I usually launch from a high dock and always found it to be challenging for my 66 year old body. I used your rope idea today (6/5/20) and eureka! Thank you!!! I enter and exit my kayak with the grace of a gazelle :)

The man moves like a young teen! Bravo sir great tip and instructions!!

Absolute genius. So glad I watched your video. Now I'm no longer afraid to launch from a high dock.

Simple and elegant. Well explained and follows a clear logical plan. Many thanks.

Very informative video; thanks for sharing. I just bought a kayak today, and I took it out for the first time this afternoon. I've been canoeing for 35 years; finally got a kayak after considering it for a few years.

Thank you! I have avoided docks like this for this reason alone.

So clever yet so simple. I cant wait to try this!

I'm going to try kayaking and launching from a dock for the first time and thankfully you can find everything on KZfaq well lo and behold here's your video that explains it so perfectly, I feel I'm ready to go. Thank you!!

Thank you for this video! I have struggled getting in and out for years! That rope trick looks great! I may try it today!

Great idea, I would never have thought of this. Thanks.

Good grief. Sometimes the most simplest solutions are the ones you need to be shown!! Great video.

Genius! Wish I had stumbled on this video years ago. Thank you!

Beautiful solution and demonstration. You deserve an award for this!

Thank you! Never thought about tying to a cleat!

Awesome my wife and I will have to try this. She went to get into the kayak yesterday from the dock and rolled it. I laughed but she wasn't very happy... Thanks

Thanks for the video. Excellent demonstration.

This is genius! I have a technique I developed over the year that has worked, but it’s not very pretty to watch. you have opened my eyes! Thank you for sharing.

This is a great video. Thanks so much. I will use this technique soon.

Thanks for sharing that. I'm picking up my kayak tomorrow and most of the pontoons in our area end up being a foot or two off the water depending on the tide. Super helpful.

I very rarely launch from a dock but now when I do I now have this tip in my bag of tricks Thanks

Thank you for the tutorial. Really good tips there!

Brilliant - foolproof. I'm using a sit-on-kayak on UK canals and this method never fails! Drops are often 3 to 4 ft and I don't know of any other method that is as reliable.

Have launched my canoe many time tying off to a clear or post but docks always scared me with my kayak. Have to try this. Will be real helpful here in NC where the air can be warm but the water's still cold and beach launches are foot freezers.

So simple & effective. Thanks.

That is one neat trick which i will forever remember......Thanks :)

Great idea , new to kayaking tried it out worked great ..only used a super string thin rope polyprop , if no anchor cleat rope fits thru board joints easily , would not try to lower boat tho with this gauge of rope.. hard on hands id think .. Graham

Can confirm this 100% works! Hey - tip for those of us who paddle huge-cockpit boats: use the seat frame as your tie-off, with a line stiff enough to take your weight. CAREFULLY move your weight from one place to another. I had my paddle out as an outrigger (think Gandalf's staff, in the hand facing away from the dock). These might be overthinker type precautions, but this worked for my friend who has a very large frame. And I used it too - could have jumped into the boat!

Simple but brilliant !

Thanks very helpfull !!!! just received my new kayak ;)

Best video I've watched in months

Great tips. Thank you

Genius! Pure genius! Thank you!

Great tip, thanks!

Thanks for sharing! Really amazing technic

thats fantastic!! Thanks

Great tip thx buddy

This is very helpful!!!

genius! thank you for sharing!

Great video. I live on a river and I have floating docks. I have had a heck of a rime launching and getting out of my kayak for a while now. I hope I can Utilize this method. I weigh close to 300 pounds. So it’s harder to pull myself up from my lower distance.

Very cool. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this.

Excellent, works even on drops of over a metre.

So very helpful.

Great and helpfull vid, thanks mate.

Perfect! Thanks!!

Thank you!

What are you attaching to on your kayak?

Really clever and practical plan! Where did you get those "tallish" cleats. They look handy.

Great idea

I don’t get why people don’t keep a rope handy and use it. I use my rope to lead my kayak to a quiet part of the dock. I tie off my kayak and I can leisurely get my kayak ready and slip into it, get my skirt on, retrieve my paddle from the water (my paddle is leashed). I don’t feel rushed or like I am juggling things. Ditto getting off the water.

love this tip, will have to try it out. watching him wrap a sheet around his arm at 0:42 makes me a bit nervous though

Thank you for sharing. What is the make/model of your kayak and paddles? Looks great

Thank you sir

What a treat for older guys like me (age 78)! Going to try it out right away. Joe Jordan

Brilliant 😎👍

Beautiful

Great.. thanks! Just got my first kayak.. the park where I'm testing it has a dock.. was wondering how that was going to work.. side rope!

my guy got ropes on everything

brilliant

This works!

Wish I saw this before I tried my first time. Rope at the middle is the difference.

What do you have the rope attached to on your kayak, please?

Well done me ol lad

What do you have the rope connected to on your kayak?

Using a rope to secure your boat to a cleat is standard procedure. The only thing I would suggest is to look up how to secure a rope to a cleat. You don’t want to use knots because those can be tricky to untie especially in an emergency. Some knots tighten when tension is applied to the rope. So if you use such a knot, the weight of your body when you board your kayak will tighten the knot, making it doubly hard to untie.

Thanks

This will only work for floating docks. You will go under the dock on the other kind of docks.

Ty

And if there’s no cleats or anything to tie onto?

Can this also be done with a canoe?

What kind of paddle is that ?

Mdr quel agilité cet personne !!! C'est dingue mais ce suis dis c'est pas du tous comme cela que l'ont grimpe Dans un kayak !!! 😣😣😣

Where do attach the rope to on the kayak?

What kayak is that?

great idea if your yak is light but having a 80 lb. one I don't think it will work that easy.

Whats with the mirrors on the paddles?

Nice video. You missed the most important part. How did you move the kayak from the ramp to the water? You skipped this in the video.

The boat would be even more stable if the line was attached to the far side of the boat. good job and nice simple solution.

Is that a Little Wing kayak???

Good tip. What kind of kayak is that?

What technique would you use for an uneven muddy bank? In most, of my kayaking I don't have the luxury of a dock of any kind (good info to know where I do, thank you!)

What if you have nothing to attach the rope too😮

So how about a 2-person kayak with an 8 year old?

I just drink 6 cans of beer before boarding and it happens automatically, don't care how. PS. Usually I go head first.

My kayak fully rigged weighs over 120 lbs

Assuming you have a dock with handy cleats. Not guaranteed....

Sorry ...but this is a Video that shows how NOT to do it !!! Wy you lift your kayak ...its wood you just can slide it ...so you can protect your back ...instead of the fancy rope you can use a tow line.... paddel can be keppt on the kakak ...so you dont step on it... Video like this are not really helpfull ! Will make on ...promised