Agree Leon..especially about the skeg...I love my paddle float! I carry it on my deck all the time. It is good to practise self rescues with it regularly. I've used it to for heel hook entry in 5star conditions and for 're enter and roll just in case my usual one doesn't work. There's no way I could ever cowboy self rescue so paddle float is my 'go to' if my roll doesn't do the job. It's fun to practise and doesn't take long to get the hang of it.
On the issue of social distance heel hook rescues..I find it much harder to brace the rescuee boat at the bow or stern as there's just less kayak to lean on.. so skeg down there might help too..the person doing the heel hook could reduce their weight by lying as flat as possible against the kayak as they rotate into the cockpit.