How to get BACK IN when your Canoe tips over [SOLO]

Okay the first thing is to not panic. Get your canoe paddle and put it underneath your yoke, between your yoke and your thwart or the front seat so you don't lose it. Go to the bow or the stern of the boat and you're going to want to lift it up overhead and kind of push as high as you can, tilt it on its side and with your second arm, your left arm, let it roll over. So if I try to lift it just like this, I won't be able to because there's a suction. So I've got to lift up one side of the canoe to expose it to air. Now I can lift it up a lot easier. Now the hard part's over. If you don't have a baler bucket, just go in with your hand and this is going to take a long time but it'll work. Now if you do have a baler bucket or something like the pack pouch, use your pouch. That's worth taking some time at this step because you don't want to have to flip it again. All right that looks decent to me. There's a couple inches of water in there but I think I could do it. So I'm just going to tie this baler back in. You just snap it in. Okay so now comes the very technical part. What I'm going to do is go the back side of the boat where I'd be if I was solo canoeing, right where the thwart is. You grab onto your thwart and you grab onto your yoke. I'm going to pull myself and kick on an angle and once I'm about halfway in, you're just going to dive in and throw your shoulder in there. Roll around and lie on your back. This technique is good going on your shoulder and then your back because if I were to go on my stomach, I'd just roll over to the other side. So here we go. Push that canoe paddle to the front. One, two. Not super graceful but I'm in. Hopefully you never get yourself into that situation. All right thanks for joining me. That was fun.