I like seeing this broken down into categories. As a newbie kayakier, doing short runs in protected water, with a 2 year old, I'm staying close to shore and generally paddling out and back within the attention span of a toddler. Or paddling out and back while spouse is on shore watching child. A certain amount of gear can also be left in the car, which is close by. For me, this is about all the gear on or near the boat. PFD (anyone getting into kayak) appropriate clothes, though typically a wetsuit, since this in puget sound, with cold water and splashing child spare dry clothes for me, but especially for toddler dry towel (typical in car) bilge pump (at least one per group out, preferably one per kayak) paddle float (both wife and I have taken classes including wet exits, so we know how to rig if needed. One per group or kayak) drinking water (in car) food, both for self and toddler (in car). spare diapers (for toddler) hat or sunscreen for those days when we actually see the sun (in the pacific northwest) car keys (actually in PFD if I remember) The usual parent survival kit in car, first aid kit, diaper bag, toys, kitchen sink, etc. So, in what order do people start adding more gear as you move beyond the newbie stage? If you say you always bring a compass, when did you start doing that, how far out do you usually paddle, etc? What is the criteria for something on/in the boat vs on the PFD? Looking forward to start doing point A to point B paddling. dave -- Dave Uebele (daveu_at_sptddog.com) Spotted Dog Systems http://sptddog.com/daveu.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 13 1999 - 12:03:01 PDT
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