[Paddlewise] GPS-Yes/Hawaii

Alex said,

"I recall now a story about kayaker blown off to the sea at Hawaii.  It 
took
2 or 3 days to find him after he placed his distress call.  Would take 
much
less if he knew his exact location."

I saw this on the weather channel the other night.  I missed the first 
part of the
story but it seems like the man was depending on the usual weather 
patterns to keep
him safe.  When a freak storm blew him out to see his goose was almost 
cooked.  If 
it was not for the cell phone he would have been cooked.  If he had a GPS 
the 
Coast Guard search would have lasted minutes instead of days.  The other 
thing I 
could not figure out is if the guy had a compass?  At one point he said 
that he
could see the twin peaks of the islands.  Seems like if he had a compass 
he could
have triangulated the twin peaks and at least get a rough idea of where he 
was to
the USCG...  But maybe I missed the part about his compass.

Later,
Dan McCarty
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