(moved) Please help. Kayak just washed ashore at Albion

Anyone know if kayaks in general will grow barnacles or other stuff on them if in the water for a long time? Maybe it is from Japan.

Anyone know if kayaks in general will grow barnacles or other stuff on them if in the water for a long time? Maybe it is from Japan.

I thought the same thing - Japan, Hawaii, Pacific NW. But you're right it would have more stuff on it and look more weathered, and would probably have faded - my Scrambler XT was orange and has faded really badly. It also sprang a leak in the seal between the two moulded halves. Made it unstable and v.heavy - would explain a lot if the kayak took on water and became unstable.

No kayakers reported missing though?

Anyone know if kayaks in general will grow barnacles or other stuff on them if in the water for a long time? Maybe it is from Japan.

yes they would.
 I found a water bottle at the channel islands lat year from the USS Nimitz that was covered in small gooseneck barnacles.
But yeah, if this was from Japan it would be really faded. This looks like a boat from the coast here.

really hoping this tale has a good outcome.

Any local reports of missing persons?

Sort of...

...What are the odds this has been drifting around for over a week without being noticed....?

No reply.... Guessing if you guys are considering far away a week is pretty plausible though.

I kinda doubt it would have been adrift that long with no one reporting seeing it.  There is enough boat traffic through that area that it would have been spotted.  That's my guess anyway.

Plus it had stickers from Pacific Outfitters on it

Too lazy to look, but wasn't there a thread awhile back from a member beaching and leaving his kayak due to rough water, then scaling the headlands to get to safety?

Any local reports of missing persons?

Sort of...

...What are the odds this has been drifting around for over a week without being noticed....?

It's been my observation that blue kayaks can easily just about disappear from sight out on the ocean in anything but FAC conditions

Hopefully my blue Hobie doesn't disappear, especially with me in it!

The Marin County coroner's office has identified a deceased man who washed ashore at Stinson Beach on Friday as 50-year-old Ralf Hilty of San Francisco.

Hola everyone, this is Ron or RAP. Yep, I was there at Albion on a long day out. Yep, I met Bird a month or two back on another endurance trip. Met Joebronco at Albion on Saturday. Made it back about 5:00pm.

   THANKS FOR THE CONCERN! What a great group...a tight group. Started a new job at Chevron/Richmond and been busy and just saw this post. I also am hoping for the best for the washed up kayak.

That's a relief. ^

x2

and was Ralf dressed in kayaking type clothing or any other link to the found yak??

and was Ralf dressed in kayaking type clothing or any other link to the found yak??

No, Ralf was a hiker who commonly hiked the GGNRA area.