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(For a look at the boat, see this newscast). Vidmar said that the $10,000 kayak, along with all its supplies, sank as it was towed back to shore. That’s the town north of San Francisco that film buffs will remember as the setting of Alfred Hitchock’s 1963 film "Birds." Mark Leahey, wouldn’t name names but confirmed that the Guard had rescued a sleep-deprived, Hawaii-bound kayaker on Christmas evening some 15 nautical miles offīodega Bay.
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24, only to make an emergency call some 24 hours later for a rescue after storms began flooding his kayak.Ī spokesman for the U.S. Vidmar said this week via Facebook that, after much delay, he had discreetly started his voyage on Dec. From my vantage point, the seas looked calm, but I was well aware that the waters between Mr. Swimming pool overlooking the Singapore marina, way over on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Vidmar by phone in July for this Global Athlete column, I was safely grounded, sipping a cool drink at my hotel’s And the 3,100-mile odyssey would rank among the longest of its kind, if successful. Vidmar expected the journey over the rolling Pacific Ocean would take between 45 and 65 days. For much of last year, kayaking enthusiasts around the world were keeping tabs on Wave Vidmar, who said he was planning to kayak from California to Hawaii - totally alone and unsupported.