Just bombproof that damn roll! It's so easy with sea kayak you can do it in slow mo with two fingers ^_^

Susanne Williams Gravity. In service for you since -4300000000.

Hah

Holy shit, I thought that too!!!

Hi Frank, I can do this in a 30mph wind with 5 foot wind chop, but I can also do any other self rescue in those conditions as well, because I've practiced it enough that it's second nature. My experience from 20 years of being a paddling instructor is that most real world self rescues of any type fail due to lack of practice, and lack of fitness.

Unless it's an old 2nd-hand one, i don't think you can find a cheap SoF. You can get a strong, high-quality one from Trak Kayaks: ks191.isrefer.com/go/TK/feumar/

You will need hard core if you, like me, prefer to go kayaking alone.

Hi Peter, I agree with a lot of your points. This is a good self rescue for an unloaded lightweight kayak in certain conditions. I took out the float bags for the purpose of the demonstration to show how quickly the water can come out using this technique. As a lifelong sea kayaker I am generally skeptical of rescues because in most cases where a rescue would be truly needed this situation would prevent any sort of rescue from working and so personally I tend to focus on judgment and paddling skill as being the larger portion of my overall safety strategy. That said it’s important to know and practice all sorts of rescues. Lateral buoyancy is not typically compatible with modern sea kayaking but I don’t have any problem with it in theory! Thanks for commenting.

@@capefalconkayak Hi, You did indeed make the limitations of the method clear (calm conditions + empty kayak + good PFD) and other comments from viewers confirm that that message was taken on board. I guess the principle behind my thinking is that if a worst case scenario is catered for, in the buoyancy design, then all other lesser situations will be a breeze. From all the evidence it seems, for decked kayaks, that the buoyancy design configuration of 1) solid, end buoyancy 2) minimum volume cockpit i.e. low Cockpit Intake Test measurement and 3) continuous (confluent) hull space, confers a superior safety performance to the vast majority of conventional designs. In the case of skin on frame construction it would be more difficult to emulate that performance but nevertheless it could be aspired to. For all the data see my Windslicer website and, in particular, the unpublished Winning report and the "Hatches Off" recovery method. I think it is great that people like you take the trouble to do all the work to post these excellent KZfaq videos. Thank you for that.

I think so

I think the dry suit adds boyancy but i maybe wrong

I've been able to do this successfully with a dry suit on, but I think it would be a lot harder without the extra bouancy.

I was about to comment that

A ridged camping mat.

You obviously have no idea who I am.

It looks like an F1. He designs and makes them himself.

@Nh hN Haha...direct sunlight is my mortal enemy....so I jump in every 1/2 hour or so to cool off. :)

Greenland Paddle. He has a free course on his website on how to build one.