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Re: Other: Another senseless kayaker death...
By:Doug S
Date: 7/12/2011, 10:45 am
In Response To: Other: Another senseless kayaker death... (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

: Desert Island in Maine. Below is an excerpt:
: "The man's companion jumped out of her kayak to try to rescue
: him..." WHAT?!?!?

I'd guess that part is instinct kicking in. I've paddled a fair amount, practice rescues and do a bit of flat-water guiding (with some instructing a while ago). I was paddling with a friend (my instructor when I first got started) and my daughter. He was in a Tempest, I was in my rec. boat, she was in her Sea Flea. We were in perfectly flat water in a marina mid-summer last year.

She capsized... I had one leg over the side of the boat to jump in and "save" her before I realized how bad of an idea that was. We'd practiced capsizing and swimming away from the boat - she did it perfectly. My buddy executed an assisted rescue with no fuss (long before my heart-rate got back to normal) except she climbed onto his back deck and sat up there waiting for him to finish up (we moved her into my boat). I warmed her up with a quick extra layer and she was back to paddling in no time.

BUT... I share that because getting into the water was my first instinct. That excerpt doesn't surprise me.

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Other: Another senseless kayaker death...
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/11/2011, 4:23 pm
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 7/11/2011, 4:31 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/11/2011, 8:13 pm
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QayaqGeek/Tavo -- 7/11/2011, 8:25 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 7/11/2011, 9:32 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/11/2011, 11:50 pm
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Kyle T -- 7/13/2011, 8:49 am
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Mike Bielski -- 7/12/2011, 12:19 am
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frankp -- 7/13/2011, 10:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/14/2011, 7:29 am
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StephenHJ -- 7/15/2011, 2:30 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 7/15/2011, 6:55 pm
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StephenHJ -- 7/15/2011, 7:28 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 7/15/2011, 10:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/16/2011, 1:46 am
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Ken Blanton -- 7/12/2011, 6:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/13/2011, 7:44 am
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Jay Babina -- 7/15/2011, 8:56 am
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Ken Blanton -- 7/15/2011, 6:57 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/11/2011, 11:23 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/12/2011, 12:02 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 7/12/2011, 12:59 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 7/12/2011, 1:20 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/11/2011, 11:46 pm
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Doug S -- 7/12/2011, 10:45 am
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Eric Mattison -- 7/12/2011, 2:10 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/13/2011, 4:39 am
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Eric Mattison -- 7/13/2011, 7:42 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 7/13/2011, 8:00 pm
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frankp -- 7/14/2011, 10:49 am
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Kevin McAtee -- 7/15/2011, 1:33 am