"David Jones" wrote in message

Any advice gratefully received

At the risk of sounding reckless and unhelpful. What is the world coming
to? - surely we all remember ourselves as small children on holiday at the
beach in our inflatable dinghies playing in the waves with offshore winds
and everyone thought it was great fun.

Make sure he's got some footwear, a helmet, check he can swim and check for
dangerous currents.

apologies if this sounds facetious but I think sometimes it's easy to be a
little too cautious.

(everyone else, think about what I'm saying before you start flaming) )

Thanks

Rich