Never go in a canoe with inexperienced paddlers in rapid/white water situation. You will get wet!

Sandy

I learned boating as a kid, the memory that stands out driving a boat alone was how nobody really showed me how to drop the outboard back down after inspecting for seaweed took a few mins to figure it out, I imagine if a non mechanical inclined person tried could be stuck awhile, biggest concern seems to be being familiar with the water and knowing where rocks and shallows are, and wearing a life jacket on cold days that have to wear weather clothing as that stuff will drag you to the bottom after mins of struggling to stay afloat.

Buck

My days as a dock boy back in 1970 and a few years later in Chatham Ontario.

Now I just retired and wish I could afford a little boat and motor to fish my last days on the planet.

Ernie

I have been boating on the Trent-Severn waterway for 60 years. And one piece of advice that I have learned over my years of boating is “to always be a courteous and respectful boater”.

And it always makes me shake my head when I see boaters with disrespectful behaviour…like this one boater I witnessed that was tied-off to a green marker in a busy channel so that their child could go for a swim and was rude when other boaters were trying to advise him that this was not a safe place to stop and swim.

Lesson to learn:

• Always be courteous and respectful to other boaters
• Understand the rules of the water, especially around navigable waterways

Hartley

Many of the boating tips that I remember and follow to this day came from my dad as he shared his boating knowledge with me.

These include:

• Always be careful when boating in new lakes
• How to read rough water
• Always have your PFD on when going full out across the lake. Because anything can happen in a second

Bruno