Good solid advice, we have been practicing the rescue assist maneuvers like throwing each other lines and holding onto the bow or stern handle and raising legs to tuck around the shape of the boat to get to calmer areas, we also plan to go with Kim Bull as soon as we have the funds to get our BCU level 2 skills and certificates, according to Kim's website we already have level one as we have spent over 20hrs each on the water so far.
We have also taught ourselves the kayaking and canoeing semaphore signals so we can signal to each other as we are now in a boat each, we also have bow and stern lines attached on each boat and to us as well as paddle leashes, we are wearing 3mm fleece lined neoprene for warmth and lycra base layers (this is Newcastle area we are kayaking in afterall lol) i would have had some great video from yesterday's adventure but my camera battery was a snidey one and kept switching off the handset everytime i pressed record (found out when i put the real battery in at home that it was not a busted phone), we have already changed the jackets (the others will be good for the sea when we eventually progress to that level) to 50n foam ones for permanent buoyancy.
I am really looking forward to booking up with
Kim Bull, even though i much prefer to learn things myself i am not that mad/stupid/arrogante/naive enough as to think it would not be a day filled with amazing skills and knowledge that we will use forever and will definitely improve our safety no end, plus we get to do it in her real boats and not our inflatable canoes, they are great in many ways especially for portaging lol but nothing compared to the real deal.
Do you have a favourite type of kayaking and canoeing?