The physics of Kayaking, take 2

This is a picture of me in an ILH kayaking race. As I propel myself though the water with my kayak paddle, I am using two principles of physics, Newton's second and third laws of motion. Newton's second law states that force equals mass times acceleration and his third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. To move forward in the kayak, I have to place my paddle in the water and pull backwards, as I pull backwards, I am exerting a force on the water and the water is exerting an opposite force on me. Because the force I applied was backward (or negative), the water exerts a forward ( or positive) force on me, therefore porpelling me forward. Newton's second law allows us to find the acceleration of the kayak bedcause the law states that acceleration is proportional to the force exerted on the object ( the kayak and I), so the harder I pull, the more force I exert, the more force that is inversely exerted on me by the water, and the faster I accelerate. Thus, every time we go out on the beautiful Ala War canal for kayaking practice, the girls and boys on the Iolani kayaking team are using Newton's second and third laws of motion to propel ourselves though the water.