So you have a solid roll and you know how to self-rescue after a swim? The next step is typically the time-consuming, tippy and treacherous process of pumping out your flooded cockpit. But there is another, faster way to a dry boat.
Practice the Dump to quickly empty water from your cockpit after a cowboy self-rescue (aka scramble—learn it here) or reenter and roll. Using the same principles as a standard T-rescue, the Dump empties water from the cockpit with the rescued paddler sitting inside his or her boat. According to Body Boat Blade International’s Leon Somme and Shawna Franklin, who shared this video of the technique, “The Dump is a fast, simple way to empty a boat for someone with a solid roll and a helpful friend.”
To see more kayak technique videos, visit Body Boat Blade’s YouTube channel here.
