Mayday off the Crouch

[waltonsboater]

From the Clacton and Frinton Gazette:

A MUSIC fan had to be airlifted to safety just hours after setting off to paddle 220 miles to the Glastonbury festival by kayak.

Yacht rigger Simon Whitehouse had been confident that his makeshift modified kayak would get him to the festival in safety.

But five hours after setting off at 6am on Tuesday, coastguards received a weak mayday signal from his boat, Pablo Honey, saying he was waterlogged and sinking.

He was winched to safety by the RAF Rescue Helicopter, while Burnham RNLI Inshore Lifeboat recovered his kayak, which was six miles off the entrance to the River Crouch.

Chuckle...

 

[wingdiver]

Oh dear, that's Sideshow. Wait til the boys in the yard hear about that

 

[Kilter]

http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/localnews/8224687.Kayak_trekker_gets_that_sinking_feeling/

He videoed his rescue, which he described as “a lot of fun.”

He said: “I found it totally enjoyable.

“Going up on a wire into the helicopter is something I have always wanted to do. It was not the right circumstances, but it was a life-long ambition fulfilled.”

Hmmm...

 

[Lucky Duck]

I think he is self employed these days

 

[PaulGooch]

Come home Simon, your village is missing it's idiot

 

[millbeach]

FOOL.
Wate of time and money.
Should be charged to pay for rescue.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Loved it !

A man with some life spirit in him.

Great practice for the emergency services.

 

[xyachtdave]

Loved it !

A man with some life spirit in him.

Great practice for the emergency services.

I am with you on this one. Paddling to Glastonbury... fair play dude. So he didn't make it, so what? As Jack Nicholson said in One flew over the cuckoo's nest, "I tried, at least I did that," Better in my book to the Mayday in the Solent with anchor problem reported on the forum.