Here are some tips for you first time sea kayakers who intend to have a go on a forthcoming holiday: (1) buy a pair of cheap cycling gloves to help minimise getting sore hands, (2) wear sandals that have a buckle or Velcro strap to keep them on your feet if you fall into the sea [they will stop you getting sores and or bruising on the outside of the foot where you press into the foot holds on the kayak], (3) put sun cream everywhere, including your ankles and knee caps as the light bounces everywhere, (4) if there's two of you, snaffle the front seat as the seat back offers more support than the rear seat in the kayak, (5) don't wear anything that can't get wet, as people do fall in. I'm testament to item 5; indeed I fell in twice. But hey ho, it was great fun, and when we got to swim in the Mediterranean during the kayaking rest break, for me it was my third time in the water :-)
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