Whats in your Ditch Bag and personal safety gear?

[TenMile]

Hey guys,

Given the recent tragedies that have impacted our fishing friends this summer I am going to make myself a ditch bag for the boat so my safety equipment is all together and close by.

Here is the minimal stuff you have to carry by law.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/debs-obs-equipment-size-menu-690.htm

Here are some of the things going into the bag - plan to store it by the helm:
- Multi-tool / Swiss Army knife
- PLB (new gift this summer)
- Air-horn
- Compass (handheld)
- Flares
- First Aid Kit
- Emergency Reflector/Blanket
- Waterproof Lighter
- Flash Light

Personal safety gear (beyond CCG recommended):
- Auto-inflating life jacket (always worn)
- Mustang survival jacket (worn offshore)
- Throw ring with line
- 100' of 1/2" line (old anchor line I put to use)
- Radar reflector
- Radar
- 2 x chartplotters each with GPS (worked out when I purchased my radar)
- Dash mounted compass
- Cell phone (with GPS and Google latitude location tracking installed)
- VHF with DSC connected to GPS and registered MMSI
- 9' Dinghy (I've started carrying this while fishing the West Coast)

What's in your ditch bag and/or collection of personal safety equipment?


TenMile
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[casper5280]

Not in my ditch bag, but on board:

Floater suits and life jackets
300 ft 3/8 poly line and a anchor
2x VHF radio(1 on channel 16,1 scanning programed channels)
2x GPS chart plotters
Radar
Dash mounted compass
Cellphone

Need to get Radar reflector,Also must register vhf #

Ditch Bag:
Dry bag of appropriate size
Strobe Light
Head Lamp
4 Space Blankets
Cyalume Glow Sticks
Signal Mirror
Whistle
Flares
Smoke
Survival Food
Water ? may also be a 5 gal jug on deck.
Radio
Handheld GPS
Compass
Extra AA batteries
Polypropylene clothing ? top, bottom, hat
Wool gloves
Waterproof outer layer clothing
Medical Kit ? including critical Rx medications
Waterproof sunscreen
Sunglasses
Fishing lures and line (entertainment, survival)
Multi-tool (eg Leatherman)
Duct Tape
Cable Ties
Parachute cord
Lighter
Zip Lock Bags
Diaper wipes in Ziploc bag (some creature comforts are required)