “See Rescue Streamer”, $80 on Amazon. The case is very small for a 25ft long streamer. About the size of a 2 D Cell mag light. I keep it attached to the side straps on my PFD. All military pilots carry this as required equipment and now its avail to the public.
Your streamer lead me to the HTI (Hydration Technology Innovations) SeaPack pouch passive desalinatior.
Its no longer available on Amazon and I see it was discontinued. Does anyone know of a passive desalinator like the SeaPack still available? I’d like to have one of these, as I usually dont have enough water on me for extended survival (and its a good insurance policy to have after an earthquake when city water is not flowing)
Oops here is the correct link to see rescue streamer
http://seerescuestreamer.com/
As far as the Desalinatior they are pricey but a single person one can be found here.
https://www.katadyn.com/us/us/149-8013418-katadyn-survivor-06
It’s the smallest one person desalination unit on the market for one person.
Water is always a problem for longer trips, we kayaked Moosehead Lake in Maine for a week and camped on the islands around the lake. We used much more water than we expected and although Moosehead Lake is a fresh water lake we were unnerved by filtering the water and drinking so every night we would boil the water after it was filtered, bottle, and then that led to another problem we were running low on fuel. On big trips now I bring more water stored in collapsible bags. If it is calm enough someone can open your hatch and get the jug out to refill everyone.
If you ever get the chance to paddle Moosehead Lake it was an amazing 80+ mile trip.
I carry a folding knife in one of my PFD pockets, a signaling mirror in another pocket,( I don’t know why because I’ll never use it) and a length of line in another pocket. I also carry a whistle,(mainly because many of the races I enter require one).
If I am going off shore, I keep my VHF radio in my under deck bag along with lip balm and my sun glasses.
I keep a pump on my rear deck and my skirt is normally in the front compartment along with our lunch.
I used to keep a spare paddle on the back deck, but stopped carrying one a few years ago. if I should break a paddle, I’ll use one half like a canoe paddle
I monitor three different weather stations and don’t go out if storms or high winds are predicted so i don’t need or want all the yard sale junk.
I used to have a PLB, but don’t any more because my wife who always paddles with me has a SPOT
Is this what you’re looking for? http://waterade.com/SEAPACK-Emergency-Desalination-System-SeaPack1.htm
I carry a bunch of things. I do carry two VHF radios and my cell phone. One VHF on my deck one on my pfd.
The only thing I carry in my pfd is my radio (for music and news) and my truck keys. Sometimes I carry my little bag in the boat with my cell phone and a few other things. That’s about it.
So, carrying a pack of smokes and a couple beers isn’t enough?
[Definitely sarcasm, if you didn’t already get that]
Right now - nothing. I gave up outside activities when it is 40 ish and wet a long time ago and that has been our winter so far.
Fixed blade knife, strobe light, mirror, whistle. The knife has been handy for peanut butter.
SACRILEGE!!!
YOU Must NEVER use your knife for anything but saving your life or someone else’s!
Only virgin blades can save you.
@string said:
SACRILEGE!!!
YOU Must NEVER use your knife for anything but saving your life or someone else’s!
Only virgin blades can save you.
That must be why mine keep leaving me.
Lets see… the rules for paddling the Yukon 1000 mile race require that in a pocket, or attached to your PFD contain several items. A whistle and another signal device (mirror), a fire starting kit, a small knife, a credit card, $20U.S, $20CDN, and an emergency mylar or other (SOS) bivy sack. I include a spare set of batteries for my GPS, plus a set for my SPOT (a separate requirement). Except for the CC, CDN cash and bivy, everything else is normally always in my PFD pocket (Kokotat Orbit) for regular normal paddling trips.
When paddling whitewater, I wear an Astral Green Jacket PFD with a zippered pocket on the front. On the outside of the PFD is a fixed blade knife and a whistle. This Type V jacket has a quick release tow tether and I have a “cowtail” tow tether in a small side pocket of the PFD.
I carry an 80’ heavy duty throw bag in the boat, and wear a 60’ lighter throw bag on a quick release belt. Also around my waist is a loop of 1" tubular webbing for a drag system anchor secured with a locking carabiner.
Inside the pocket of the PFD are three more locking 'biners, two prussik loops, three lightweight pulleys and a small folding saw. When doing day trips or longer in semi-remote areas in cold weather I have also carried lightweight, 2 person bothy bag (bivy shelter), magnesium fire starter, and tinder.
Me
@string said:
SACRILEGE!!!
YOU Must NEVER use your knife for anything but saving your life or someone else’s!
Only virgin blades can save you.
Hey, who’s to say it didn’t? Some people get pretty nasty when they’re hungry!!
@pblanc said:
2 person bothy bag
Handy for those inconvenient drownings, but doesn’t that get heavy when you zip up 2 bodies inside?
A bothy is not a bivy sack. It is more like a very small, two person tent without a floor. It rolls up very compact and the sil-nylon ones are very light. It “erects” virtually instantaneously. It is big enough to cover two people in a sitting position huddled fairly close together. You hold up the center with a paddle, hiking pole, a stick, or just your heads, and there is enough fabric to tuck underneath you to sit on to secure it.
It is an extremely quick way to get a severely hypothermic individual sheltered from wind and/or rain and warm them with the body heat of another inidividual, so long as the hypothermic person is able to sit up with the help of the second individual.
But you would not want to spend the weekend together in one.
Did anyone else get my play on words? Bothy -> BODY
(Sigh)
I’ve been in a bothy bag before, for less than 5 minutes before I started to overheat. I went out to enjoy the cold rain.
