How do you get water out of your kayak?

Answer 1

A little: use a sponge, one sold for kayaking that is big and very squeshy.

A fair bit: a hand-powered bilge pump (1.5" diameter, 2 feet long).

A lot: exit boat, raft-up the dry boats and wrestle the inverted wet one up and over the dry boats, so as pour the water out of the cockpit. It takes a lot of upperbody strength and a rope all along your gunwhales helps a LOT.

Electric bilge pumps are sold, but the battery-operated ones are kind of weenie. And the bigger 12-volt ones need a substanial lead-acid battery - the kind in your car or motorboat.

Some kayakers have fitted their rear decks with a hand-operated diaphragm pump. With a pump intake hose to the low spot in the kayak. It is nicer than a portable hand pump, because it only takes one hand - you have some opportunity to use your other hand on the paddle to steady the boat. (waterlogged boats are less stable).

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Do you mean getting water out on land or in the water?

If you are paddling and taking in water, you should always carry a bulge pump and a sponge. You pump out most of the water and then use sponge to absorb the rest.

If you are on land just flip the kayak to dump out the water and then use sponge to get rid of the left water.

Bilge pump
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Answer 3

take it out of water turn it over and dump it out or carry a small can you can bail with.

Answer 4

Buy a small, battery-powered bilge pump.

Answer 5

Punch some holes in the bottom.

Answer 6

Roll so you won't have to swim. That will avoid the the problem altogether.