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Are you using the paddle to help?
Posted by: Celia on Dec-05-12 10:57 AM (EST)

Or are you trying to step into the boat? Balance should not be an issue if you know how to use the paddle as a brace from the boat to the shore behind you (though strength sometimes is). But it is hard to figure out a way to help without knowing how you are trying to get in and out to start with.

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Difficult entry & exit of kayak - Rennyrij - Dec-05-12 10:19 AM
- Try a canoe? - tktoo - Dec-05-12 10:27 AM
  - Canoes can be tricky also....... - Yanoer - Dec-05-12 3:46 PM
- Have you - glendorado - Dec-05-12 10:43 AM
- Are you using the paddle to help? - Celia - Dec-05-12 10:57 AM
- Have had same problem - redmond - Dec-05-12 11:12 AM
  - I second... - ByronWalter - Dec-05-12 2:57 PM
    - SOT, yes - sissy103 - Dec-06-12 8:13 AM
- What is your launch site like? - Yanoer - Dec-05-12 3:49 PM
- Where do you hold on to? - Kocho - Dec-05-12 6:20 PM
  - SOTs vary - jimyaker - Dec-05-12 6:31 PM
- A couple of mentions are made... - Bob_d - Dec-05-12 8:18 PM
  - Totally agree - Waterbird - Dec-23-12 12:04 PM
- Some ideas: - mick_allen - Dec-06-12 1:10 AM
  - Mods - mick_allen - Dec-06-12 3:02 PM
- This might be what you need? - siriushf - Dec-06-12 4:32 AM
  - I'm not loving this one - Celia - Dec-06-12 3:28 PM
    - You don't have to love it... - siriushf - Dec-07-12 5:10 AM
      - I'll say it more directly then - Celia - Dec-07-12 7:18 AM
        
        Open your mind - siriushf - Dec-07-12 11:31 AM
        
        Why spend money for a guess? - Celia - Dec-07-12 5:02 PM
        
        Don't spend money - siriushf - Dec-07-12 10:57 PM
        
        I have to agree with Celia on this - Waterbird - Dec-23-12 12:14 PM
        
        What I do with a dock like that - lalleluia - Dec-13-12 3:25 PM
- I Have an Elderly Hip - Kudzu - Dec-06-12 5:28 PM
  - SIT on TOP easy exit and entry - FrankNC - Dec-06-12 6:41 PM
- How I do it is - qtrhorse1.5 - Dec-07-12 5:44 PM
- Kayak dock launch help - longtail - Dec-07-12 11:28 PM
  - That's a Truly Embarrassing Ad - VK1NF - Dec-13-12 8:40 PM
- What's That Smell? - Kudzu - Dec-08-12 6:03 AM
- kayak balance - ppine - Dec-13-12 1:06 PM
- Exiting - oakflowers - Dec-14-12 4:33 PM
  - Rennyrij, I too am an older paddler. - shirlann - Dec-18-12 9:21 PM
- painter line... - rrose - Dec-18-12 11:02 PM
- This method is foolproof - Waterbird - Dec-23-12 12:45 PM
  - tktoo suggested trying a canoe and I - mornstein - Dec-23-12 1:40 PM
    - Single blading - Waterbird - Dec-23-12 11:00 PM
      - If you get out of a SOT a little - redmond - Dec-23-12 11:14 PM
        
        Exactly right - Waterbird - Dec-24-12 7:18 PM
      - Canoe is likely to be heavy? - Yanoer - Dec-23-12 11:15 PM
        
        Example of a light CHEAP solo canoe? - Waterbird - Dec-24-12 7:23 PM
      - Canoe heavy? - mornstein - Dec-24-12 9:42 AM