FWIW IME Brian the Cape Falcon guy is pretty solid with experience. I met him just before the pandemic kicked in to demo one of his kayak designs (based on the legendary Coaster by Mariner, but with some mods and skin on frame of course). I want to try his canoes. Don't know his course contents, but the outline looks fairly thorough. I've also been a lightweight backpacker and spring ski tourer and done canoe and kayak tripping, all with a minimalist approach, so anyone feel free to hit me up for advice on keeping it simple. On the relatively few multi-day liveaboards I've done with my M17 so far, I am still trying to figure out what to do with all that extra empty space... :-) cheers, John On 8/5/21 12:26 PM, casioqv@usermail.com wrote:
One can always use 'ultralight backpacking' methods to provision an M15 for a long trip. People regularly do week long trips with only 10lbs of supplies + 5lb/day water and 1-2lb/day of dehydrated food... and it's even easier in an M15 since you don't need a tent, sleeping pad, or extreme cold sleeping bag! A watermaker or filter (for fresh water) could even reduce the water weight for long trips. There's also a lot of good advice out there on kayak camping, which is highly applicable to the M15. There's really no reason to carry heavy cargo for long cruises on an M15.
I took this $12 online course from Cape Falcon Kayak on packing for kayak trips, which helped me drastically reduce the weight when doing longer trips on my M15: https://cape-falcon-kayak.thinkific.com/courses/lightweight-camping-for-kaya...
Sincerely, Tyler
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