We had a great time at Craft Day at the weekly meeting this week. I showed how to make a temporary repair to a cracked boat (check out Fix a cracked boat... ), we put together small 1st Aid kits for the backs of our boats, and everyone made themselves a pair of hand paddles cut from broken boats in my yard.
Here is the list of suggested items for a small first aid kit. I got almost all of them into a 1 liter nalgene bottle. Solly then duct-taped a small carabiner to the top of the bottle making an ideal "back-of-the-boat" kit.
5-10 pairs gloves (keeps all that icky stuff off you)
Scissors or multi-tool
10-20 Band-Aids
~ 4 Gauze Pads
Double Antibiotic Ointment (my dog is allergic to the Triple Antibiotic Cream)
2+ cravats (I just cut up our oldest sheet into triangles ~ 4 ft across, then folded and ironned them very small)
Possible Medications: Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen/Aspirin, Benedril or another antihistamine,Any personal meds
** Please check w/a doctor before including ANY medications!
Emergency shelter (I put in 2 garbage bags: 1 for my top and 1 for my bottom)
Zip-ties (between these, the safety pins, and the duct tape you can fix anything)
4+ safety pins
Gorilla tape, wrapped around...
Permanent marker + paper
2+ ziplocks (can be used to irrigate wounds)
Emergen-C or other drink packs
Extra Food (I pick the gnarliest-tasting energy bar possible so you won't eat it in a non-emergency; e.g. peanut PowR Bar)
Lighter + matches (both in a small ziplock)
Firestarter (I use short lengths of bicycle tires)
Headlamp or flashlight (w/extra batteries)
Next week I'll demonstrate how to repair a wrist gasket on a drytop (pretty easy). Hopefully, I'll be able to post step-by-step pictures on how to make your own hand paddles from that broken boat - once he gets a digital camera for Christmas (hint, hint).
- Tom
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