Thanks Lisa, I missed you. My wife never understood the don't point at what you don't want to hit. You know the neighbors to the north call a canoe a divorce machine. Hope you and yours are healthy. We are still on the muddy portage we spoke of earlier. Thanks for what you do. I want you to know , your videos are a comforting distraction and are essential for my strength and sanity. What YOU do helps me cope. Thank you.

Awesome information. I have never heard anyone else describe these signals, life saving information. I will be sharing this with my canoeing friends Thank you.

Critical information 👍🏻 I was taught signals before I was ever let in a canoe

Yep ..excellent and very important to cover - perfect!

Love this channel. So much important information. Ive learned alot...thank you so much!

I forgot to mention one thing. Lisa is such a nice lady, that she "forgot" the two most essential signs: The first one is when you join the tip of all fingers together then bring it to your mouth, then put the fingers up and spread them. "Do you have food?". The second one is when you join the tip of your index to the tip of your thumb in a circle with all other fingers also curved: "Any beer? Any Whiskey/Rhum/Tequila?". If "no" to both questions, then switch your paddle and indicate the 30 feet fall instead of the safe route. No food, no drink? No use for those guys!

With river left/river right, am I correct when I beleive you mean to say that you point with your padle (and circle it in the air) to the actual side of the river where to "eddie out", not to the left or right side of your body which would be correct only if you face downstream. Also strongly agree to these signals and they need to be clear and visible to your companions that might be 100+ feet upstreams from you, especially in whitewater where you might have only one second (or even only a fraction of a second) to communicate, or when your visibility might be constrained due to you being below a small threshold in the river and your companions can only see your paddle held up in the air. Thank you for all your quite informative 3 minutes sessions!

... Excellent video and series ..... Always Safety First ....

I so want that paddle!

That is an awesome video and something almost no one cares about, but should/must!!! BTW, if you don't bother to buy and carry a whistle, then please just don't bother canoeing.....

Great video. You should do one on how to swim a rapid. Foot entrapment is scary -- the invisible strainer.

Lisa you mentioned river right and river left. I a future video you may want explain if that is looking down stream or up.

This was a bit confusing especially river left/right. You need to explain that better. Also might wanna come up with a signal that means go here vs look out here. May i suggest the ✌️ to eyballs then to object to look out and a firm 🫱🫲 for directions... or hand for look-out! paddle for go this way.