Hoodies, tracksuit pants and other absorbent cotton clothing are fine on a boat, but you should never wear them on your yak. If you end up in the drink they will quickly become waterlogged and heavy. And once you're back on the yak (if you can get back on) you will get very cold, very quickly. The ...

I'm a New South Welshman, located in Lake Macquarie, hopefully you won't hold that against me.
Joined since this seems a pretty active yak forum. I just have a small cheap,2.7m kayak atm may upgrade a little down the track. At the moment trying to get better at fishing.