Craig wrote: >This link ( http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=345006&sc=79 ) tells >most of the story. A short paddle gone very wrong due to weather and waves. G'day That's a sad story. Thirteen hours in and out of the water is a remarkable struggle. The Bai Verte Peninsula area from Google Earth looks to have some quite sheltered areas. Does anyone know if they were paddling the kind of location that seems deceptively innocuous and where one might not normally take comm.'s devices: flares, smokes, PLB, VHF? If its as remote and 'mountainous as it looks perhaps only the PLB would have been effective but they could maybe have saved him and spared the rescue helicopter such a long search. All the best, Petero *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Jul 06 2010 - 04:43:15 PDT
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