Not a dumb question at all. However, I would not recommend the method described by John is there is any surf at all. You could find yourself with more than just wet feet. Land perpendicular to the beach. Swing paddle around to rear of cockpit so it functions like an outrigger. Right hand on paddle behind you resting on the deck. Left hand, again behind you, gripping the paddle and leaning your weight to the outside of the kayak. This stabilizes the boat in little surf and if the kayak bow is resting on a bit of beach as the rest of it floats. Pull the spray skirt with the right hand still leaning on the left hand and paddle. Then hop out still keeping some weight on the paddle till your feet take over. Right hand can grab the kayak while the left hold the paddle and you pull or like the kayak to the beach. Sorry, your feet will get wet. But that's better than falling over or getting hit in the calves by a kayaks surging in surf. Barbara in California *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 09 2001 - 09:11:03 PST
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