Here’s a variation on the solo canoe self rescue, this time with a paddle float. I have to be honest that whether it’s a sea kayak or canoe I find the paddle float to be much less effective than just using the paddle without it. Without the float the paddle stays buried in the water so it’s helpful to stabilize in both directions, with it you only have stability in one direction and it’s also just one more thing to manage. My personal goal is that any self rescue takes less than 60 seconds and I

I still don’t understand if it’s really possible to self rescue a solo canoe? Here I’m doing some self rescue practice with the smaller of the two pedal drive prototypes. It’s not really much different than doing the same thing without the Pedal Drive, although it is a little more dicey because it’s hard to get low in the boat when I’m resetting things. . This seems to work equally well with big float bags in the ends, as it does, with 4” solid pool noodles along the inside of the sides. But I s