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Boat Entry / Exit
There is no graceful way to exit a kayak to a dock that is higher then your deck. Basically you try to flop your upper body onto the platform and let your legs go limp like they're paralyzed or something. You try to stay as balanced in the boat as possible, while attempting to put as much weight as possible on the dock. In the ocean you can try to use to swell to make things easier. You wait until the swell comes in rasing your boat up towards the dock, then throw as much of your weight as possible onto the dock and let the boat fall off of you as the swell subsides. Unfortunately this will probably not work where your going. As for lifting your boat onto the dock (or chickee, as the case may be) if there are two of you then I would tie a line to each end of the boat and lift it onto the platform. If it is only you then you might want to pack the heaviest items where they can be quickly unloaded before attempting to lift the boat onto the platform. I wish I had some magical technique I could share with you for entering and exiting a kayak from a platform, but the truth is that this is a clumsy procedure which requires some dexterity. However it's not really all that difficult to master, so don't lie awake at night worrying about it. Just be sure that there is no one around with a camera at the time :-) Good luck, Scott So.Cal. |
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