Good technique. Since I had bilateral hip replacement surgery, I was thinking of different ways to re-enter without hyperflexing my legs and hips. This is what I needed. Thanx..

Sencillo y genial !!....Lo instalaré en mi nuevo kayak. Gracias !!

Thank you. Nice to see someone else do it. You're smooth. Good on you mate.

I really like this. I was practicing paddle float re-entries yesterday and never thought to try this.

Mark, sorry to reach back after seven years. Just researching your video… Thanks for putting this together! Question on the MV size… I’m 6 feet, 200 pounds with a 31 inch inseam… would you go MV or HV?

Excellent life saving video. Thank you!

I can do this much faster with less set-up, though people with large upper bodies or poor strength to weight ratios will have trouble. In this case your method looks excellent. I paddle off Oregon where the water is cold, so I always use a drysuit with its inherent flotation. With drysuit and PFD I can push the overturned kayak's bow up enough to drain the water, though I kick with my head briefly submerged, like a typical water start with a sailboard. I then place my unfeathered paddle under the rear deck lines and with a quick SOT style re-entry, face down and slithering over the cockpit followed by a quick move do drop my seat into the cockpit, I pop right back in the nearly dry boat. I use to use a paddle float but found this completely unnecessary. I have no trouble retrieving the paddle and have never had it come out of the deck lines. I can be back inside in under 30 seconds with this technique.

Thanks for the good demonstration of some useful techniques. Just brilliant!

Very well explained and thought out! I like the re-entry Alot and will give it a go! Being a larger paddler and having a High volume boat id have to concentrate on NOT leaning too much on the paddle float side or risk breaking the paddle! Im hoping 3/4 of my weight will be on the kayak side. Thank you for sharing your cool idea!

What happens if you end up swimming on the starboard side of the kayak? Do you swim under the boat to get to the side with the rigging? Also, it's not a good idea to let go of your paddle when flipping the boat upright, IMO.

So you _intentionally_ removed some perimeter line and then make up for the loss with your own jerry-rigged line? What is the point of that?

Hi we’re do I get those cam rope locks from?

excellent

Is there any risk to break a carbon paddle doing so. Thanks

Instead of draining the yak. by using the pump. Is it not more efficient when the yak is inverted to raise the nose&rock a bit?

Another rescue shown in flat water. 😂 Useless.