Re: [Paddlewise] kayaker presumed dead at MALIBU, Calif.

> From: Frank Lucian <murpho_at_mediaone.net>

> 
> Anyone know any more about this? 
> Some details are at
> http://fresnobee.com/state_wire/story/1287616p-1356134c.html

I tried to find info on this yesterday searching southern California
newspapers and newstations.   I didn't think to check a paper inland
and way north of here (LA area) 8-\  I never found anything locally.

We had very strong Santa Ana winds blowing Friday and Saturday.  
I heard a brief newsreport on the local news Friday night that one
kayaker had be rescued and another was missing.  This is the first
I've heard the search was called off.  The conditions were serious
enough even for an expert kayaker to be paddling away from shore 
much less *anyone* paddling without wetsuit or drysuit (Santa Ana 
winds gusting up to 70 - strong enough to topple an 18 wheeler 
and other vehicles, plenty of warnings and advisories).  Not the 
first paddler to go missing during strong offshore winds like that 
in the five years I've lived out here.  Another incident four years 
ago where neither paddler nor kayak was ever found when a relative 
beginner struck out alone during very strong Santa Ana winds (again,
gusts up to 70 mph).  Claudia Mathieu, Dec 10, 1997.

I would also be interested in more details about this latest 
incident if anyone has info.

Jackie

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