: Note that if we have suggestions and you are not happy with how
: someone else on the trip is acting, you are free to say:
: "You are unsafe. Good bye, I am going to go off and do my
: own thing." Where if they are rules, then you need to be
: prepared to say: "You are unsafe. You need to go back to
: shore right now, and I am going to escort you back to make sure
: you are safe."

The only one I ever heard of who put their foot down (not that I have been on many club paddles) is Rusty involving someone with a PFD. Other than that, we all seem to "advise" and "suggest" without really exercising any form of "enforcement".

You are spot on, Nick.