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Great topic.
Without racking my brain on this, I can say that I also carry the Garmin InReach in the event there’s an emergency outside of cell service.
It has a feature where I can broadcoast my position on a password-protected web page that a family member checks on his phone throughout the day.
I also have a “drop dead” time that I’ll be back and, if I’m not, text the phone, then text the Garmin. If there’s no response, call the calvary and give them my last known position.
Of course, there’s the SOS feature, but I like having something of a dead man’s switch in case I can’t use it.
After that, I sometimes have whiskey/vodka/whatever in a flask.
Man, you never know. That has bailed me out more than once. One time I got stung by a stingray and a shot of whiskey took the edge off.
It was in either 2016 or 2017 when we had really bad fog during winter, and I had crossed Lake Borgne for an afternoon trip, and that badass fog rolled in. Me and my bud were in the Biloxi Marsh and the sun was going down and it was so foggy I could hardly see the bow of the boat. It was wild.
Crossing Lake Borgne to go home was nerve wracking, and that’s coming from the guy Chas Champagne calls “Gorilla Nuts”.
A shot of whiskey calmed the nerves and we made it home safely.
Or if you get stuck on an island you’ll want something to do. lol
