I read a book last year Posted by: deuce on Feb-21-13 9:18 AM (EST)
about canoe camping and the author recommended tying a rope to a thwart, running it through all the bags except for one, then tying the other end to that one. His argument was boat recovery and water extraction would be much easier without a boat full of gear and the gear would still be easy to recover when things settled down. Haven't tried it because I generally canoe camp where boat recovery is extremely unlikely to be necessary, but...............