On the theme of getting back into a kayak after capsizing, here is an instructive video made last week by Tracy, who posts under the name of Old Lady Angler. She recently joined the Native Watercraft Pro Staff team. She filmed this in a backyard pool using a Native Slayer Propel 10, a wide kayak. You can see that she had to work hard to get the kayak to flip in the first place, and required a lot of effort to roll it back over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2i...yi6CqAg3ZOn9cg
My take home lesson is that it can be easier to get back on a kayak via the stern rather than over the side. Tracy is older and has less upper body strength than many Snaggedline members. Yet she was able to flip a wide kayak back over the get on board. She notes in the video that if she had her Propel drive installed it would have made rolling the kayak back to upright considerably harder. Likewise, lots of gear and rods are going to impede rolling the kayak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2i...yi6CqAg3ZOn9cg
My take home lesson is that it can be easier to get back on a kayak via the stern rather than over the side. Tracy is older and has less upper body strength than many Snaggedline members. Yet she was able to flip a wide kayak back over the get on board. She notes in the video that if she had her Propel drive installed it would have made rolling the kayak back to upright considerably harder. Likewise, lots of gear and rods are going to impede rolling the kayak.
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