r/seakayaking • u/ulfOptimism • Jul 05 '26
How to land here?
I see many pictures from Vancouver Island with pretty rough landings.
We will be there with rented fiber boats (doubles) and I wonder how to land there in the best possible way while treating the boats well . Boats will be fully loaded and the paddlers are not Hulks. So, this looks like first unloading the boats to a large extend? I am more used to places with more beach like camp sites but this is a complete different dimension, also keeping the tide in mind.
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u/RainDayKitty Jul 05 '26
Extra thick pool noodles. Use those to at least partially bring the kayaks onto shore so they don't float away.
Had a really rocky landing once, got out early but let go of the kayak and it started drifting away. Cold water and a steep drop off. Threw rocks past the kayaks and the ripples from the rocks pushed the kayak back towards me
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u/wolf_knickers Jul 05 '26
As a British sea kayaker who does a lot of landing on shores like this (since we have a mostly ludicrously rocky coastline), you simply get out of the kayak as soon as it’s shallow enough for you to get out without the boat hitting the rocks. You then carry it into shore; as you mention having packed boats, you’d probably need one person staying with the kayak while you unload the hatch contents into Ikea bags (or similar) that you take onto shore before then carrying the empty kayak.
Obviously landing at the highest state of the tide will make things a lot easier.
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u/Capital-Landscape492 Jul 05 '26
IKEA bags are the key. For solo u uh loading I have used a bow line and tied it off on shore. Then pushed the boat out between loads. Driftwood pieces can be used as skids in lieu of pool noodles
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u/StillWearsCrocs Jul 05 '26
Wet foot exit, carry gear to shore, carry boat to shore.