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Yeah... I'm very worried you'd get blown out to sea. Paddling in high winds like that isn't really going to work and with winds come swells. You'll be in poor v
by mrj 3y ago
Yeah... I'm very worried you'd get blown out to sea. Paddling in high winds like that isn't really going to work and with winds come swells. You'll be in poor visibility due to smoke and a small craft is hard to see as it is. On top of that, emergency services will be busy. It might be a long time before anybody notices you've been at sea for days and little chance of being found.
- rngname22 3y agoYeah that is very fair. I don't think it's a great solution tbh but it's at least an alternative to drowning if drowning is the other option. Now I'm wondering if Garmin InReach works at sea....
- hparadiz 3y agoYou can stand in the water for approx 200 meters from shore at waist depth for a big chunk of that Lahaina coast. Lahaina Roads (the water between Maui, Molokai, and Lanai) has LTE coverage cause the space is close enough to the coasts of all 3 islands.
- rngname22 3y agoI actually live in NYC, technically on Long Island (Brooklyn).
- mikestew 3y agoGarmin InReach has no reason not to work at sea, given it has world-wide coverage via the Iridium sat network: https://www.iridium.com/network/ https://www.iridium.com/network/
- mwint 3y agoHawaii might be nice because an ELT is going to be heard by every passing airliner (line of sight, which is super far on the ocean). If you’ve got an ELT, PLB, and a flare gun or two, I’d guess someone will get you before you die.
- figassis 3y agoI was there. In Kaanapali village. Was evacuated and currently at an airport waiting to leave the island. While at the village, there was a small sailboat anchored about 100m from the shore, just bobbling from all the wind. It seemed perfectly fine and if someone had been there, they’d be able to just ride it out.
- sgent 3y agoGet a satellite epirb / PLB and toss it in the kit. Not great but you will be found quickly (most likely).