I don't get in the water. I don't really have an easy way to do it.
I try to find a little help and drag it up onto the dock. I usually attach a couple of lines to it to pull with. Sometimes I can pull it with a metal rake. It is not pretty and really involves just muscling it up.
I find that if I raise it all the way up first a lot of water drains out of the channels in it and it gets lighter.
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