Did I miss what type of kayak you were in? In a more whitewater type
environment there normally alittle banging and scraping going on. Lets
not mention those nice big rubber bus's some call rafts that will get
you pretty good. Of course after getting munched by a raft I get out of
their way. They can zig-zag all they want but it will not help them.

I am a kayaker....Hear me roar!