I had a New Year’s Day trip where the partial spray covers on my canoe came off as two giant frozen pizza slices.
More worrying, I’ve had my throw bag, which I keep off the bilge clipped around a thwart, end up as a frozen block of rope after some winter trips. No way it would have played out, or been throw-able as anything more than a brick in a bag.
I made a winter throw bag using a small dry bag with a grommet on the bottom. It doesn’t throw as well as a manufactured bag, but it is better than a frozen brick.
Is there such a thing as a winter throw bag?