get ourselves back in, that just inspired a session of sitting around practicing falling out of and getting back in the boat. when reading up on it, it sounded like it was way faster to just swim into your boat upside down and flip yourself up with the paddle - another thing to practice.
when it was time to roll, i just went to a practice session at the local pool, watched other people do it, and then just sat in the water doing what they were doing over and over till i got a roll.
if you're on a 20-40 mile paddle, you really learn quickly what will work and what 