Here's a cheapie way to dramatically increase the buoyancy of a swamped kayak, and most kayaks come from the factory with just a very moderate amount of buoyancy when swamped.
Go to Wal-Mart, and purchase two of the $2.50, 15" diameter inflatable colored beach balls. Install one into both ends of your kayak, and you now have a much more buoyant water vessel should you get swamped......MUCH MORE buoyant!
You will need an air pump and one of those little pointed inflater pointy adapters to do this right so's you can let the air out, and then reinflate. Over one year after doing this, both beach balls are still maintaining good air pressure which is a good surprise to me.
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