When We Get Rescued: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers and Wire Hoists

Posted on December 22, 2009 
Filed under About Kayaks, How to Kayak, Kayaking Guides and tagged Coast Guard search and rescue, Coast Guard search and rescue: kayaks, fiberglass sea kayak, kayak repair, kayaking, kayaks, Sea Kayaking

A rough cut of a 3-minute movie I'm putting together on what to expect if the Coast Guard arrives via helicopter, as recently happened off Massachusetts and numerous times off California, to rescue sea kayakers inshore or off. The job gets tricky sometimes, but is routine. The crew plucks sea kayakers out of the water in numerous ways. But first job is to get the rescue swimmer into the water.

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