How to get BACK IN when your Canoe tips over [SOLO]

Learn how to get back in a canoe / Flip and Re-Enter if you find it takes on water or capsizes. Used in deep water when your alone / solo!

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

This is good for canoeing for beginners or advanced canoeists.

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 you want to see how to patch a canoe.- check this out here:

00:00 Introduction
00:29 Performing the Flip
01:00 Bailing the Canoe
01:48 How to Re-Enter A Canoe Thats Swamped

I use a canoe bailer, and do solo canoe rescue techniques, not really solo canoe reviews but more deep water canoe rescue. Will work with Swift canoes and nova craft canoes as well as any other.

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Followup Video: WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CANOE GETS A HOLE!! (Easily Fix it with NO patch Kit)

CONSIDERATIONS:
1) This is for Deep water where you cannot swim to shore.
2) I am wearing a life vest and treading water (not standing)
3) Bailing is necessary, if you don’t, too much water will be in the canoe and you’ll instantly capsize when pulling up.
4) Some people find using the BOW or STERN to be better for them. If you have the upper body strength, this is a good technique. If you are not able to pull yourself up like this, the technique I show utilizes legs and balance a bit more.

Either way, try both and find which works best for you. Not everyone can do the bow/stern pull up.

[HLsab]

It’s refreshing to see a YouTuber that just gets straight to the point rather than talk garbage for most of the video…..Thank you.

[Richiesrant]

We used to practice this when we were kids at summer camp as part of our canoe lessons. It was a lot easier when you only weighed 80 lbs.

[eols]

You'll never know how many lives you will save by creating and posting this video, but even it is only one it was well worth it. Thank you for sharing.

[mauro_jr]

I don’t have a canoe and I probably can’t even swim (never tried), but I’d like to say how I appreciated this tutorial for many reasons:
- you went straight to the point;
- you told what to do;
- you told how to do it;
- you told why to do it;
- you told what could go wrong;
- you showed how it looks like when it goes wrong;
- the audio and image quality are amazing;
- you even added a clip from above so we could see how you did it;
Truly amazing tutorial!

[kalnaren]

This is a great video. 3 minutes long, to the point, and I feel like I've learned something quite useful.

[BelloBudo]

I'll admit that before this video, I had no idea how to get back in a canoe. Now I believe, thanks to you, that I'm a decent chance of doing it.

[paparoysworkshop]

Many, many years ago when I was an avid canoer, on my first trip out each year I purposely would tip the canoe and then get back in as practice. I did it at least once a season. As with any skill, you need to practice. The more you know, the less you fear. Great video.

[idwtgymn]

My young daughter and I tipped over a few days after seeing this video. It was actually easier than I expected. Thanks!

[methos-eynf]

That “don’t panic” is key. Problems are multiplied when people panic.

[samithdhananjan]

Very informative. 💯 No begging for likes or subscribing. No BS ads in between. Not bragging. This is how a video on YouTube should be. ❤️❤️👍

Well done. Thank you so much for posting this informative video.

[catandcaboodle]

I really appreciate this video and the different camera angles so we can see how to do it from all sides. My son just got his Eagle Scout rank, and they practice this stuff a lot. Especially during their Northern Tier adventure camp up in Minnesota this past summer. So he and his fellow Scouts know these things, but I feel that us parents need to know this stuff too! Thank you!

[nickgoodall]

You’re not treading water. You’re floating, because you’re wearing a PFD. Because you’re a smart person and this is a good video.

[velfaern]

Probably one of the best outdoor survival tips I’ve ever seen

[robertgoss]

Zowie. What a valuable video! I've been fooling around in canoes and flat-bottom boats for many years, and this is the first time I've ever seen this demonstrated. Thanks a million!

[notinside]

Best to practice before you need to use it. While camping we would take canoe and flip them just for practice. We would use the 1st technique that you explained.

[clairewilliams]

I can’t really see me ever getting in a canoe voluntarily but this came up on my feed and maybe, just maybe one day I’ll need to know this and it might save my life so thank you.

[bradtipton]

When I was trained to canoe at YMCA camp, we were taught to get into the canoe over the bow or stern end, not from the side. I taught that to the scouts before a canoe trip. Yes, we had to use the technique .

[macsloan]

You have no doubt saved somebody’s life with this tutorial. Great job.

[blueabattoir]

Wish I had seen this before I fell out of my canoe last October. I almost made it. The canoe didn’t flip over, I had a bit of vertigo and just fell out. Thanks for posting this. Send this video to anyone you know who has a canoe.