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Re: Off Topic: Missing Kayaker
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 8/8/2011, 8:49 am
In Response To: Off Topic: Missing Kayaker (Will N To Go)

: "The family told Coast Guard officials he is an experienced
: kayaker who rarely wears a life jacket."
: Seems to me (without wishing to disrespect the man or his family),
: not wearing a life jacket contradicts labeling him 'an
: experienced kayaker.'

: from
: Los Angeles Times article, Kayaker Marc Cross missing after
: paddling out of Newport Beach Harbor.

:
: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/search-suspended-for-kayaker-missing-off-orange-county-coast.html

This is, again, a situation where kayak to us means a proper sea kayak, and to the person in the family it probably means a sit-on-top or a rec boat. Under those circumstances, what does "experienced" even mean?

I understand your desire to show the proper respect, but maybe if we weren't so afraid about showing DISrespect, we wouldn't have a constant stream of uninformed and untrained people dying in incidents like this. I'll tell you- I never see anything about training next to those $200 rec boats at the discount store, let alone the rest of the safety equipment you'd need to safely paddle one on anything more than a pond.

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Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Missing Kayaker
Will N To Go -- 8/8/2011, 1:11 am
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Mike Bielski -- 8/8/2011, 8:49 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/8/2011, 5:58 pm
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scottbaxter -- 8/8/2011, 7:11 pm
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Will N To Go -- 8/8/2011, 10:39 pm
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Deano -- 8/9/2011, 8:56 am
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 8/10/2011, 4:52 pm
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Patricia F. Moodie -- 8/10/2011, 7:10 pm
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Deano -- 8/10/2011, 10:53 pm
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Wayne Two -- 8/11/2011, 12:04 pm
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Andrew Sommer -- 8/11/2011, 6:17 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/11/2011, 7:43 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 8/10/2011, 8:27 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 8/10/2011, 8:40 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/11/2011, 10:55 pm
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Matthias -- 8/12/2011, 1:46 am
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 8/12/2011, 6:56 am
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Bob Johns -- 8/12/2011, 7:15 am
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Roger D -- 8/12/2011, 12:25 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/12/2011, 10:52 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 8/13/2011, 12:40 am
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Wayne Two -- 8/13/2011, 3:21 pm
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Will N to Go -- 8/13/2011, 6:19 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 8/13/2011, 8:08 pm