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Posts by James Jenkins‭

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Q&A How to avoid getting wet when exiting a canoe onto shore?

Getting out is not the hard part. It is getting in and going again without getting wet. To get out: If the beach is large enough come in sideways, lean away from shore to as you beach. when the...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are those other three holes in the boat's transom?

Based on the information available in your current question. There should be hoses attached to the three 'holes' you don't regularly plug. Inspect all the hoses from all the 'holes', repair or rep...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭

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Q&A Is Salmon caught in the seawater or freshwater? Which is the preferred way, and the most ecological way?

which is the best moment in order not to endanger the species? Pacific salmon only spawn once in their life. At the point when they have spawned they are generally not considered eatable. The...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  edited 4y ago by James Jenkins‭

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Q&A Single walled plastic vs vacuum insulated water bottle for hiking and everyday use

You have 3 scenarios for usage Everyday (going from home to work and back) Backpacking Exercise None of these have any reasonable need for vacuum insulation. A vacuum flask (also known as a...

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Q&A Best practices for physical and inventory management of a ready pack/bug out bag

You are overthinking this. The dates on food, don't mean they are expired, they are the date the manufacture wants to you buy a new one if you haven't eaten it yet. Are Dates for Food Safet...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A How would one person control two canoes?

I am planning an adventure, and realized that while I will have one able bodied paddler, I will likely have two canoes of load. In thinking about it, I have imagined several scenarios where this m...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is the longest dead end road on US public land?

In this answer at; I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go? It claims ...logging roads These may extend many miles into the forest, with multiple branches, all ending in dead ends. There...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

There are some good answers about trails that I am not going to expand on. For roads that are not heavily used like logging roads These may extend many miles into the forest, with multiple branc...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

If I am lost in the woods, and I find a trail or a road, how do I decide which way to go? Autumn Veatch was 16 years old in 2015, when her grandparents small plane crashed in the North Cascade Mo...

10 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How predictable are the doldrums?

There have been a few Atlantic and Pacific row boat crossings. Poor weather is a significant risk. While it might be nice to row with the wind at your aft (back of boat), it might also be nice to...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some tips to setting up a refuge if I am lost in the woods

If your lost for days, setting up a refuge is the last thing you want to do. People make themselves a camp and sit there and die. Her cell phone couldn’t get a signal. Instead of continuing to...

posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are the shortest and longest crossing points of the Atlantic?

Inspired by a recent question. If I want to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a boat, what are the shortest and longest possible crossing sites? Where crossing = going from one continent to another wh...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How necessary it is to have an SUV with AWD for trailheads in Collegiate Peaks, Upper Ark River Valley?

AWD (All Wheel Drive) is available in many small cars and 'cross over' vehicles. You don't need to choose an SUV to have it. Note that Four Wheel Drive (4WD or 4X4) is different then AWD. If you...

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Q&A Can I eat Rabbit Poop?

I know that rabbits eat their droppings (cecotropes) and I have heard of feeding rabbit droppings to pigs. Rabbits are vegetarians. There droppings do not have the same consistency or negative sec...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A In a survival situation is it actually efficient to eat edible plants?

There are a couple of long quality answers. This is the short simple version. There are either berries or not, if there are berries, and you know they are safe, eat them. If your sitting and wai...

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Q&A Will a Sunfish mast and rigging fit any other dinghy models?

You don't need a 'bonafide sunfish hull', but there is not a lot of standardization across manufactures for small sail craft. Many parts are custom built for each make/model. Different boats re...

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Q&A Can I preserve a freshly caught fish with a soft bag cooler?

If you are going with a cooler in your scenario, I would get a soft sided cooler with wheels Random Example on Amazon I have one at home that folds up nicely, the example I used has a hard insert....

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Q&A How reliably can you assess the condition of a reverse-osmosis desalinator?

You can test it at home. Make you own salt water by adding 35grams of salt to a liter of water. Desalinate the water to a new container, and measure the salinity with a hydrometer. one of lo...

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Q&A How to recognize an ocean desert from the surface?

There are large areas of the ocean that are essentially lifeless, often called ocean deserts. If I am traveling the ocean, and not familiar with potential sea life in the area, can I tell from clu...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A When fishing in the Ocean off the US coast, at what point do fishing laws stop?

If you are fishing in the ocean off the United States Coast. At what distance from shore do US fishing laws no longer apply? The US Coast Guard listes, boundaries at 12, 24 and 200 Miles. Ma...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A How much fish can a saltwater angler catch per day?

First there are legal limits, these vary by species and the legal body with control over the body of water. Second physical (without regard for the law) catch limits are boundless. The right bait...

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Q&A Portable desalination hand pump filter life?

I was looking into portable desalination hand pumps. and I found this one one Amazon for $959 it says the Katadyn Survivor 06 is the world's smallest hand-operated desalinator and can easily fi...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I get fresh water from ocean plants?

In the answer to Can I get fresh water from ocean fish flesh? I learned that the water I can get from eating fish has a low enough salt content that it will hydrate me, BUT the high protein count w...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I get fresh water from ocean fish flesh?

Ocean water has about 35 Grams of salt per liter. For the human body salt content in body fluids is about 9 Grams per liter. See related question How much sea water can I safely drink? While it ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A What do the numbers on a sail boats sail represent?

Many but not all sailboats have numbers displayed on their sail, what do those numbers mean? I am looking for a general answer, not one specific to the random example image below. example image f...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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