Canoe Self Rescue on a Lake 1
I need a self rescue method that works for me on open water. A way of me getting back in the canoe if there is no assistance available. So I explore some ideas here but it is good for all of us to have a method that we can use with some degree of confidence.
I am getting older and heavier (now in my late sixties). My days of athletically leaping back into a boat are long gone. So I use a counter weight as an aid to getting back in. This can be a loaded rucksack if I am carrying gear or in this case have a dry bag ready in position to load with water.
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Many thanks to Lizzie for sharing ideas and giving me support, safety and otherwise through the filming. Lizzie's website is: https://www.lizzieharrington.com
Thanks also to Colin Skeath for demonstrating the rather slick reentry with no extra kit.
The photo of the canoe, on it side, demonstrating the side airbags is by Eleri Spenser
I am paddling the Afon from https://www.venturekayaks.com
Odyssey pfd, drysuit and end airbags, by https://www.nrs.com
Using some heavy duty side airbags from: / tribalairbags (they do lighter ones as well as end bags)
Paddles by https://freebirdpaddles.co.uk
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