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the builder, after it was brought ashore in New Zealand.
info about Andrew McAuley's kayak when it was inspected by
Some
about in the swells, and could have easily broken away.
kayak. It would have been full of water and being washed
away in the 24 hours after Andrew was separated from the
there is a suggestion that this could have actually broken
shape, apart from Casper the cockpit cover missing - and
First of all, the kayak was in excellent
attached to the kayak. There was food in the cockpit.
still in the kayak and was tested OK. The paddle was still
hours.. The three GPS's were still working. The EPIRB was
the rear compartment, and had been under water for 24
that was used for charging was corroded, it was inside
the battery was getting low. The socket in the kayak
when tested. The satellite phone still worked, although
separate switches) were fully charged, and the pump worked
The pump batteries (two of them, with
video shows him wearing it. A very sensible precaution.
of the kayak he would be prepared for it. So some of the
would mean that if anything happened and he ended up out
forecaster in Sydney warned him of a big blow coming. This
his intention was to always put this on if his weather
kayak. I know from talking to him at Fortecscue Bay that
The video plainly shows him wearing his dry suit in the
(the NZ police still have some of the waterlogged video).
Paul has viewed some of the video
strings attached to them so they could be pulled out.
stomach, remove the hatch cover. His gear in here had long
of here he had to lie down in the kayak, roll over on his
no external hatch on this compartment. To get stuff out
cockpit, through a hatch in the rear bulkhead. There was
was that the rear compartment was accessed from inside the
sleeping. The other reason for not having a normal seat
aborted trip.This bean bag was also used as a pillow for
a vast improvement over the bag he was using on the first
made, and I can remember him saying that this was
to sleep, he was sitting on a bean bag that he specially
a very large cockpit. Because he had to slide down into it
a start, there was no normal seat in the kayak, and it was
Some of you might wonder why he didn't roll up. For
had gear on it as well, including a mounted video camera.
but Casper would stop this method. And the front deck
A normal kayak can be re-entered over the back deck,
and he was very concerned that he not capsìze again.
This was quite difficult ('gnarly' to use his own words)
had capsìzed twice, and had to climb back into the kayak.
In the video he also mentions that he
on the spot - but is conjecture, as told to me buy Paul.
What went wrong? This is the best guess made by the people
he could swim - especially in a dry suit, or half in one.
from the kayak and it blew away from him faster than
to get into the dry suit. Somehow he got separated
VHF radio. If he was tethered he would have to untether
unscrewed the rear hatch to get his drysuit out, and the
He could not get back in. He got in under the kayak and
The cold front capsìzed him and put him in the water.
paddled more than he was fit to do, and was extra tired.
was probably exuberant at being close to land and may have
dry suit on for, maybe because it was a very hot day. He
came through that he possibly didn't bother putting his
of land (the peaks of the mountains anyway). A small front
the video), but was finally in good weather, and in sight
(he went through emotional highs and lows - this from
He was getting tired
The rest you know.
a reasonable explanation that would cover all the facts.
the above is conjecture from the people on the spot - but
I repeat,
the separation from the kayak that brought him undone.
it off (as I would) once he was in the dry suit. It was
that, I'm quite sure that he would have intended to set
huge panic and search that an EPIRB generates. Having said
and let people know the exact situation - rather than the
far better (if possible) to make contact by phone or radio
same as I do on this subject. It is a last resort. It is
Why didn't he go for the EPIRB. I know Andrew thinks the
in meticulous detail, and he was right - it can be done.
Zealand. Never forget that. Andrew planned this expedition
all, it is possible to paddle a kayak from Tasmania to New
What lessons can be learnt from this tragedy? First of
should always be attached to the person, not the kayak.
searching on the friday night. And in hindsight the EPIRB
the attention of the two helicopters that went out
pocket of his paddling jacket he may well have attracted
Had he had a small strobe light in an inside
Laurie Ford
Tasmania.
Wednesday 14th February, 2007.
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