Good Luck on your trip Jimbo as well as the "old codger" you're going with.  ;) ;D ;D ;D

I get it with ANYONE but a SOLO paddler?
If you go over, trying to throw a floating bag while IN the water would be just about impossible.  :-?

Same with another SOLO paddler trying to rescue someone in a TRUE solo. I could see the person in the water inadvertently dumping you. :-/

I hope they don't make it a RULE for ALL canoes, insisting is one thing, demanding is another.

In a pinch, you could tie a rope to a canoe paddle and toss it out.