Weigh every person and every item against the group allowance on your invoice.
Pack for the aircraft
Your aircraft weight allowance is the group limit shown on your invoice. It includes every hunter's body weight as well as all food, gear and shared equipment.
Weigh the complete group load before leaving home.
Use medium duffels, plastic totes and coolers instead of hard suitcases.
Small flexible bags pack efficiently in a floatplane. Two manageable coolers are usually more useful than one giant boxy cooler.
Remove exposed hooks from fishing rods and label every item with the party name and bright painter's or duct tape.
Keep heavy-duty garbage bags or rain covers accessible for a wet dock transfer.
Keep medication and essential documents accessible.
Leave room in the plan for hunting and meat-care equipment.
Fuel discipline
LABEL FIRST. VERIFY TWICE.
Wesley's supplies straight gasoline. Generators use straight gas. Chainsaws use mixed gas. A personal two-stroke outboard requires oil mixed at the engine manufacturer's specified ratio; for the common camp setup, use 50:1 only when that is the motor's required ratio.
Straight gas
Supplied fuel
Keep straight gas clearly labelled and separate from mixed fuel. Never add two-stroke oil directly to a container unless the entire container is being dedicated and labelled for that mixture.
Mixed fuel
Do not guess
Two-stroke oil may tint the fuel and can leave an oily residue after a small sample evaporates, but colour, smell and residue are not definitive tests. Labels and known handling history are the reliable identifiers.
Uncertain can
Isolate it
Do not put uncertain fuel into an engine. Set it aside, mark it “unknown,” contact Wesley's on the inReach and use a clearly identified container instead.
On the water
BALANCE THE BOAT.
Two hunters per boat is ideal—one forward and one aft. Three may be possible only when the boat's capacity, the load and conditions allow it. Every person must wear the properly fitted life jacket they brought.
Many camp boats are 14-foot Lunds. A 9.9 hp outboard is the practical fit.
Heavier motors—especially a 15 hp four-stroke—can make the stern difficult to balance. Place the fuel tank forward as directed.
Before heading out, check the boat, drain plug, motor attachment, known fuel supply, paddles and safety gear. Confirm the return route and weather with the group.
Someone in the group should understand basic small-engine troubleshooting. Use the starting and troubleshooting sheets in the outpost binder for the motor at your camp. If a simple check does not resolve a problem, stop and message Wesley’s on the inReach; do not dismantle or modify the motor.
Follow the capacity plate, motor rating, load limit, weather conditions and all current boating and hunting laws.
From the outpost binder
GENERATOR ROUTINE.
Read the starting and troubleshooting instructions for the generator at your camp before operating it. Keep it in its designated ventilated location, use clearly identified straight gas and shut it down as the camp instructions direct.
Suggested schedule
Keep food cold
An older cabin binder suggests about two hours in the morning, one hour at midday and two hours in the evening. Adjust to actual refrigerator and freezer temperatures and your camp’s current instructions; this is a starting point, not a fixed schedule.
Cabin water pump
Charge while running
At cabins with a water-pump battery charger, plug it into the generator during a run as instructed. Overcast fall days may leave the solar system short of charge.
If it will not start
Use the camp sheet
Check only the labelled controls, fuel and connections described in the binder for that unit. If the cause is unclear, stop, leave it safe and contact Wesley’s by inReach. Never improvise with unknown fuel or bypass a safety device.
Remote camp equipment
USE IT WITH CARE.
Know the camp systems before you use them. Stop and message Wesley’s if a fuel container or piece of equipment is unclear.
