This has nothing to do with Philmont, but everything to do with scouting. Those "doing" waterways in cooler weather take heed. Cold weather and it's effects on "man overboard" is here. John LeBlanc << The Cleveland Plain Dealer Tuesday, November 02, 1999 Missing Ashtabula canoeist presumed drowned ASHTABULA - The Coast Guard made a quick search of Lake Erie near Lake Shore Park in Ashtabula yesterday but did not find any sign of missing boater Tim Harrison. Harrison, 21, of Ashtabula, is presumed to have drowned in the 50-degree lake on Saturday after the 17-foot canoe he was in capsized sometime around 6:30 a.m. Harrison was fishing with his fiancee's father, Jack Williams, 47, of Ashtabula, about one mile out on a calm lake when a wave swamped the canoe, filling it with water and tipping it, officials said. Harrison tried to swim to shore but ran into trouble and called for help. Williams, clinging to the canoe, paddled over and the two clung to the boat for about two hours before early morning fishermen plucked Williams from the water. Joan Mabee, area supervisor for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Watercraft, said three Akron-area fishermen were busy pulling Williams from the water and apparently did not see Harrison who may have slipped under the water by the time they arrived. Mabee said neither man was wearing a life jacket although there were two in the canoe. Williams told the Coast Guard he tried to put on a life jacket once he fell into but was unable to secure it. "Wearing a life jacket would have improved their chances of survival," Mabee said. Coast Guard spokesman Andy Otero said searchers spent about one hour searching the lake yesterday. He said visibility and weather conditions would determine if they return today or do another search later. Mabee said his department was contacting local divers to plan a search later this week. (c) 1999 Cleveland Live. All rights reserved. Then...................................In Maine...................... Missing kayaker found alive at mouth of Saco River BIDDEFORD — A missing kayaker was found clinging to a buoy at the mouth of the Saco River this morning following an overnight search by the Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol. A Coast Guard helicopter and several patrol boats began looking for the kayaker when he was reported missing at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The water temperature was about 50 degrees. Adam Powers, 21, of Cornwall, Vt., was cold when he was found at 6:43 a.m. but he managed to avoid hypothermia. He would have been in much worse shape if he had not been wearing a wet suit, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Chris Davis in South Portland. The kayaker was taken to the Southern Maine Medical Center, where doctors were surprised to find him in such good condition. He was treated in the emergency room and was not admitted to the hospital, said Tina Clark, a spokeswoman. Powers went into the water at Biddeford Pool in 6- to 8-foot seas with an average wind of 21 knots, the Coast Guard said. The National Weather Service had issued a storm warning calling for wind gusts of 58 mph Wednesday morning. It was downgraded to a gale warning late Wednesday afternoon. ''I can't imagine anyone going out in those conditions. It really befuddles me,'' said Tom Hawley, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Gray. It was unclear how long Powers had been clinging to the buoy; a helicopter did not spot him on an earlier pass. The temperature overnight plummeted to about 38 degrees. 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