EXPECT Hawke's Bay kayaker Hamish Legarth to spend more time at the meal table during the next few days.
But Legarth, 16, won't be eating more food than normal so he has more energy for next week's Oceania Canoe Sprint Championship in Adelaide where he and fellow Bay paddlers Farren McGregor-Smyth and Edward Parsons will get their first taste of international competition as members of the New Zealand under-18 team.
The Havelock North High School year 12 pupil, who is in his fourth year of kayaking, will likely be heard quizzing his older sister, Elise, on the requirements of competing at this level.
She has had at least four trips overseas including one to last year's junior world championship. While she hasn't gone into too much detail yet, Elise still has time to do so before the trio leaves for the three-day regatta which starts at West Lakes on Thursday.
"So far Elise has told me to go out and have fun. She has also stressed the importance of doing my best and paddling hard," Legarth said.