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Old 09-21-2012, 10:00 AM   #1
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Paddling from San Diego to Hawaii, anyone?

2 days ago, we were headed down to 1010 trench. Loooong ride, in pretty ugly seas.

Maybe 20 miles or so South past the Islands, I almost ran over something in the dark. Weird bright white light, that I got close to really quick - I figured it must have been stopped, or moving slow. I could not see that well in choppy seas... Stopped for a while to see if the "thing" will signal back to me indicating that they may need help (yell at me, flash their light)... Nothing. I even thought I saw those things on a side that looked like paddles moving?!? Can't be... Gave it a while - no signal back... I figured I shouldn't be getting too close or too involved into this weird situation - you know what other kind of activity can be going on in the dark involving limited lights and small vessels close to the border... So we continued on...

The next day, on our way back, we see something small in the distance...
We get closer - it looks like really small raft?!? This can't be cool, we're like 50 miles down south, at least 30 away form the shore... They may need help....

WTF - a kayak?!?





Brent realises it's Rory Wilson, a math teacher on a quest to paddle from San Diego to Hawaii. He heard on the news a few days ago about his trip.

We wave to him, we yell Hawaii?! He confirms... We offer some fish - he turns it down. We move on.

I hope he makes it to Hawaii safe. Just looking at the seas down at 1010 he was headed to, that we ran away from after working it for maybe an hour on 26.5 ft cuddy cabin and 250 hp in the back - it will be tough.

Here's more info on Rory's quest and his kayak KROS:

http://www.bisd303.org/cms/lib3/WA01...nd%20Notes.pdf

I'll keep an eye on his quest.

And yeah, we did get rewarded for the effort; brought some lambchicken and dorado home:

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Old 09-21-2012, 10:38 AM   #2
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Interesting paddle for Mr. Wilson, In the second photo he looks like "Bernie", crouched over like that in his yak. BTW Nice fish too Awesome info. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:12 AM   #3
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That's crazy!
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Old 09-21-2012, 11:32 AM   #4
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Looks like he has solar panels on the yak.
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Old 09-21-2012, 12:41 PM   #5
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Hey I recognise that hat! That's gotta be Jim Day! Sure looks like a kayak that he would build! Or maybe It could be Gregandrew in his new trident....?
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Old 09-21-2012, 04:26 PM   #6
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Great read, the supply list forgot something he has on his trip, a set of ....


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Old 09-21-2012, 11:51 PM   #7
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That guy must have incredible arms and shoulders... and unimaginably large huevos.
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Old 09-22-2012, 12:10 AM   #8
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Wow! And here I was thinking that the 22mile paddle to Catalina would be an awesome achievement. He's going 2500 miles or so! Damn!!!!

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Old 09-22-2012, 12:28 AM   #9
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imagine if you were the one to run him over...

pretty cool. that kayak/boat is pretty cool too.

you'd think he would have brought a rod or two and a jet boil.
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Old 09-22-2012, 08:22 AM   #10
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thats pretty cool...


but i would need company
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Old 11-12-2012, 04:35 PM   #11
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He made it safely

Very impressive - 50 to 60 miles per day!

http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/178153121.html
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Old 11-12-2012, 05:02 PM   #12
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He made it safely

Very impressive - 50 to 60 miles per day!

http://www.bainbridgereview.com/news/178153121.html
Wow
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:33 PM   #13
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Great exprience Adi!! Thank you for posting.
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Old 11-13-2012, 09:39 AM   #14
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That's cool!
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Old 11-13-2012, 09:57 AM   #15
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Is it a round trip or one way
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Old 11-13-2012, 10:02 AM   #16
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