Canoe Self Rescue on a Lake 2

I need a self rescue method that works for me on open water. A way of me getting back in the canoe if there is no assistance available. So I explore another idea here but it is good for all of us to have a method(s) that we can use with some degree of confidence.

I am getting older and heavier (now in my late sixties). My days of athletically leaping back into a boat are long gone. So I use a counter weight as an aid to getting back in. This can be a loaded rucksack if I am carrying gear or in the first of these videos a water filled dry bad    • Canoe Self Rescue on a Lake 1  

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Many thanks to Lizzie for sharing ideas and giving me support, safety and otherwise through the filming. Lizzie's website is: https://www.lizzieharrington.com

I am paddling the Afon from https://www.venturekayaks.com

Odyssey pfd, drysuit and end airbags, by https://www.nrs.com The bag I am using as a counterweight is the wonderful NRS Expedition DriDuffel

Using some heavy duty side airbags from:   / tribalairbags   (they do lighter ones as well as end bags)

Paddles by https://freebirdpaddles.co.uk

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