How to get back in when your canoe flips!

Large and Heavier Canoes are hard to flip. This is a technique that's a bit easier to manage.

It's used if you find yourself far from shore and cant swim to it.

Since this canoe is about 16'6 long - the Capistrano Flip Method doesn't really work for me.

In this video I show how to empty a swamped canoe, flip it over, and then get in - all in deep water.

Best piece of advice I can give here is to practice the technique so you can stay calm and perform it if you ever need to!

If your looking for the Bailing Pouch I use, you can find it here:

[TheBearEssentials]

Full (6 min) Video is Here for anyone who wants to see it all in depth:

[mcarston]

"Not super graceful, but I'm in"... I've said that line sometime in my past 😂

[ragingnixon]

"The hard parts over"

*does something visibly much harder soon after*

[ThBlackLotus]

No see, the first step for me is to panic. Because I have no idea how I ended up in a canoe in the water.

[vapormissile]

Water can always try to kill you unexpectedly. I hit a huge dead tree sideways in Rattlesnake Creek, right at the mouth where it enters the Clark Fork. It was my 1st time in a shallow kayak, and I planned a quick trial run, and the creek was shallow. I had trouble steering, realized I had little to no control, caught the fast part, got sideways,
& hit a huge snag, flipped & got pinned. I was a quick second thinking "well, this can't be right, it's shallow, and I'm pinned upside down under water." I got out, but my boat was sunk in the current & I was about to lose it forever. I cut up my fingers holding on to the boat, finally got hold of the rope, waded the 50 yards upstream to my house dragging the half-swamped kayak, put on some bandaids, took out an ad in the newspaper, & sold it. Goodbye, sweet little blue deathtrap.

[Mystikphobe]

“Splash all the water out,
And now splash it all back in..”

[thetalungbarrow]

Thank you for finally teaching THOSE whom couldn’t attend camp… water confidence is IMPORTANT!! It doesn’t matter what Loise Vutton says, what matter is that you’re breathing!

[KJTEJ]

Unless you're in Northern Australia or Florida, then you can panic!

[cappytheimmortal]

Don't panic but the crocodile is swimming towards me rn

[jonslg]

*Not super graceful, but I'm in!* -every 18 year old, ever 😂

[josephmitchell]

Thanks buddy. I bought a canoe last year for myself and my 7 year old son. It hadnt occurred to me to learn this. You may have saved our lives. We are ready to go now.

[JimJamJ]

This guys gonna save a life, can be just one and it'd be enough, great filmed content and so well explained.

[LMG]

Having a life jacket is important. Especially helps to keep ya calm 😌

[Saffirance]

Thank you so much. I didn't think it was possible to get back in a canoe without pulling it to shore and starting over. That's great!

[umadey]

He said don't panic
Me who can't swim. A quiet goodbye i see.

[mmmitchell]

Very pragmatic and useful information as a kid I loved using my river boat. Thank you for helping other people be a bit safer in the water.

[misterbulger]

If you have another boat with you you can pull your canoe across theirs to dump it out. Rotate it as you lift out of the water to break the suction.

[benperks]

Went straight to the comments..and I wasn’t disappointed. Well done guys

[kennyBee]

After living in an alligator infested state, watching him fall into water immediately made me fear for his life.

[ethanatkinson]

Coming from and over 40 year old these are good videos AND Evidence that you need to stay in real good physical shape. If I was to try and do this the boat would just flip the other way because I’m over 240 lbs, or I would never be able to get back in because I’ve lost too much strength over the years.