Doesn't look good. So sad. http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Missing+Hornby+teen+just+bought+kayak/5049 071/story.html DL *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
The sentence below from the article Doug linked to bothers me: "Three hours later the boy's water-filled kayak with paddles intact and a lifejacket, hoodie and shoes inside was found on rocky Mushroom Beach in Helliwell Provincial Park, directly across from Sandpiper Beach." I have questions like: How is it all those articles ended up on the beach together with the kayak? Did someone gather them up on the beach and put them together with the kayak? Did he kayak capsize near shore and drift up on the beach even though swamped? Maybe the tide was falling. Maybe the author of the article got things wrong. Maybe all those items were teathered to the kayak. Maybe the paddle was a spare paddle. Was there a lot of other beaches near the area the kayak was found? Was it just a coincidence it ended up on a beach? could the teen have landed the kayak there or swam the kayak there or nearly there? I'd like to talk to whoever first found the kayak to know just where it was found and what was the orientation of the kayak and the items found with it. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I phoned Comox Valley Kayaks today; they sold the kayak to the missing teen (who has been presumed lost at sea). It was a Wilderness System Tsunami 160. At 23.5" wide, this was a good kayak to be in. http://www.wildernesssystems.com/product/index/products/sea_kayak/sea_kayak_ tsunami/tsunami_160_seakayak/ Comox Valley Kayaks are an exemplary retail provider who offer lessons and continually promote safety. I didn't question them a whole lot more about the paddler nor do I want to seek details from those who knew him at this time. Doug Lloyd The sentence below from the article Doug linked to bothers me: "Three hours later the boy's water-filled kayak with paddles intact and a lifejacket, hoodie and shoes inside was found on rocky Mushroom Beach in Helliwell Provincial Park, directly across from Sandpiper Beach." I have questions like: How is it all those articles ended up on the beach together with the kayak? Did someone gather them up on the beach and put them together with the kayak? Did he kayak capsize near shore and drift up on the beach even though swamped? Maybe the tide was falling. Maybe the author of the article got things wrong. Maybe all those items were teathered to the kayak. Maybe the paddle was a spare paddle. Was there a lot of other beaches near the area the kayak was found? Was it just a coincidence it ended up on a beach? could the teen have landed the kayak there or swam the kayak there or nearly there? I'd like to talk to whoever first found the kayak to know just where it was found and what was the orientation of the kayak and the items found with it. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I've paddled a Tsunami 160 and thought it to be one of the better competitor's kayaks of the 1000+ of them I've paddled. > From: douglloyd_at_shaw.ca > To: marinerkayaks_at_msn.com; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Missing Teen > Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:20:51 -0700 > > I phoned Comox Valley Kayaks today; they sold the kayak to the missing teen > (who has been presumed lost at sea). It was a Wilderness System Tsunami 160. > At 23.5" wide, this was a good kayak to be in. *************************************************************************** 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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