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Old 08-09-2007, 10:47 AM   #1
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anyone we know?

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Old 08-09-2007, 10:57 AM   #2
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Wow. Article doesn't say if he was a fisherman or not, though the other details would point towards that. Wonder who it was.
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Old 08-09-2007, 11:07 AM   #3
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Wow. Glad to hear he made it. That's a long scary trip.
I think we should all carry a hand bilge pump and a radio for stuff like this.
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Old 08-09-2007, 11:30 AM   #4
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I think we should all carry a hand bilge pump and a radio for stuff like this.
if used properly- your bilge pump for your bait tank will do the trick... i keep a small container of QuikPlastic on the yak for situations such as this. Hope I never have to make use of it and is why I'm not completely sold on the internal bait tank.
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Old 08-09-2007, 11:39 AM   #5
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Lots of questions?

I wonder what was the cause of the leak. and so on.
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Old 08-09-2007, 11:47 AM   #6
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Wow...

Glad the guy made it.

Another could-have-been-deadly reminder on importance of safety.

Make sure you have a life vest. Wear it all the time if all possible.

Have a VHF, preferably in a bag with attached small floater. Your cell in a dry bag won't do you much good in situation like this.

Have a manual pump or at least improvised device to scoop water out manually... Kayaks are tiny plastic boats - you can easily punch a whole in it without realizing by dragging it over a sharp rock. Not even to mention all the constant stress on internal plastic joints while the boat vibrating strapped on the top of your car/track doing 70+mph on the freeway... Plus the swell banging on it...

Have a GPS, preferably waterproof hand held, easily detachable. Have spare batteries for it. In blown out to sea situation, you ought to be able to tell the CG where you are at.

I know some folks carry light flares as well; great idea. I haven't been doing it, but now I'll throw a few in my dry bag. Better safe than sorry.

Always carry extra water with you!!! Now that I have a kill bag (btw, great way to keep your catch fresh), I take an extra 3-4 frozen water bottles to keep the inside of the kill bag cold. That water doubles as the emergency water supply.

I'm sure that's not all, but in my case - minimum safety standards I paddle by...

We're in the open ocean.

SAFETY FIRST!
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Old 08-09-2007, 02:16 PM   #7
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hand bilge pumps are better than battery operated ones. We know how often bait tanks and electronics crap out. But yes you can use a bait tank pump in an emergency in most situations.

My internal bait tank has worried me little since I got it. There have been zero problems so far in over a year and over 150 uses including dragging over cobbled beaches, dropping the kayak off the rack, dragging over the edge of a panga fully loaded, dropping a knife in it, having a treble hooked lure snag it and mothership racks not meant for kayaks. Still the plastic fix kit is a great idea.
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