If the trip is listed as requiring an RSVP, the trip organizer should call all respondents to inform them of cancellation, removing the need for the organizer to show up at the put in. For RSVP trips it is therefore necessary to obtain, either a phone number or e-mail address of each participant. The trip organizer is not responsible for the individual safety and well-being of trip participants. The trip organizer is not responsible for deficiencies in the trip participants' equipment or skills. Paddlers may be asked not to participate if their skills or equipment are not safe for the trip.
Safety is always the first goal of a trip.
The ACA requires that we collect the names of all event participants and their ACA membership numbers and send the list to the ACA no later than two weeks after the event. The ACA Waiver of Liability forms must be filled out by each participant. In any sea kayaking trip, things can go badly wrong, and you can find yourself stuck out on the water or an isolated beach with no means of getting back. With a float plan, a search can be started when you don't arrive back when expected. A good float plan should indicate where you are launching from, your approximate route, when you expect to be back, and when folks should start looking.