NYCkayaker Kayaking Death In Maine

[mike]

"I spent the whole day with the rescue team trying to help with the
search. They found his boat first, about eight miles from where we got
into trouble. He had a paddle leash, so part of the paddle had stayed
attached to his boat but the other part had broken away."
 Hmmm ,  maybe the  paddle shaft  broke? The paddle leash is a life line
in this type of situation, if you can stay with the boat , your changes
are better, especially if you had  a cell phone of flares  or other
rescue gear  in the boat . wonder what kind of  paddle it was ? what
part of the  life line broke

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: David Gottlieb [mailto:peekamoose at optonline.net]
>>Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 12:42 AM
>>To: mike; nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
>>Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Kayaking Death In Maine
>>
>>I think the article said that one half of the paddle broke, not the
paddle
>>leash.
>>
>>
>>On 6/7/07 9:52 PM, "mike" <mpidel at optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to know the name of that paddle leash, and how and
where it
>>> broke.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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