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From: Peter Treby <ptreby_at_ozemail.com.au>
subject: [Paddlewise] Day Hatch Organizing
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:46:22 +1000
Ah, an archangel to the rescue.
> 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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