Our first presentation of the RINA/IMarEST winter programme here was given m=by Malcolm Vincent. A vice president of the RNLI (and a past President of IMarEST as well).
I had not realised the guidance given to foreign services either however the current campaign which I am duty bound to convey is against youngsters drowning. Drownings occur in truly epidemic numbers.
I point you to the guidance
https://rnli.org/safety/respect-the-water