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From: <Gypsykayak_at_aol.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] [Bagboater] Re: Hawaii kayaker rescue
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:32:29 EDT
<<Jonathan Stockton said that strong winds capsized his kayak Saturday 
afternoon, a quarter-mile offshore West Hawai'i. He decided to stay with his 
kayak rather than attempt to swim to shore, a decision he now regrets.>>

How so?  It's usually the other way around...they die cos they attempt to 
swim thinking shore is a lot closer than it really is.

sandy kramer

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