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albert
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Initially Posted - 03/13/2004 : 14:15:56

I purchased one of the sevylor inflatable kayaks. Easy to store and they paddle pretty well.

I'm still trying to figure out how to get INTO the kayak from an anchored C25 WITHOUT falling, flipping, slipping into the water. Once you're in them they're pretty stable. I've got the ladder on the starboard side.

Albert Iturrey
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Abacus 1984 C25 #4679

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matsche
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 : 17:36:02

Albert:

Which model did you purchase and where did you get it?

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LOREN SOUERS
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 : 18:26:09

Albert,
I got an Old Town "Otter" for Xmas and plan to paddle it in conjunction w my sailboat. But having kayaked, you probably can do it but you will have to be pretty agile to get the kayak into the water and board it from the swim ladder. Can we have pics?
Good luck.

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Doug G.
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Response Posted - 03/13/2004 : 21:19:37

Plan on getting wet. Kayaks can't be used the same way as your dingy. To get in a kayak(inflatable or solid),You need to mount it like a horse. Sit down butt first, with your legs straddling the boat. Don't try to stand or step in while boarding. I hope its a hot day when you try it. Its easiest to learn from shore in shallow water, then try it off a dock, then try the ladder.I expect that the ladder entry gets the highest points for added degree of difficulty. Good Luck.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/14/2004 : 00:18:08

Here's how I do my fixed kayak (no swim ladder).

Tie a rope to the bow with a bowline and loop just long enough to fit over the cockpit winch. Tie a rope to the stern with a rope just long enough to fit over the cockpit winch. Now the kayak is centered along side the boat with the winch in the middle, and it can't move forward, backward, or out to the side. Ropes should have a couple of inches of slack in them.

Climb over the side of the C25 with your face to the winch, belly hanging on the coaming. Let yourself down until your legs hit the kayak. Drop down to your knees while hanging on the winch or side of the C25.

Sit down, take the loops off the winch, paddle away. Never fallen in yet!

Simply reverse the process when returning.

It ain't pretty but it works.

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albert
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Response Posted - 03/14/2004 : 00:34:02

I have a model that's like the Tahiti Classic, but it's red with a see-thru bottom. I bought the optional skeg to help it track straight.

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jlouder
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Response Posted - 03/15/2004 : 13:01:22

I have an Old Town Loon 111, but have never tried to get in it from the sail boat. From the dock, I put the kayak in the water then while holding on to the dock put both feet in and balance standing up. Then I slowly (as slow as this old body will let me) go down to a sitting position. From the motor boat, I can put both feet in and then slide my rear in while holding on to the boat. I kayaked over 500 mile last year and knock on wood turn over while entering the kayak. Getting out was in reverse. It worked alright as long as I held on to something to use as a support.

Jim
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frankr
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Response Posted - 03/15/2004 : 20:34:18

One could always put on their safety harness, attach and couple of blocks to the end of the boom and lower themselves into the kayak cockpit.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/15/2004 : 20:43:22

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by frankr
 One could always put on their safety harness, attach and couple of blocks to the end of the boom and lower themselves into the kayak cockpit.

Love it! The mainsheet tackle might do it--just needs a snap shackle at the traveler. Release it, hook it to the harness, and haul away!

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/15/2004 : 22:25:38

Doesn't Garhauer make astern mounted hoist?

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 03/15/2004 : 22:27:44

" ... mainsheet tackle might do it--just needs a snap shackle at the traveler. Release it, hook it to the harness, and haul away!"

Heh heh.. I can visualize the sheet getting snapped into the jamb cleat while halfway down...

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Sid
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Response Posted - 03/17/2004 : 10:21:41

Make sure to have someone video the boarding as an instructional tool for all C25/250 sailors

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osmepneo
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Response Posted - 03/17/2004 : 10:28:49

I've never tried boarding a kyack from the boat, but from a dock you can use the paddle as an outrigger. Could that work on the ladder?

I'm thinking youd put the paddle under a low ladder step, and then squat down and move over the kyack, getting your but down before your feet. sounds ackward, but it might work.

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Dave Bristle
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 03/17/2004 : 20:22:03

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by osmepneo
 
I'm thinking youd put the paddle under a low ladder step, and then squat down and move over the kyack, getting your but down before your feet. sounds ackward, but it might work.
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Don, you might be on to something... My kayak is a sit-on-top, so getting my butt down first may be more feasible than it would be with a sit-inside... Then again, at my age, feasibility diminishes for many things. However, I would like to figure out a solution. It'll be a couple of months before I get any chance to try.

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