angler rescuded next to capsized kayak

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paulthespark

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an of duty bobby spotted an angler clinging to his capsize kayak about half a mile off Hartlepool yesterday early evening, he tried to swim to him but he was to far out for him to reach he swam back to shore borrowed a mobile from a passer-by phoned HM coastguard within minutes the lifeboat was racing towards him and pulled him onto the lifeboat, a spokesman said that he had been in the water for 45 mins and was drifting in and out of consciences and suffering from hyperthermia he was nearly a goner, he is now making a recovery in hospital, three cheers once again for the RNLI.
 
im sure there is a report on this further down the page but said he was well enough to go straight home :confused: maybe its a different one?
 
there is another story about a kayak who overturned because of a seal attacking his fish which he kept in a keep net over the side of his kayak good job it was not a shark. davy.
 
Aye i posted it in the boat section on here, i saw the Facebook post from the Coastguard who said he was rescued just fine but going by the Hartlepool Mail report he had took on water and was in bother :confused:
 
From the Coastguards Facebook page posted about lunch time today

*** CALL OUT *** 17/07/2013 @ 17:23..Paged by Humber Coastguard following a 999 call by a member of the public, regarding what looked like being a dinghy with possible 3 persons aboard floating out to sea. On arrival Hartlepool ILB found it to be a person in the water clinging on the to side of an kayak. With it full of water, he was unable to recover himself back aboard, and so he had been drifing for approximately an hour.

The casualty had been fishing off the beach near Steetly Pier in his kayak, and as he caught fish he put them in a net attached to the side of the kayak keeping cool in the water. He had just finished his phone call home to say he was on his way back, and whilst putting his phone safe, a seal grabbed his bag of fish, and pulled the kayak with him in it, over sideways. As he had previously opened his airtight cavity to get his phone out it filled rapidly with water, thus unabeling him to get back in the kayak, so he was left just holding on to it drifting.

Dressed in a wetsuit and buoyancy aid this helped him keep warm and even though he was taken to a waiting ambulance was deemed healthy enough to go straight home.
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Fd01 said:
From the Coastguards Facebook page posted about lunch time today

*** CALL OUT *** 17/07/2013 @ 17:23..Paged by Humber Coastguard following a 999 call by a member of the public, regarding what looked like being a dinghy with possible 3 persons aboard floating out to sea. On arrival Hartlepool ILB found it to be a person in the water clinging on the to side of an kayak. With it full of water, he was unable to recover himself back aboard, and so he had been drifing for approximately an hour.

The casualty had been fishing off the beach near Steetly Pier in his kayak, and as he caught fish he put them in a net attached to the side of the kayak keeping cool in the water. He had just finished his phone call home to say he was on his way back, and whilst putting his phone safe, a seal grabbed his bag of fish, and pulled the kayak with him in it, over sideways. As he had previously opened his airtight cavity to get his phone out it filled rapidly with water, thus unabeling him to get back in the kayak, so he was left just holding on to it drifting.

Dressed in a wetsuit and buoyancy aid this helped him keep warm and even though he was taken to a waiting ambulance was deemed healthy enough to go straight home.
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That's what happened it was me that went in, I hope the post helps others with a few safety points, never open your dry hatch at sea and never go out with what you were told was a fully waterproof phone, take a waterproof radio, as for the seal, I felt a bump they there was a splash at the side of the kayak and it grabbed the bag of mackerel and took off taking the kayak 20 yards away from me, I had to swim to the kayak, but did not dare try to get back on what ive practiced a dozen times incase I sunk it, the thing that saved me was a 7mm wet suit and life jacket, but a other 15mins it mite have been different, I hope this topic helps other my my couple of mistakes, get a paddle buddy as well, cheers jeff
 
lingking said:
close call jeff,hope it acts as a wake up call to those who think they can go out with no safety gear.
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I hope it helps, ive seen lads in shorts and teashirts go out, they wouldn't have a chance, I was lucky to have a 7mm wet suit on, I know its summer and you sweat like hell with it on but you don't sweat in the water, I was lucky someone seen and heard me, for me that's it now, will not be going back out, I wont put the wife through the worry, please lad get all the gear even if you have to save up all year, for the sake of £100 for a good radio I nearly lost my life, cheers jeff
 
good to hear you are back on dry land fit and well jef you won't forget that day in a hurry
 
jeff123 said:
I hope it helps, ive seen lads in shorts and teashirts go out, they wouldn't have a chance, I was lucky to have a 7mm wet suit on, I know its summer and you sweat like hell with it on but you don't sweat in the water, I was lucky someone seen and heard me, for me that's it now, will not be going back out, I wont put the wife through the worry, please lad get all the gear even if you have to save up all year, for the sake of £100 for a good radio I nearly lost my life, cheers jeff
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Glad you're alright Jeff, must have been quite the scary experience. Shame you're going to give it up but i understand 100%.

I had a little swim this afternoon at Steetley with the dogs and i tell you what if you stuck in the deeper water for too long with nowt on you'll be a goner! Didn't go that far out, maybe to a depth of about 7/8 ft deep but it was freezing.
 
Fd01 said:
Glad you're alright Jeff, must have been quite the scary experience. Shame you're going to give it up but i understand 100%.

I had a little swim this afternoon at Steetley with the dogs and i tell you what if you stuck in the deeper water for too long with nowt on you'll be a goner! Didn't go that far out, maybe to a depth of about 7/8 ft deep but it was freezing.
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im down most morning swimming with my lurchers, up to last year done it all year long, I think that helped me a lot, so I didn't panic to try and leave the kayak and swim in
 
well done marra

well done marra

very very pleased of end result and understand you giving up kayaking. dont and WOULDENT do it myself. im also well pleased with the helpfull tips youve passed onto you fellow kayak friends. id also like to say a big welldone to our coastguards.again GREAT END RESULT. TIGHT LINES.:thumbup::thumbup:
 
from what ive saw and heard lately going out alone is the biggest danger:( if someone had been with you ,youd of been saved a lot quicker,and i dont know how you can wear a 7mm drysuit,mines 4.5 and cant wear it if i did id pass out after an hour far to thick,glad you were ok in the end tight lines lads plum
 

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