Need to "register" but only requires zip code, DOB, MorF. I tried to find more on this (other articles) but nothing else turned up on a news.google search. from article: The kayakers had a bottle of water, some food rations, a cell phone and a Global Positioning System with dead batteries, the Navy press release said. "We were conducting training operations in an area in which we almost never go," said co-pilot Lt. Gainey Maxwell, who was participating in his first search-and-rescue training, which became a real-life scenario. "Needless to say, those men are extremely lucky." http://www.keysnews.com/311643061401903.bsp.htm *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Found this site about the incident. Some interesting comments submitted by readers. http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1881395/posts Mark J. Arnold > [Original Message] > From: Jackie Myers <jackie_at_muddypuppies.com> > To: Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> > Date: 8/15/2007 2:39:10 > Subject: [Paddlewise] Navy chopper rescues two kayakers at sea *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Mark Arnold wrote: >Found this site about the incident. Some interesting comments submitted by readers. > >http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1881395/posts > > Sheesh... some of those are scary. Like the poster that decided to play in the waves with his/her daughter and couldn't get back to camp because they were blown away. This is not a paddling forum. Some are pretty funny, though. I like these..... <>"Kayaking on the ocean just never seemed to safe to me. Can anyone explain why some have taken up kayaking on the sea? Is it a bigger thrill than riding the rapids." "Can't imagine, I mean, why would you want to paddle around in a dinky plastic shell in shark infested waters dressed as a burrito? They need to spend a little "quality time" in church after that little jaunt." "That part of the ocean is relatively calm." (I guess they never heard of hurricane season or the Gulf Stream) <>"Ocean Kayaks are for near shore activities in calm waters,(bays, estuaries, inside passages) Extended, open water, unsupported (no mothership) passages are insane. The map, if accurate, is interesting. They were pretty far out. Nice pictures of the fort. Jackie *************************************************************************** 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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