Which tools and emergency gear should belong on a tinny?

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*I carry a 10L jerry can up front for backup fuel (good little backup for me, but also incase I come across someone run out of fuel)

*I've also always got my Thermacell packed away incase you've got to spend a night (missed tides etc)

*Hydralyte is handy for dehydrated passengers (plus it takes up no room in tablet form)

*Panadol/Nurofen/Throat Lozenges/Cold and Flu Tablets etc (Bring the chemist to save on ruined fishing trips)

*My spare wheel bearings/Studs/grease/Bolts live in my boat so there never forgotten


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Great post....

I carry most of the items on the list.

I do carry 5pck of 2 min noodles which has got us out of trouble on a 3 day trip to shady. Bread got soaked and we ran out of food and didn't catch any fish.

Probably a bit on the lazy side when come carrying bulk water on day trips. Usually carry a box 600ml water and we go through that in most day trips. Never been caught up yet but reading this will get a spare 5l from shops to throw in one of the hatches.

On the overnighter we carry a 20l water jerrys.
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Sorry ....scapels and 3 tubes of super glue and couple boxes of travelcam in the first aid kit.
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Get a cheap set of screwdrivers from supercheap for $20. Also a cheapish shifter
Spray tools etc with inox and wrap them in rags - then pack them into vacuum seal bags - it stops them rusting.
Also pack some rags in a separate vac sealed bag to clean your hands etc
Ive had them last for many years like that.
Pack the whole lot into a small kinchrome plastic box – the ones with an o ring seal- tough as nails
Nothing worse than thinking you have a set of tools only to take out a bag of rust.
Re water, get the 10 l boxes of water and remove from the box and freeze it - they last a lot longer than a bag of crushed ice and you always have heaps of water if you get caught out.
of course you have your first aid kit - can be done the same way

thats a good idea re the spare thermacell

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Also carry beer, lots of beer!
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That's a great idea with the tools in vac sealed bags!
Just got myself a vac sealer the other week to.
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Defiant wrote:That's a great idea with the tools in vac sealed bags!
Just got myself a vac sealer the other week to.
You can use it if you like. Just a small fee applies! :drinking8:
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A couple of simple things incase you get stuck some where. I keep a spare mozzie net, raincoat (good for warmth as well), a fire extinguisher is a must, a knife and some thing to start a fire, a flint is best or water proof matches, a machetty has come in handy (got stuck up a creek behind a big log that had fallen across the creek while up it),
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I usually try to pack someone who knows more about things 12V and mechanical than I do...........

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Vinegar.

Pushed the boat out off the beach at camp creek on Monday to turn the nose as we were in a foot of water. Walked it 5m out on the flat and straight into a box jelly fish around the leg. Fun times.

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Apparently there's no evidence that vinegar works, it may even trigger worse stinging
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theodosius wrote:Apparently there's no evidence that vinegar works, it may even trigger worse stinging
I did hear that. None the less about four hours later after the boat was cleaned I jumped in the shower with a beer, sat down and poured vinegar on my legs. Some goopy bits fell off when I did that. I had washed them off with water when it happened (with the deck wash) and went on a very wet boat trip that lasted over an hour and then washed the boat down but I thought that the vinegar broke it down in seconds. Did nothing for the pain though.
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An impeller to suit your engine, no water flow, no go (not far anyway)
I've used my spare twice, once at the mouth of clear creek in my engine. The second at Adelaide river in a strangers boat a long way down stream from the bridge.
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dannett wrote:
theodosius wrote:Apparently there's no evidence that vinegar works, it may even trigger worse stinging
I did hear that. None the less about four hours later after the boat was cleaned I jumped in the shower with a beer, sat down and poured vinegar on my legs. Some goopy bits fell off when I did that. I had washed them off with water when it happened (with the deck wash) and went on a very wet boat trip that lasted over an hour and then washed the boat down but I thought that the vinegar broke it down in seconds. Did nothing for the pain though.
Like all things one day its good for you and the next its not . I have had a few bad stings and also treated a few .
The vinegar WORKS to stop the tentacles injecting again and also makes them release . They will continue to inject more
venom when you try pulling them off. The vinegar isn't actually for the pain ,but less injection means less pain .

Staying in my First aid kit .

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How do you go about changing the impeller overboard? Do you bbeach then wait for the tide?
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Its not as hard as you might think, its no job for butter fingers though. At Clear creek we just pulled the boat stern first up to a bit of bank that was firm enough to stand on, tilted the engine right up and took the leg of and changed the impeller in the the boat.
The Adelaide river was a bit trickier, did that from boat to boat, trussed the leg up with rope and let it drop into the water when the last bolt came out, getting it back in was a bitch but better that towing old mate all the way back against the tide.
The real trick is not dropping any bolts or spanners.
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