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I have another twist for a dry suit and those wearing it. Information
gleaned from am MED ( Marine Emergency Duties ) Course showed that if you don't bleed off the air it can pool at the feet and legs if you enter the water head first. ( Exiting an overturned kayak may be the recipe for that ) you can be suspended upside down , feet in the air head under water. Should this happen the answer is to go into a fetal possition , hug your legs squeezing air out to other parts of the suit and make a vicious breast stroke for the surface. It works. Learning to swim is always an asset, I am a poor swimmer. I would never disuade anyone from kayaking because they can't swim. Having a cool head is important, knowing how to swim may help here but it is harfdly nessesary. Peter is of course right in that it can't hurt and will improve other aspects of life. |
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