Peter Kuhn wrote in message ...
Try using a paddle float with a stirrup setup. Most sea kayaking
books will cover this type of re-entry.

Pete


TWall10618 wrote:

I'm a pretty big guy and I worry about needing to do a solo deep water remount.
Even though I have a fairly wide boat, (Loon 160 now, earlier a Coleman Scanoe
and Folbot Super), Any unassisted attempt to remount has always flipped my
boat. (I pracitced in my swimming pool this Summer). The only thing that worked
fairly well was to tie off a cheap, half inflated swim ring and use it as a
step up. It worked, but it was ungarceful and I don't know how well it would
work in waves.

If you are trying this solo in a closed kayak you might try getting
lessons , Some kind of co operative thing in your local kayak club may
help.
On first read I thought it was an open scanoe (Coleman ) type thing
and as my wife is much more skilled there I was not going at that . Re
entry in an open canoe is tricky, hard and painfull , it results in
bruises for the over 20 crowd.
If you must use a stirrup to re enter a kayak you should not be out
alone. That is the rude truth.
A standard paddle float re entry is a good option and sponsons may
help in your circomstance. There are people spitting now but these
things have a place. They are floats that strap to your boat after an
upset, you inflate them and now you have some extra width and boyancy
to the boat.A boat with the cockpit full of water will be instable and
hard to pump out. You will be pumping about 40 gallons of water out of
an unstable boat that you just fell out of for some reason. That can't
be good.
I have a bunch of rescues at my disposal. I have a good roll, paddle
float re entry is doable , It remains ugly and akward. Re Entry Roll,
and re entry roll with paddle float. I can sometimes get onto the back
deck and re enter without an aid.
I have no illusions. when alone if something takes me out of my boat,
the roll fails and conditions have deteriorated to the point that my
boat is not around my waist I am in trouble. That is compounded by the
fact that our water is very cold.
The advice is Be Carefull!!
Find an instructor, a good one and ask.
Local clubs like ours pull of rescue clinics the odd time. Cheap but
priceless.
Good paddling
Alex McGruer