With practice, this seems to be the easiest way for beginners to enter/exit their boats....

A couple small points to add--

: Place your paddle blade/shaft ON the back of the cockpit coaming with the
: other end of the paddle in shallow water or on the shore. If you're
: entering from the right side of the boat, clamp the blade to the far side
: of the coaming with your left hand, turn and face the bow (so your
: backside is to the paddle shaft)

and grasp the shaft/coaming so your fingers are inside the cockpit, and your thumb is on the paddle shaft. I've seen folks do it with their hand the other way...it looks more uncomfortable and doesn't seem to give one as secure a grip.

: The key to this stability is to SIT RIGHT ON THE PADDLE SHAFT OVER THE
: INBOARD COAMING EDGE keeping your body weight right on the inboard edge of
: the kayak so the paddle is pinned to the outside coaming and
: shore/shallows points.

The other thing that Rob didn't mention that this method offers is that by sittign right over the coaming edge, you're less likely to break your paddle shaft. I've seen people sit on the middle of the paddle shaft--bad idea!!!

Shawn