The scoop rescue is used to aid an exhausted or injured paddler back into a sea kayak when they are unable to assist the rescuer in the process. It involves holding the sea kayaking on its side, half full of water and then having the paddler in the water ‘float’ into the kayak. Once their [...]
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Technique: Ladder Self Rescue
Following on from my recent post regarding the evening of skills training/assessment I undertook with Owen Burson, I’ve been thinking a lot about the issues I found trying to complete a straddle rescue when the bungees on the top of my spray deck caught around the rear day hatch on my sea kayak preventing me [...]
Technique: Re-entry and Roll Self Rescue
A nice clear demonstration of the re-entry and roll self rescue from Keith Wikle of the Go Kayak Now website. If practiced and perfected, this method of self rescue is arguably the fastest and ‘cleanest’. From Keith’s Vimeo Site: Demonstration of a quick re-enter and roll rescue from a Sea Kayak. The candidate wet-exits a [...]
Technique: ‘Hand of God’ Rescue
Rescuing a casualty who is unconscious and trapped upside down in a sea kayak requires a specialised technique and lots of practice. What it does NOT require is ‘super-human’ strength as demonstrated superbly here
