Re: [Paddlewise] Tides & Currents

One of my friends, Duncan Taylor, while in view of his wife on shore, was
swept out to sea while kayaking at a beach in Maurtius.  Despite an
intensive air-sea search, no trace of him was ever found.

Richard Culpeper
www.geocities.com/~culpeper

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> From: Sisler, Clyde <Clyde.Sisler_at_wang.com>
> To: 'Paddlewise' <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Tides & Currents
> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 8:20 AM
> 
> I was struck by the number of times tidal currents played a role in the
> accidents in the book Deep Trouble.  The term 'swept out to sea' stirs up
> some pretty scary images but how bad can it really be?  Given that a
person
> can stay in the boat, how far out can they be swept?  A mile, two miles?
> Even at full ebb, the tidal (not ocean) current has to dissipate
somewhere.
> 
> Granted one might well spend some uncomfortable hours and then have to
> paddle back, but still......
>
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