Next summer I will make a 2 minute video showing my kit. It shows up at 3:35 minutes in the gathering video. I paddle a Wenonah Prism solo canoe. The internal frame backpacking packs allow their tapered tops to be pushed into the narrow ends of the canoe. Laying these packs flat puts everything below the gunnels, a big advantage in rough water and high winds. Another video idea is "101 uses for a bucket on a canoe trip." Number 99 is using them as pontoons when you are sinking into a boggy portage.

knafelc wrote on Jan 31^st, 2013 at 6:13pm:


I have mentioned this before but it bears repeating........I detest the snap on, hard to get off typical plastic lid. Home Depot has a lid system for 5 gal buckets that is very slick indeed. The "receiver part" (for lack of a better word) snaps onto the bucket and remains more or less permanently.........the "top" is a screw on lid which is a breeze to remove. I think it was about $8 but for a one time purchase that eliminates some hassle at the end of a long day it's a no brainer IMO.