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Originally posted by zacs
fww, this may be a stupid question, so please feel free to  me if it is....but why couldn't you get back in/on the yak?
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Good question, and I really don't have an answer.
I suppose if you have practiced doing it repeatedly under realistic conditions, it would be pretty easy. I didn't. It's hard to have the presence of mind to re-mount your yak if you're just a wee bit scared.
I do remember that I tried a few times and it was tough going as the yak (a Pungo if I recall correctly) was half filled with sea water. I did not install buoyancy bags in it.
I was pretty darn fatigued and a lot of it might have been due to the fact that I was in a state of semi-panic. Also, I had a life preserver on, which is always a good thing, but the bulk of the vest made it difficult for me to manipulate the yak.