the part about the knife reminds me,canoe trippers are advised to carry a fixed blade sheath knife on their belt when working canoes up or down rapids on ropes,"lining",so they can slash the lines if they get tangled around legs,rocks,whatever.just another note to think about in the search for just the right knife.on the water just about anything can happen,canoe trippers have had the same fate in the barren lands where sudden winds can come out of no where and capsize a canoe and sweep it away before it can be retrieved.