Fishing in your classroom
Kayak, canoe, rowboat
One surprising rule to start with: a motor that is switched off still counts.
A kayak, a canoe, a rowboat: what do they have in common?
Do you need a licence for a kayak?
And if the motor is switched off?
What do you need on board?
Why there is no equipment list here
You will notice we give no list of required equipment. That is deliberate. It depends on the type and length of the craft, it lives in the Small Vessel Regulations and the Safe Boating Guide, and we could not verify it line by line. In boating safety, a rough list handed to a class can send someone onto the water without what they need. We would rather send you to the source.
The Safe Boating Guide (TP 511)For the teacher
- Start with the motor question. Most pupils — and most adults — assume a motor only counts when it is running. It does not.
- “No licence needed” and “no rules” are not the same sentence. The card says so explicitly; it is worth reading twice.
- This module is shorter than the others on purpose, and the page explains why. It is the second time on this platform — after ice thickness — that we stop rather than guess.
- A good exercise: have the class find the canoe and kayak table in the official guide themselves. Finding a rule in a real document is a skill.