> Gee, maybe it was the steady 25 mph wind, surely gusting in the > 30s. Air temperatures were upper 60s and into the 70s. Glad you had such a nice paddle on such a day Natalie. It was 25-30 mph with gusts in the 40s down here. I was invited on a Corpus Christi bay paddle but wound up just paddling a couple of laps inside the marina. About the same time I was paddling, the fire department was rescuing a solo kayaker who had come out of his kayak. Luckily someone saw the empty kayak and called for help. News said he was in the water for about an hour. >From pictures it appeared that he did have a pfd but was only wearing rash guard and water shorts. Luckily the bay had warmed up quite a bit in last week or so (from 55 degf up to 65degf). There was some conflicting info on whether he was out in Corpus Christi Bay or in the very shallow and usually calmer Oso Bay. Corpus Christi Bay in that area would have been a lee shore with raised highway providing a nice protected wind shadow for about 20-30 yards out. By the time you got out about 100 yards it looked pretty nasty. Those lee shores can be deceptive, dangerous traps. Glad I stayed within my limits. --- Mark Arnold --- mjamja_at_earthlink.net *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 24 2003 - 09:44:25 PST
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