Fd01
Well-known member
The kayaker might be on here actually - from the Coastguard Facebook page
*** 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.
08.
Bloody seals
looks like the guy was okay though
*** 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.
08.
Bloody seals
looks like the guy was okay though
Wouldnt get me on on of those no matter what. 
