Damn lucky kayaker rescued off Hull
The Coast Guard reports the rescue of a guy who decided to do a little ocean kayaking around 11:30 last night off Nantasket Beach - in rough waters and without a life jacket.
Of course, he capsized - but right near a moored boat to which he was able to swim and spend several hours.
The Coast Guard says it launched a search boat, and Hull firefighters began searching from shore around 4 a.m. - after a friend called to report the guy missing at 3:30 a.m.:
The missing man called out to the search party on the beach from aboard a moored boat he swam to after falling off the kayak.
The beach search party directed the Coast Guard boat crew to the man's location, where he was rescued and transported to shore where a waiting ambulance took him to South Shore Hospital.
Winds were 20-knots, seas 2-to-4 feet, and the water was 59 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Coast Guard advises against going out in bad weather in a kayak.
Kayaker
Not too bright.
When you go kayaking at
When you go kayaking at 11:30 PM, there should be no search parties. Let nature takes its course.
scewball
There's something more than a little dumb about kayaking solo at 11:30 in the ocean without a lifejacket.
He followed the recipe
A typical boating fatality consists of a somewhat drunk male boating late at night without a life jacket.
More likely to find trouble at sea ... but more likely to be noticed and rescued, too.
fixing it for you
A typical boating fatality consists of a somewhat drunk person boating late at night without a life jacket.
Fixed that for ya.
No, she's actually right
Statistics show that males do a lot more risk-taking behavior, thus have a lot more accidents. People with brain injuries arising from an accident are overwhelmingly young males; the literature will tell you this, as will walking around in a rehab.
Here's a link specifically about boating fatalities being mainly young males:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n8p04352470x22...
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stupidity plays a key role
No beating around the bush in THIS journal!
Cold, choppy, 2-to-4-foot seas, without a lifejacket. Say no more.
ETA: Patriot-Ledger report
Damn right!
Because women can't be out taking risks if they're in the kitchen where they belong!
No, not seriously.
actually a typical boating fatality *is* male.
both the CDC and private researchers have shown that men make up about 90% of boating fatalities.
I'm always suspicious...
As a boat owner that has kept his boat moored, I'm always suspicious of guys that kayak/canoe/row in the middle of the night around areas with moored boats. I always think that they are going to steal my electronics.
How do you fall out and lose a kayak? I bet he was climbing onto a boat that wasn't his.
Wait, I think that I am jumping the gun. Who do I think I am, T.J. Hooker? Nevermind.
The guy stole the boat.
The guy stole the boat. Since 90% of inmates are male ergo...