I partially cleopatra'd a lv SOF once, and was able to still paddle it back to shore 50-100 feet or so (in warm water) , but it was darn difficult to keep it upright, as I kept pirouetting. The air bubble in the bow that was keeping me afloat was hissing from holes in the front deck seam. Yeah, I decided I didn't need to mess with the float bags that day for a quick roll session, so went without. Dropped my paddle in a succession of storm rolls, and it got stuck under the stern when I tried to swim the kayak to it, had to bail out to retrieve, then re-entered and rolled, and the stern sank.