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Practice Drills

To practice wet exits:

• Make sure the water is deep enough and that you are close to shore.
• Always have someone else in the water to assist you.
• Sit in your kayak, make sure your skirt grab handle is within reach, lock your knees under the deck, take a breath and lean to one side until you roll over.
• Once upside down, take stock of things and calmly run through the wet exit routine.

 When you have mastered wet exiting you can practice it without using the grab handle:

• Grab the skirt material in front of your waist.
• Bunch it up and pull the skirt away from the kayak until you break the seal.
• You may then need to run your hand between the coaming and the skirt to fully remove the skirt.