He was seen leaving wearing a life jacket and a life jacket was found in the kayak on the beach. Unless he had a spare life jacket with him (which seems unlikely) this is another indication he made it to shore with his kayak. I'd be searching the shore and trying to determine what routes he may have tried to use to get back to civilization or to seek shelter in his likely cold and wet condition. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Newer/younger paddlers often fail to bring their kayak up far enough or tie it off on a rising tide before taking a break, etc. Maybe his boat floated away (was a fast rising tide at the time) and he swam out after his "new" kayak and didn't make it. The kayak floated back to shore. The area isn't strictly wilderness so the shoreline search party did a pretty good search easily enough already. Lots of current out there. I have a picture of a guy swimming out after his rented kayak in Nootka Sound near open water. Same deal. I was high up on shore, this guy being a visitor from Colorado. Almost too funny to watch if it werent so possibly tragically fatal for some. Doug Matt said: He was seen leaving wearing a life jacket and a life jacket was found in the kayak on the beach. Unless he had a spare life jacket with him (which seems unlikely) this is another indication he made it to shore with his kayak. I'd be searching the shore and trying to determine what routes he may have tried to use to get back to civilization or to seek shelter in his likely cold and wet condition. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Was the tide rising or falling about the time he would have been on Mushroom Beach. If falling the kayak could have ended up on the beach full of water by itself. If rising your scenario is a more likely possibility. I once wrote about just such a case as you described that without outside help coming could well have cost the swimmer his life. I don't remember if that story made "Deep Trouble" or not (and since I recently snapped my achilles tendon I'm not going to hop up to find a copy and check). > From: douglloyd_at_shaw.ca > To: marinerkayaks_at_msn.com; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] RE: [Paddlewise] Missing Teen~ > Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:21:07 -0700 > > Newer/younger paddlers often fail to bring their kayak up far enough or tie > it off on a rising tide before taking a break, etc. Maybe his boat floated > away (was a fast rising tide at the time) and he swam out after his "new" > kayak and didn't make it. The kayak floated back to shore. The area isn't > strictly wilderness so the shoreline search party did a pretty good search > easily enough already. Lots of current out there. > > I have a picture of a guy swimming out after his rented kayak in Nootka > Sound near open water. Same deal. I was high up on shore, this guy being a > visitor from Colorado. Almost too funny to watch if it werent so possibly > tragically fatal for some. > > Doug *************************************************************************** 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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