ChipsCheeseandMayo wrote:
Never thought of using the drain plug (hangs head in shame). Not sure
I
could actually get the drain plug clear of the water, but hell I'll
give it a try

As Wilko typed, you don't need to! Consider:

If the bow is lifted up, sitting on the deck of one of the other
students, and you are at the stern and have unscrewed the plug, the
stern will probably be floating four or five inches below water-level.
But YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIFT THE DRAIN OUT OF THE WATER for it to work.
Lift the stern 1/2 inch and the waterling INSIDE will be 1/2 inch above
the waterline OUTSIDE, and that 1/2 inch of water will drain out. Now
raise the stern another 1/2 inch, and that much more water will drain
out.

In other words, you do not have to lift the weight of ALL the water at
one time; just lift a little at a time. 'Course, you WILL have to lift
most of the weight of the kayak along with that 1/2 inch of water...


-Richard, His Kanubic Travesty
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