How to Get In and Launch a Kayak Video

http://www.rei.com Katie, an REI Outdoor School instructor, shows you how to get in and out of your kayak in this video—both launching from a dock and from a beach. From a dock: keep your center of gravity low, put your feet into the cockpit while holding onto the dock, and slide your feet into the cockpit, then slowly push yourself away from the dock and into the boat. To get out, do the same thing in reverse: Come up to the dock, lean up against it, pull your knees out of the cockpit, slide your legs out, and sit on the dock. To launch from a beach with a partner: Slide boat in so the cockpit's at the edge of the water, step in while your partner holds the back of the boat steady and then pushes your boat out into the water.