Where is Netarts Bay? What was the water temperature? The article says two men fell out of "a small inflatable boat". The kayaker saved one of the men. The Coast Guard has given up the search for the other man. The men were dressed in the standard gear for open boaters, blue jeans and cotton shirts; no PFD's. Wouldn't be caught dead wearing all that sissy cold water/pfd stuff. Chuck Sutherland *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Netarts Bay is near Tillamook Oregon. I am not sure of the water temps, but they were in the Pacific on the Oregon Coast in February, so temps were probably in the 50s. It is crabbing season so they were out setting traps. -- MZ > Where is Netarts Bay? What was the water temperature? > The article says two men fell out of "a small inflatable boat". visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
"skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net" wrote: > > Where is Netarts Bay? What was the water temperature? > The article says two men fell out of "a small inflatable boat". Netarts is a town on the Oregon coast at about N 45.5 deg. according to my GPS. There's a spit of land south of it that extends northward from Cape Lookout Park and protects the bay. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
What was the water temperature? I just checked the buoy information and the ocean temperature was 48 degrees F. In blue jeans and a cotton shirt you wouldn't last long, no wonder the Coast Guard gave up. -- MZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net wrote: > Where is Netarts Bay? What was the water temperature? > > Chuck Sutherland Mary Z and Peter R already covered most of the bases on this. I live some 80-90 miles north of Netarts. Some additional "context:" The bay is a smallish, very beautiful one, almost entirely naturally covenanted at the entrance, with no major breakwaters, etc. Because it is small and no major rivers feed it, it lacks the enormous current exchanges characteristic of larger bay/river/estuary systems (the Columbia, SF Bay, Willapa Bay, etc.). However, it has a "bar," nonetheless, and of course it is there that the crabs are found at high tide. That is apparently what the two guys in the small inflatable were up to: running pots. And, their location is OK until the ebb begins. (Most recreational crabbers fish the last bit of flood, then skedaddle.) Mitch McKinnon was the sea kayaker who did the rescue (relation to Craig?). And, yes, jeans and a jacket (no PFD) is pretty much SOP down there for small boaters -- the Bay looks so innocent. Pretty difficult to change that ethic. IIRC, there is a death or two of this type almost every year in Netarts Bay, with the scenario usually very close to this one. The ramp is very close to the mouth of the Bay, so a naive boater can get into trouble pretty quickly. My sympathy to the loved ones. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Kruger" <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> To: "Paddlewise" <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Kayaker saves boater > Mitch McKinnon was the sea kayaker who did the rescue (relation to Craig?). With that spelling, he's clearly not a member of Clan Mackinnon. But nonetheless, he demonstrated Highland courage! Audentes fortuna juvat, Craig [demime 0.92b removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of badge.gif] *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> > Mitch McKinnon was the sea kayaker who did the rescue (relation to > Craig?). I talked with someone who has boated with Mitch, and apparently he is sometimes an instructor with the OOPS club in Portland. http://home.teleport.com/~orops/ Well sounds like he did a fine job, I just wondered if he was alone. -- MZ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This is a fun way to hone your GPS skills. Geocaching use your GPS to find a cache then you get to move the cache and add to it and take something from it. We received this at work apparently the National Forests are quite popular for this sport. http://www.geocaching.com/ visit my website: http://www.mzuschlag.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Mary Zuschlag wrote: > > This is a fun way to hone your GPS skills. Geocaching use your GPS to find > a cache then you get to move the cache and add to it and take something from > it. We received this at work apparently the National Forests are quite > popular for this sport. > http://www.geocaching.com/ Yes, sign the log, then take something & leave something, but please don't move the cache unless it explicitly says to do so. In general the caches stay at the same location so others can continue to find them. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Yes, sign the log, then take something & leave something, but please don't move the cache unless it explicitly says to do so. In general the caches stay at the same location so others can continue to find them. However, a few caches have disappeared -- mainly removed by NPS or other rangers because they were placed in environmentally sensitive areas. A few parks now strongly suggest that a geocacher consult with them before installing one.... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
If you find yourselves on the east coast of Florida near Melbourne, look for my Geocache on Samson's Island in Satellite Beach. It can only be reached by boat and it's in the midst of the Indian River Lagoon; a great area to paddle with dolphins and the largest manatee population of any county in Florida. The paddle directions are on KayakGuide while the Geocache directions are on Geocaching.com. "Geocaching" is so much fun it's addictive. It's a treasure hunt in which there's always more treasure. And it's particularly fun for paddlers. -- Al Vazquez KayakGuide.com tm the Place to Share Kayaking & Canoeing tm *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Oh, That's what the British commandos were doing in Spain the other day.. Guess they need to work a bit on ther navigation skills... Ulli _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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