![]() ![]() He said he hopes to coordinate a retrieval effort this week when the winds die down. In addition to losing the anchor, the kayak's anchor lines had become entangled in the rudder, the GPS wasn’t functioning properly and Derreumaux was seasick while pummeled with 12-foot 3.6-meter) waves.ĭerreumaux’s boat remains adrift in the ocean. A diver was lowered from a helicopter into the water and helped hoist Derreumaux up. Angela Madsen, a military veteran and three-time Paralympian, attempted to be the first paraplegic person to row solo across the Pacific. ![]() “It went from bad to worse very fast after that,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle from his home in Larkspur, California.Īfter consulting with his land crew, Derreumaux phoned the Coast Guard for a rescue Saturday night about 70 miles (113 km) west of Santa Cruz. Coast Guard helicopter amid rough seas and high winds.Ĭyril Derreumaux endured several problems with his 23-foot (7-meter) kayak, but when he lost his sea anchor he said he knew he had to cut his adventure short. There is also strong evidence that many shipwrecks are invisible boats in distress disappear with no survivors that therefore go unrecorded. SANTA CRUZ - A kayaker hoping to paddle solo from California to Hawaii was rescued six days after he set out by a U.S. MMP data since 2014 suggests that the remains of more than 12,000 people have been lost at sea on this route. ![]()
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