What do you permenantly keep in your Yak

Advice
#1

Are there certain items that you permenantly keep in the bulkheads, cockpit, or lashed onto the deck while your kayak is in storage or during transit. I personally find that unless I keep certain key items with my various toys I tend to leave them behind.

#2

Nothing
and the hatch covers are always off when in being stored.

#3

nothing
I too store my kayak with hatch covers open. I stash all the gear (floatation bags, kayak pump, water shoes, pfd, skirt, helmet, throw rope, etc.) in a large mesh bag hanging on the wall ready to grab and go. The paddles are hanging on the wall next to the mesh bag. If I’m going on a “flat float” and don’t need the helmet I just stash it in the vehicle.

#4

yes
A first aid kit and mylar emergency blanket are always in a hatch and usually a paddle leash, (even though I don’t typically use one). Bilge pump and paddle float usually stay in cockpit, though they occasionally come out.

#5

Dirt.

#6

Nothing …because
as soon as my gear dries out I’m ready to go paddling again. Sometimes the gear is still wet.

#7

paddle float
My paddle float is lashed behind the seat, so lives there. The rest of the stuff gets removed between paddles.



At some point, I plan to mount the bilge pump in the cockpit under the deck, at which point it will probably also stay with the boat full time.

#8

Cockpit cover

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But I am different then some of the posts above.
I keep the hatch covers on to keep the crawley things out of the hatches.
Cheers,
JackL

#9

Me too
Sometimes “the bride” gets PO’d at me when after we are in salt water, she wants to rinse the PFD’s off with fresh water and I say why bother, they are just going to get salty all over again tomorrow.

Cheers,

JackL

#10

grey objects

#11

Spare car keys
Not that I have ever needed them (yeh right).



David

#12

Wanda

#13

Digital clock
on the forward bulkhead. Towel, rope,swim trunks,sponge and bailing bottle.

#14

Float bags
In the long boat(s) as sell as in the WW boats - transport in the boat.

#15

are you sure about that?
When was the last time you saw her?



I had nothing to do with it, I’m just sayin (she sure keeps me from getting lonely better than the grey thing does)

#16

Gear-
deflated air bags, foam paddle float, bilge pump, anchor tow line, and paddle.



I keep my PFD and whistle in my room.

#17

Nothing. Most of my gear resides
in my truck tool box or behind the seat when I’m not paddling.

#18

Nothing
I store my boats in their bags in a shed out back. I do keep 25’ of rope, and 2 floatation bags stored with each of the boats.

#19

Sponge
To keep the grey thing company.



Andy

#20

ditto on nothing
The tern is stored in the garage april thru late october.The america year round.

The pfds and skirts and even the cockpit covers come in sence I really didn’t buy em for the critters entertainment (or consumption). I prefer the ability to go over my equipment between paddles and leaving the stuff out in the boats don’t cut it.