One of the members at KBF is developing a high tech float plan tool. He's looking for advice, so take a look here and tell me what's missing.

good idea. And l like his choice of kayak, the "strapon 120" HaHaHa!

better yet it was pink

pretty good idea...doesn't everyone have a pink strapon?

When Otter and Yetavon floated the broad I printed off google earth and highlighted our float plan with an estimated time of me calling to say I was headed home.

I always tell her what lakes and where I plan to go on them. google earth as well. Lake Blalock is big enough to require this. at least with my limited stamina paddling as of yet.

I use google earth too... I have my usual haunts printed out and if they differ form the last time I use a new one and highlight where I plan to go... Low tech but it works and I feel better and the wife seems to fel better about "knowing" where I am... Be safe folks... Especially in the cold water we got now.. I was on the Wando today and the river was about 43degrees, the flats were much warmer at 45-46 degrees... Either one I would have been dead rather quickly if I had been stuck in the water for any length of time... Be safe and make sure people know where you are...

any of you guys ever spent the night looking for a lost kayaker?...well, I have - this looks awesome and pretty much covers the whole deal...Wow. One thing I really push is reflective material on everything possible -PFD's, hats, kayaks - even on the bottom...we work with the CG helos out of Hunter, we all have a lot of difficulty spotting a dark green yak at night in the best of conditions. Open water is not your friend and you can end up anywhere with the tides and currents. I think it says something for our fishing yakkers to say I don't recall ever going after a fishing yak... it's always the unprepared novices....no drinking, water, no signalling devices - dressed for the summer when it's 50 degrees...

[quote="nikonjedi"]I use google earth too... I have my usual haunts printed out and if they differ form the last time I use a new one and highlight where I plan to go... Low tech but it works and I feel better and the wife seems to fel better about "knowing" where I am... Be safe folks... Especially in the cold water we got now.. I was on the Wando today and the river was about 43degrees, the flats were much warmer at 45-46 degrees... Either one I would have been dead rather quickly if I had been stuck in the water for any length of time... Be safe and make sure people know where you are...[/quote

okay - so what about the fish?