Thanks everyone for your replies. Seems an interesting debate and has given me a few questions to raise with the CAA come monday morning when i'll give them a call again.
I think I will go down the route of saying, as the "safety pilot" is there to fulfill insurance requirements and that I will be the decision maker so to speak as I will be appropriately rated to do so, why can I not log the time as PIC.
I will also get in touch with Kenmore again, find out about the tech log issue raised earlier and find out who the "safety pilot" will be, ie, will they be an instructor (i'd guess the answer to this is probably yes though).
I think I might also say to them how do they propose I build time to get the expirience on seaplanes when, as also mentioned, no where will hire you one for solo use! I've been in touch with the very few schools that offer "solo" hire and they all want a safety pilot on board
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(Why can't I just be normal and do things the normal way!)
Cheers guys,
Craig