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<DIV>Fighting wind, saving lives, and laughing in the face of death might be an
exaggeration but Dave, Ken, and John ended their paddle with a bit of
excitement. The threesome put in around 7:30 at Mothers Beach and had a
two hour paddle to Treasure Island. After a nice half hour break and a
chat with the lifeguard about shark sightings, they launched through
the knee high surf and headed back to Dana Point. A strong tail wind
and following seas pushed the three back to the harbor. It wasn't until
they rounded the jetty did they realize how strong the wind was blowing.
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<DIV>The wind made paddling up the seaboard channel a real
challenge. John headed back to Mothers Beach and Ken and Dave
knocked off a few rolls. After their brief practice session, Dave and
Ken headed to Mothers. As they rounded the middle island of the
harbor, two sit on top kayaks were found to be in "spot of bother." The
first kayaker was sitting in the back of a double kayak with nobody in the
front seat. His bow was pointing to the moon and he was going
nowhere. Dave and Ken rafted up with him while he moved to the front
seat. This adjustment made paddling in the wind slightly easier and
off he went to Mothers Beach.</DIV>
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<DIV>The second sit on top kayaker gave meaning to "deep trouble" in
that his hatch cover had blown off and his kayak was deep in the water
or sunk. This guy was in the rocks with no PFD haplessly trying to bail
out his kayak. Dave and Ken paddled over and attached Ken's tow line
to the kayak and Ken towed the kayak back to the beach. Dave signaled down
another sit on top and put the guy on the back deck for a trip back to
the beach. After everyone was safely on the beach, it was off to
Charo Chicken for burritos and the trip debriefing. Another
adventure on the high seas ends the day. </DIV>
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