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Re: Strip: Launching Kayak
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 4/15/2015, 8:10 am
In Response To: Strip: Launching Kayak (Jay)

Use your paddle as a brace - float the boat, then place one end of the paddle on the deck just behind the cockpit, while the other end sticks out over the shore/shallow water/floating dock. Pin the paddle to the deck with your hands, behind you, as you sit/scoot onto the back edge of the cockpit and put your feet in, leaning towards the projecting end of the paddle all the while - just as if you were using a paddle float.
Your feet will get wet if you are shore launching, but you should be able to get in without scratching the boat or rolling over. Practice on shore first.

Hope this makes sense!

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Strip: Launching Kayak
Jay -- 4/15/2015, 5:32 am
Re: Strip: Launching Kayak
Dave Gentry -- 4/15/2015, 8:10 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/15/2015, 9:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2015, 5:26 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/15/2015, 11:12 am
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Jay Stallman -- 4/15/2015, 12:49 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/15/2015, 1:08 pm
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Daniel Thaler -- 4/15/2015, 2:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2015, 5:29 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 4/15/2015, 5:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2015, 5:56 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/15/2015, 5:50 pm
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Jay Stallman -- 4/18/2015, 9:11 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/18/2015, 9:49 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/15/2015, 7:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2015, 8:52 pm