A double chickee consists of two platforms that share a common chemical toilet. A self-supporting tent is required to camp on a chickee as nails are NOT to be driven into the wood decks. Chickees present a challenge for kayakers. One method for solo paddlers is to paddle the bow of the kayak under the chickee, stand in the cockpit of the boat while using the deck of the chickee for balancing, then do a belly flop onto the deck of the chickee. If this sounds difficult, it is.
Gear is unloaded by reaching from the deck of the chickee, into the kayak.
Teams or groups have an easier time of things. There is an assisted rescue that requires the rescuer to place his paddle behind the cockpit of his boat and the victim's cockpit to steady the victim's boat. Using this method one paddler can assist another onto the chickee. The paddler who remains in his boat unloads his partner's boat. Then using this rescue technique to steady the two boats transfers himself into his partner's boat.