Kayak camping gear setup

[Occy]

Just did 2 nights on the Macleay n can definitely recommend the dry bags for your gear. I lost it twice on rapids and found out just how watertight my yak is. Not. Tent n sleeping bag in garbage bags got wet but everything else stayed relatively dry. Given the soaking rain all day saturDay everything got soaked anyway so there wasn't too much of a difference at the end of the trip.
By the way our party scored around 20 bass, with most around the 40 cm mark and one horse of 55 cm. . Given how much fun we had despite the rain Im definitely going to do some more of this yak camping thing so will try and improve my rapid negotiating skills, n invest in a few more dry bags.

[TheFishinMusician]

Sounds like a good trip Occy & nice job on the bass!
I tend to prioritize my drybags with stuff I want 100% dry guaranteed, so my sleeping stuff & dry set of camp clothes gets the most attention & the best bags.

[goanywhere]

In preparation for an upcoming 3 dayer, 2 nighter I bought a few more dry bags on eBay. I also invested in a dry duffle bag, 60 litre. Arrived yesterday, and it's awesome. Most of my gear will fit in that, packed in individual smaller dry bags. That will sit in my rear tankwell, leaving the bow hatch, middle hatch and inbuilt icebox for things like folding stools, kayak trolley, cool drinks and fishing gear.

My JEM Sabalo is showing it's strengths in terms of stowing capacity. It can take heaps of gear and is an ideal cruising yak. This will be the first multi-night cruise since I built her, and so far it's exceeding expectations. Can't wait.

By the way, invitations are open for SA yakkers wanting to get away on the June long weekend. Plans are to head down the Coorong, launching from HIndmarsh Island, across the mouth and down to camp on the Younghusband Peninsular.

I intend to take the sail and outriggers as well, but non-sailing folks welcome.

[SurfanFish]

After Mark's post, I picked up a heap of dry bags (10 & 20L) from Anaconda. On sale, half price and still running (my local anyway). Well worth it.

[goanywhere]

Just thought I'd post some pics of my cookset setup. It's my own arrangement after some trial and error over the years. I don't always pack so compactly but for bushwalking or when space is at a premium it works really well.













I put everything in a woolies shopping bag with a rubber band to seal. It packs into my new 60 ltr dry duffel bag really nicely with most of my camping gear.

[Occy]

Interesting set up with the cooking gear there. It's quite an art getting it right like you appear to have done. On our recent macleay river trip one of the guys had a Jet boil kit http://www.jetboil.com/, which I must say was absolutely awesome. Boiling water in under 2 minutes. Anyone else have on of these.

[goanywhere]

The jetboil system is awesome. Obviously if you are going to extremes every gram of weight and gas is of premium importance, and they deliver the goods. My system suits my needs more than well enough. The el cheapo aly foil windshield is the best part. It acts as a very effective wind break and also keeps the heat focused to the bottom of the cooking utensil, which is what the jetboil system does. I can boil 1/2 a litre of cold water in about 7.5 minutes with the shield in place, which is not bad for a moderately priced burner I think. A 460gm canister of propane/butane does me for quite a few days too.

[Occy]

We were using an ancient single burner set up which was quite effective actually, but took ages compared to the jet boil. I still can't get my head around the fact the Jet Boil pumps out so much heat, yet to all intents and purposes is completely covered by what looks like a stubby holder.

[mingle]

Just been preparing and testing out my latest yak-camping gear setup...

Most of the stuff (tent, sleeping-bag/mat, spare clothes, etc.) is stored in dry-bags, but I found a more
convenient way of keeping things like the cooking-gear, food, torches, batteries, first-aid kits in a
fairly organised way. I managed to find a couple of plastic storage boxes that can fit in the front hatch
of the Revo.

The larger one contains my pans, kettle, stove & trangia burners and fuel, cutlery, toiletries, lighters,
torches, first aid kit and various other bits and pieces:



I used to use this larger box for the cooking gear, food and all the other odds and ends, but this time I've
packed more pans and stuff, so I needed a separate box for the food. I found a perfectly-sized Systema
storage box into which I've packed all the nosh I'll need for a couple of days:



Not exactly haute cuisine, but when I'm out camping, top-notch grub is not high on my agenda!

This is all the camping gear and food I take:



1: Sleeping mat and pillow
2: Tent
3: Sleeping bag and liner
4: Spare clothes
5: Wet-weather gear
6: Cooking/Miscellaneous gear box
7: Food box
8: GSI Micro-table

The total weight of this lot is a rather hefty 24kg.

Amazingly all of this will fit in the front hatch of the Revo. I slide the sleeping-mat and tent back underneath
the gunnels to make a bit more rooms for the rest of the stuff, but it's a reasonably comfortable fit.

Cheers,

Mike.

[eric]

Water.

[mingle]

Oh yeah, that doesn't include the 3 x 1.75 litre bottles of water that I fit in the hull under the seat!

[RedPhoenix]

Looks like a good setup!

Anaconda has a bunch of these deck bags at the moment for around $45 (the blue ones, on the tramps).

I've found them to be spectacularly good for lightweight-but-bulky gear on the AI.

Seal is perfectly adequate for tramp-style water action.

Red.

[goanywhere]

Mingle you must like camping rough. For an upcoming 4 day trip, as well as all that I will take:

Tarp & poles (for rain shelter & to cook under)
Self-inflating sleeping mat
Folding stool
Full size pillow stuffed into a 10lt dry bag (nothing like a full size pillow)
13 litres of water.
2 bottles of red
First aid kit
Emergency repair kit and tool kit.
I like nice meals when I go away so I make a couple of curries, stews etc. and put them in plastic containers and freeze them. If you put them in an insulated bag they do for the first couple of days out. I only take packet or tinned stuff for the later days.

And of course fishing gear and some bait.

All of this fits easily on and in my Sabalo, with room to spare.

[RedPhoenix]

2 bottles of red

Dingo repellent. Though only available after I've had at least 2 litres of water.

Red.

[Bertros]

Oh yeah, that doesn't include the 3 x 1.75 litre bottles of water that I fit in the hull under the seat!

Recently found some 10l casks of water (just like cask wine, only bigger) at Coles supermarket which proved perfect for my wife and i on our 3 day Easter camping trip up Murramurra Creek off the Hawkesbury. Managed to fit them through the small centre hatch and they lasted the distance. Priceless. We finished the last of the water off as we finished the 34km round trip back at the car, absolutely shattered.

Had no dingoes despite copious quantities of red wine consumed.... A couple of wild dogs shook us up though.