Supposedly in a folding kayak with a sail and he lost control somehow. He was rescued by helicopter. I don't know if this happened last week or 10 years ago. Does anyone know anything about the incident. Just curious. John MacKechnie Also: Just spend a very pleasant weekend in St Michaels on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake. You could kayak for for a very long time down there and not cover the same water twice. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
There was an incindent les than a year ago (though my feeling of time is subjective). He was on a day-trip, AFAIK, used his cellophone and was rescued about 48 hours later. Didn't have a VHF radio. Was lucky to have a connection via cellophone - they are useless farther than a few miles offshore. I don't recall any details about his kayak or sail rig. Most likley didn't have either outriggers, or proper rudder, or both (since didn't have a VHF). Alex. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John MacKechnie" <bigmac1_at_enter.net> Subject: [Paddlewise] Just spotted a few seconds of a spot on TV about someone who drifted off of the Hawaiian Islands > Supposedly in a folding kayak with a sail and he lost control somehow. He > was rescued by helicopter. > > I don't know if this happened last week or 10 years ago. Does anyone know > anything about the incident. > > Just curious. > *************************************************************************** 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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