[Paddlewise] Day Hatch Organizing

What ever did those poor Inuit hunters do when they went out all day, and 
then had to drag a 250 pound seal back with them? If this was their check 
list, I believe they would have packed it in, moved south and taken up 
farming; or opened a small store with the contents of this imaginary day 
hatch. I don't have a day hatch so my perspective is different I guess. 
Seems to me if you have the space you try to fill it, regardless of the 
gyrations you have to go through to get at the contents. I can't see 
pumping out a day hatch full of wet whatever either, at least not in front 
of anyone.


> What else do you want to carry?...Tell us what you have, maybe we can
figure it out.
Typical day hatch ingredients:
First aid kit; camera; mobile phone; knife; tow line; specs container; sun
glasses, sun cream; wool hat; neoprene hat; sun hat; face mask; torch; 
duct
tape; two lengths of line; glow sticks; banana, apple, 600 ml gatorade; 
600
ml water; Mars Bars or similar; cag.
Place all this carefully in the day hatch in order before launching. 
Paddle
out through surf. Do a few practice rolls before the end of the day, then
try and locate a particular item. You are set up for the worst imaginable
capsize, that is, one where you go over with your right arm deep inside 
the
day hatch trying to find something on the far side of the compartment. Is
there a one-hand-up-the-day-hatch roll?
PT, Melbourne, OZ.

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