hints to seakayaking rescue

First rerunning the numbers for gas at $3/gal we come up near $378 for
gas, roughly 1400+ miles round trip.
Second next important date for the trip is April 30th, as this is the
first day that we can get a park permit pre-registered. I will be handling
this.
Third I will be comparing costs benefits of taking the ferry across the
lake vs driving through the UP. I hope to be able to do this in the next
day or so.

Side notes. Craig and I will try to finalize the float plan. We want to
base camp somewhere for at least tow nights.

So Sand bay Monday--> Oak island east--> ironwood island 2 nights, then
out to york one night, then out.

This makes for two rather lengthy paddles in and out.

Note on clothing. At a bare minimum you should have a wet suit, either
bottom, or full, or short suit. Preferrably a dry suit if available. Don't
risk taking any chances
with Lake Superior. Last time we were at Apostle Islands I tested with my
own sefl, wet suit bottoms. I purposely flipped my kayak in about 10 feet
of water and attempted to swim, walk on bottom. I happened to have planted
my temperature watch in the water and it was 37* that day. In less than
the 5 minutes it took to walk to shore I could not feel my legs nor, and I
could barely move them to walk into shore. Just an anecdote on how
dangerous these waters can be.

Trailer update. Last night I had a good welding session on have the
fenders all welded back on Craigs trailer. I will be adding supports to
the fenders, and a license plate holder tonight as well as some fresh
paint.

Articles to peruse before we

leave:

http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showCategory.html?category=26

Get in and out of boat:
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?31 this works for
some, but rarely if the kayak has been dumped.
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?38
Setting up in case you get capsized.
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?77 Can't stress this
enough as I experienced this once when we were at bois blanc, make sure
your sprayskirt handle is on the outside. And this should be practiced in
calm waters so that you know what to do instinctively. more on wet
exiting http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?474 While we
know that rolling a fully loaded expedition kayak is next to impossible
this article goes into more detail
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?103

next email blast clothing and my packing lists for kayak. Here is an
article on packing the kayak.
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?140
this whole section is on accessories
http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showCategory.html?category=6

Lots to read, let me know if this is helpful.

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