Kayaker Rescued in Puget Sound Debrief

In the past few weeks we’ve been discussing rescues and various techniques for self-rescue. We’ve had some good discussion both here and on the two bigger community message boards Qajaqusa.org and Paddling.net about what will and won’t work for rescuing a sea kayak and why. During this discussion I put forth the theory that a …

Re-enter and roll self-rescue video demonstration

Alec Bloyd-Peshkin and I shot several rescues in the marina on Lake Michigan this weekend. This is the first of these self rescue techniques. The re-enter and roll is probably the best self-rescue technique after a roll has failed. It is simple and relies on no special equipment. The paddler simply re-enters the cockpit and …