Posted on 06/19/2014 3:51:42 PM PDT by driftdiver
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Coast Guard says a man is "lucky to be alive" after he was rescued 11 days into an attempted kayak voyage from California to Hawaii.
A helicopter spotted the 57-year-old man, who had turned back to California, in the Pacific on Tuesday about 60 miles southwest of Santa Barbara's Point Conception after he sent a distress call indicating equipment failure, the Coast Guard said in a statement.
The helicopter directed a Coast Guard cutter crew to the man, who was found in good health, the statement said. His name was not released.
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He missed it by 44/45th.
Well, you could go water skiing behind an aircraft carrier or a cruise ship!
All that water and nothing to drink.
It takes about 5 hours to fly from California to Hawaii.And IIRC it took our flight about 8 hours from Hawaii to Taiwan.Rowing across would probably take longer.
The sharks have given up on the slave route, now they are waiting for that island to capsize. :)
It’s actually possible to Kayak west to east across Canada via portages between lakes and rivers.
That would be quite a neat trip.
Ha Ha. I forgot that one. We sure have some amazing elected idiots, don't we? ( Maybe this Kayak dude should run for office from the right district. )
33 is kind of small for me but for one person not bad. People don’t understand that blue water cruisers, regardless of size, are made for blue water cruising. Nice job. (We own a 39’ Yorktown which is also a blue water cruiser. She rides smooth.)
mine was a blue water Hans Christian
Nice boats. Yep, Hans Christians are built for cruising.
If the taxpayers wanted every fool to be left to die, they could vote that way.
I never realized it until I read about the explorer David Thompson. The Fur trade in Canada moved via river and lakes.
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