2020 sea kayaking skills re-entry roll self rescue
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- čas přidán 26. 05. 2020
- This video focuses on re-entry rolling skills for sea kayakers - a great solution for paddlers needing to fix problems in dynamic water. We also recommend our scramble self-rescue skills video for an alternative option.
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Finally, a video that makes sense. One nuance conditions permitting - partially or fully reattach your sprayskirt before rolling. It's not as difficult as you might think. It saves you a lot of time pumping out your cockpit and keep you more stable. Last thing - no "rescue" can substitute for a reliable roll. No swim is better than any swim.
I've found the re-entry and roll to be the most reliable way for me to get back in my boat (e.g., vs cowboy scramble or paddle float rescue). However, I've found the re-entry method shown here to be considerably more difficult than the following. Face the back of your boat, grab both sides of coaming, and put your head in the upside down kayak. Do a reverse somersault such that your feet go past your seat, and at the end you are facing forwards. Find footpegs and set up for roll...and roll. I know this sounds complicated but in practice it's pretty easy (if you have a roll to begin with). I'm 61 years old and fat and it seems almost effortless.
Think I get what u mean, it's always a tussle for me. Vid would be good
I’ve never been able to roll. I’ve tried and tried but once upside down I cannot hip snap the kayak a single millimetre. You all make it look so easy.
Odds are you are pulling your head UP and pulling down on the paddle. Practice snapping your hips left to right over and over WHILE UPRIGHT. When lifting your right knee, throw your head onto your right shoulder and that boat'll snap like mad. You might flip to the left!!!
In whitewater, I've stopped a flip (when my paddle is already way under water) by throwing my head TOWARD the water and nothing else. The "throwing the head" thing means you're trying to put your EAR on your shoulder.
These sea kayak sweep rolls all involve either leaning fwd or backward during the sweep. If you're rolling on your right side, when you snap your hips throw your head to the RIGHT (toward the water if you've surfaced). It's totally counterintuitive, but your head should be the LAST thing to come up. And it's laying on your, in this case, right shoulder as you come up. Bringing your head up first kills the roll instantly.
I hope this helps.
Although this technique could be the best option, paddling with a flooded cockpit feels quite unstable. Would you recommend practice that too? Can it be done in rough water too?
Kayasper we would definitely recommend practicing paddling a flooded boat and yes it can be done in dynamic (rough) water.
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It's another flat water re-entry. Try it in the waves you show in the beginning of the video.
The waves were an overfall - below the overfall is always slacker water. Any reentry is always a last resort. 'every option increases your safety. A bombproof roll is obviously the best option. Good breathhold practise is also an often overlooked skill. - now adopted by big wave surfers. Be more positve especially about with people giving good skills for free on the internet.
@@Stewartthorp PaddleDogC5 is right though. If this is a technique for rough water where other self rescues fail then show the re-entry and roll in rough water. If the water was rough enough to cause an experienced roller to miss their brace and then their roll in the first place it's a whole different situation. Good luck pumping or paddling a flooded boat in conditions when you're rattled. From practicing in tide races I found it's better to use a paddle float for the re-entry roll and use the support of the 'outrigger' while pumping and getting settled. Also no such thing as a bombproof roll. Paddles and bodies break, things happen.
That's what I was hoping for too! If your roll has failed, using a more complicated technique - re-enter and roll - seems a bit optimistic 😀
@@scottfrance2426 and putting on the skirt in rough water.
Curious, is it easier to roll a kayak half full of water?
no, the water shifting in the cockpit from side to side destabilizes you
no its really hard , its like riding a bike, those that know think its easy and often struggle to teach it.
I find staying upright with a flooded cockpit to get to an eddy much harder than the re-entry and roll! Lots of practice needed paddling a flooded boat I think :-)
Paddling a sea kayak with a flooded cockpit is definitely a learnable skill - it's well worth practising in venues where can safely land. It gets easier over time, like all our paddling skills!