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Originally Posted by Drake
It's a sad story, and in the CG we say after 48 hours it's no longer Search and Rescue, its a recovery mission. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family.
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Yeah you hate to say it but the guy's probably gone. He went into 57 degree water two miles offshore, evidently while suffering some kind of heart attack. If he was alive they should of already found him. They found the kayak upside down right where the Cell GPS positioned it, and it was fair weather, a relatively calm day. The CG has called off the search, as there is pretty much no chance he's going to be found alive.
If the current was moving east to west he could be 20 miles offshore by now, and with the amount of sharks that frequent that area just offshore: blues, mako's and whites, it wouldn't surprise me if they never found him at all.
There are worse ways to go then paddling offshore on a beautiful day off point Dume. If I had to choose a way to go I'd say it sure beats the hell out of cancer, or Alzheimer's.
I was talking to a buddy about this today. My take I'm not afraid of dying out there as long as it's fast, but the idea of floating around for several days in frigid water fending off curious blue sharks does make me pretty uncomfortable.
Jim