What's in your ditch bag?
 

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The bitch in the ditch?

That's where my #1 belonged, or maybe still is.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

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The lesson I learned from "Castaway" is you should alway keep a
lighter in your pocket.

What happens if it gets wet? salt water can rust and ruin the
mechanism.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

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On Dec 14, 9:38 am, HK wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I mean, aside from Wife #1? (That's a joke, fellas)
http://www.equipped.org/
Good site with all sorts of "survival" info, including a fairly long
section on boating ditch bags, life rafts, personal signaling GPS devices,
et cetera.
No time to read the cluttered mess. But, if condoms, nylons & chocolate
aren't on the list, it's almost worthless.
Ditch bag, not bitch bag. Sheesh.- Hide quoted text -

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The bitch in the ditch?

Dumb response, Sally.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:34:40 -0500, HK wrote:

I mean, aside from Wife #1? (That's a joke, fellas)

http://www.equipped.org/


Good site with all sorts of "survival" info, including a fairly long
section on boating ditch bags, life rafts, personal signaling GPS
devices, et cetera.

Compass, spare GPS/VHF handheld, spare batteries, SOLAS flares/smoke,
basic first aid kit, water purifying tablets, water proof matches,
candle, firestarter, two flashlights, survival blankets and a mirror.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:34:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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Compass, spare GPS/VHF handheld, spare batteries, SOLAS flares/smoke,
basic first aid kit, water purifying tablets, water proof matches,
candle, firestarter, two flashlights, survival blankets and a mirror.

That's a good start for back country survival but it's important to
note that you cannot desalinate water with purification tablets, and
solar stills have a bad reputation. Therefore I would add bottled
water to the kit and some sort of high energy food like granola bars.
For use on a liferaft you can delete the matches, candle and
firestarter unless you have a reasonable chance of reaching land.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:37:57 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:34:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Compass, spare GPS/VHF handheld, spare batteries, SOLAS flares/smoke,
basic first aid kit, water purifying tablets, water proof matches,
candle, firestarter, two flashlights, survival blankets and a mirror.

That's a good start for back country survival but it's important to
note that you cannot desalinate water with purification tablets, and
solar stills have a bad reputation. Therefore I would add bottled
water to the kit and some sort of high energy food like granola bars.
For use on a liferaft you can delete the matches, candle and
firestarter unless you have a reasonable chance of reaching land.

Water is in the First Aid kit - enough for two people, two days along
with protien bars - enough for a couple of days.

You would probably laugh at the First Aid kit, but when I explain the
presence of some of the items, it all seems to make sense and people
say - I never thought of that. :)

That's how I have room for all the other stuff.

What's in your ditch bag?
 

On Dec 15, 5:02 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:37:57 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:34:29 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Compass, spare GPS/VHF handheld, spare batteries, SOLAS flares/smoke,
basic first aid kit, water purifying tablets, water proof matches,
candle, firestarter, two flashlights, survival blankets and a mirror.

That's a good start for back country survival but it's important to
note that you cannot desalinate water with purification tablets, and
solar stills have a bad reputation. Therefore I would add bottled
water to the kit and some sort of high energy food like granola bars.
For use on a liferaft you can delete the matches, candle and
firestarter unless you have a reasonable chance of reaching land.

Water is in the First Aid kit - enough for two people, two days along
with protien bars - enough for a couple of days.

You would probably laugh at the First Aid kit, but when I explain the
presence of some of the items, it all seems to make sense and people
say - I never thought of that. :)

That's how I have room for all the other stuff.

Well....???