Seven ways of Solo-Kayak-Reentry 

Not to mention a spray skirt...

Not to mention no wind or waves….you could probably come up with another 7 in a warm swimming pool😅

or in a 21" wide kayak

gotta love a heated pool though!

Bring your camera, I'll demonstrate it for you.

@@LookoutLance Don't have a camera? Come to NY I'll film you.

Thank you very much Jim.

The penguin is actually much easier than it looks.

And if you’re not athletic enough to re-enter and you capsize then you’re proper fucked and probably shouldn’t have gone out in the first place 🤷🏼‍♂️

No athletics required, just a willingness to get wet and a can do (maybe) attitude.

I think a few definitely would as long as you not in the surf zone!

It's not hard to imagine.

Buoyancy helps a lot. Not as hard as you think

It is more the leg kick while comfortable in the water than arm strength.

Hi Mark, the deck lines do not disturb. I would say with a wetsuit all moves are a little bit easier. The pfd makes a bit a difference and also the sprayskirt. Specially the moves when you lift your body from the water on top of the kayak. I didn't us all this during this demonstrations as it is more difficult to see the details with all the things hanging around. But it works the same with drysuit, sprayskirt, pfd, towline, gloves..... But only if you practice it...like all other techniques .

Hi Super Wag, Since last year I teach some of these tequniques as part of the kayak surfing courses I do with "Seakayaking Germany". Most of the people are able to perform no. 2 in the first or second try as it is easier than the cowboy reentry in waves. And of course in the waves we teach basic-surfing (about 1m high)

@@icekayaking thank you. Good to know. I’ll try it next time in water. I tried on land and it seems good. I’m a fairly tall guy so often cockpits are tight for my butt and trying to get legs in is a challenge

@@superwag634 I have the same problems. I would need to cut my legs off below the knees to do some of those things 😂 I am also sceptical about doing these manoeuvres in rough conditions. When I see these types of demonstration I wonder why the person was in the water in the first place. Unless they deliberately jumped out of their kayak to go for a swim, we have to assume that they capsized because they were in sea conditions so bad that they couldn't remain upright and capsized, and for some reason couldn't roll up. If conditions are really that bad, I can't see any of these techniques working, except perhaps the re-entry and roll. But if the person can roll, why didn't they roll up in the first instance? The skills on show here are awesome, but I think largely impractical. A good high brace is far more useful!

didn't read the comments did you