Clip one of these to the hand of the ditch bag...
Jens Carabiner - Titanium |Â* Kershaw Knives
The handle makes it easy to latch stuff to (line on tender / liferaft) and the hook on the end is a good (very sharp) line cutter. with three small wrenches on the other end.
I also have a multi-tool with saws, wrenches, etc.
Nice to have would be a kershaw axe
Tinder |Â* Kershaw Knives
I wish they would put the line cutter edge right near the shaft of axe head...
Now all I have to do is cure arthritis and find a boat
Stu
An axe in a ditch bag!?
Won't leave the truck on my snowmobile without one
I bet the Skipper wish he'd packed one for the three hour tour
I've become a fan of vacuum packing bags. Might be helpful for some of the items in the ditch bag.
An axe in a ditch bag!?
I guess you think you'll paddle up to the Ritz Carleton?
If you don't take it with you, don't plan on finding it when you land.
In case why not just pack a chain saw and get it over with?
I'll play the odds thanks. And I think I'd save the space and weight that an axe would take up for another EPIRP, more water, energy bars, etc.
The likelyhood of anybody here needing an axe in their ditch bag if they every have to abandon ship is pretty small. Even the folks in Alaska are more likely to burn drift wood they find on a beach then cut down trees.
As to paddling up to a Ritz Carlton goes, where I do most of my boating these days, that's not to far fetched. There is at least a good likelyhood there might be a beach bar near by.