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Title: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: rising_sun on March 18, 2015, 06:33:14 PM
Channel 2, KRON is reporting a pair of kayakers being rescued. One is said to be injured. Its all I know.

http://kron4.com/2015/03/18/rescue-underway-for-distressed-kayakers-in-bodega-bay/
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Fish Flogger on March 18, 2015, 06:39:24 PM
Hope they make it.

-FF
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Buzzcut1 on March 18, 2015, 06:47:21 PM
KPIX has it that 2 turtled, one made it to shore and called for help, they are searching for the other kayaker that was with him
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Adam415 on March 18, 2015, 10:12:54 PM
Just saw that they got into trouble along Dillon beach. One of the kayakers fell out of his boat twice and didn't make it. They recovered his body. I believe he was a 50 year old male from sonoma co. The report said both kayakers were experienced. From the footage I saw it looked nasty out there. These may not be all the facts. They ran a quick story on the news. RIP.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Buzzcut1 on March 19, 2015, 05:44:30 AM
Kayaker dies off California coast despite of rescue efforts
Updated 10:45 pm, Wednesday, March 18, 2015
 
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A kayaker died off the Northern California coast after twice falling into the water, first from his own boat and then from the boat of a friend who tried to save him.
Marin County sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman tells the Marin Independent Journal (http://bayareane.ws/18JPt4r) the victim is a 50-year-old man from Sonoma County. The man's name was not released pending notification of his family.
Pittman says the incident happened Wednesday after the two kayakers had paddled from the Nick's Cove area to Dillon Beach in Tomales Bay.
As they were heading back, one man fell from his boat in the rough conditions. His friend hoisted him into his own boat but the victim fell back in again.
Rescue crews found the man's body in the surf a short time later. The surviving kayaker paddled to shore.


So sad :smt010
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Rockroach on March 19, 2015, 06:19:58 AM
That sucks. RIP
Be safe out there
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: AlexB on March 19, 2015, 06:25:05 AM
Seriously sucks... RIP.

Just remember... PFD and dress for immersion. ALWAYS!!!

This kind of thing doesn't have to happen.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: SkellyCa on March 19, 2015, 07:14:39 AM
His name was Nickolas Anast. He was a life sciences professor at Santa Rosa Jr. College.

Apparently he suffered some of distress then fell off the kayak. I'm thinking maybe he had a heart attack?

Supposedly he had a pfd on before he fell out. The news(ktvu) was saying it's not uncommon for a large or lose pfd to fall off in heavy surf?
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Buzzcut1 on March 19, 2015, 08:46:28 AM
you have to make sure that lowest strap on the pfd is tight and below your ribs to lock the pfd in place.   
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: crash on March 19, 2015, 08:48:40 AM
If he was having severe chest pain he might have taken the PFD off himself.

RIP
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: AlsHobieOutback on March 19, 2015, 09:16:06 AM
So sad...  :smt010  RIP.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: CptSloppywood on March 19, 2015, 09:18:46 AM
 :smt009 no good.I hate to here this stuff
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: beenfishin on March 19, 2015, 10:19:26 AM
Damn, what a bummer.  RIP.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Fish Master1 on March 19, 2015, 10:27:03 AM
 :smt010
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: vwool on March 19, 2015, 11:05:45 AM
His name was Nickolas Anast. He was a life sciences professor at Santa Rosa Jr. College.

Apparently he suffered some of distress then fell off the kayak. I'm thinking maybe he had a heart attack?

Supposedly he had a pfd on before he fell out. The news(ktvu) was saying it's not uncommon for a large or lose pfd to fall off in heavy surf?

Oh man I can't read this. This was one of my favorite teachers while I was at Napa JC. I am hoping it is the wrong person but his name is not commen. May he rest in peace.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: masterandahound on March 19, 2015, 03:34:57 PM
His name was Nickolas Anast. He was a life sciences professor at Santa Rosa Jr. College.

Apparently he suffered some of distress then fell off the kayak. I'm thinking maybe he had a heart attack?

Supposedly he had a pfd on before he fell out. The news(ktvu) was saying it's not uncommon for a large or lose pfd to fall off in heavy surf?

Oh man I can't read this. This was one of my favorite teachers while I was at Napa JC. I am hoping it is the wrong person but his name is not commen. May he rest in peace.
Wow. Shocked. Nick was my first environmental science instructor at Napa Valley College nearly twenty years ago. His spirit and passion for the outdoors was on of the driving forces that send me down the environmental science road when I transferred on from there. Like vwool, I'm hoping its the wrong guy but this was right up his alley. Good soul, he'll surely be missed.

Looking at the conditions during the rescue/recovery, it really didn't look like anyone should have been out there. Pretty hairy.

Sad story either way.
Title: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: AlexB on March 19, 2015, 04:13:39 PM
I really hope some more details surface. These tragedies can be priceless learning experiences for the rest of us.

I can only speculate, but...

- If he wasn't dressed for immersion and felt he needed to HURRY to shore, he may have taken off the PFD thinking he could swim faster without it.

-If the PFD fell off, it wasn't adjusted properly. The fact that the news says it's not uncommon for PFDs to fall off in heavy surf tells me that it's not uncommon for people to wear their PFDs incorrectly.

-If there were uncontrollable factors like heart attack, that just sucks... I don't know what to say....

So sad to read about yet another preventable tradegy.
Title: Re: 2 Kayakers being recued in Bodega Bay
Post by: Fish Flogger on March 20, 2015, 07:45:00 PM
Aww man....that sucks.