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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Emptying a flooded kayak

I'm looking for the best way to empty an unbulkheaded kayak on the water and came across this on QajaqUZA's site. Remains to be seen if it works but I'll try it out.
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"I use the technique that Chris Cunningham shows in his book Building The Greenland Kayak. Stand at the bow of the kayak with the kayak right side up, push down on the bow so that the water will all flow down to the bow and hold it there for a minute. then quickly lift the bow and rotate the kayak so it's upside down and the water will run down the fore deck and out the cockpit. This works very well for me. Hope it makes sense."

Dewatering_And_Self_Rescue.pdf

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