Re: [Paddlewise] Long Beach, BC

At 09:38 AM 11/29/99 PST, Philip wrote:

Doug said:
>>A number of board surfers die at long beach from time-to-time. Some years
>>are not bad.

Philip said:
>I'd heard of many beach-strollers getting grabbed by large waves and sucked 
>out; I hadn't heard specifically of any boarder/kayaker deaths. But maybe, a 
>la that small town in the Jaws movie, they don't publisize these deaths for 
>fear of scaring the tourists away?

Don't forget the whale-watchers...some have been swamped and drowned. Go
for the bigger tour boats - if it ain't got 40 feet of keel, it shouldn't
be at sea. Yikes, where does that leave kayakers. As far as surf deaths,
they DO happen, unfortunately. I've also heard of surfers taken out by the
tide-rips, who have spent the night outside the surf zone, unable to
return. One fellow slept comfortably, er sort of, on the kelp beds. Thick
wet suits help. Glad you made out not too bad. BTW, my WW kayak the broke
almost in two, was a super light duty layup. Plastic is the way to go these
days.

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd

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