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A few years ago my wife and I took whitewater kayak lessons. The morning session was held at the lake so we could get comfortable in the boat and learn how the strokes before going to the river after lunch. We got in the boats, strapped on the spray skirt and the instructor had us leave our paddles on shore and to just use our hands to paddle out and lean side to side to get a feel for the boat.
After gaining some confidence, I started leaning farther and farther until SPLASH. Instinctively, I swam to the surface, but got pulled back under just when my head broke above the surface. The instructor had not taught us how to wet exit. He did explain that the strap on the front of the skirt had to be on the outside (I had mine tucked inside the boat at first). The third attempt to swim out I heard him yelling "pull the strap." I remembered the strap and pulled it and floated to the surface.
Probably lasted less than a minute, but felt forever. Was damaged goods the rest of the day and half of the next lesson a few weeks later.
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