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EnsenadaDr
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Elderly American Kayaking couple lost at sea in San Felipe
From today's edition of Ensenada.net
http://ensenada.net/noticias/nota.php?id=24129
An American couple that left their house last Thursday in El Dorado Ranch in San Felipe were reported missing last Saturday afternoon in the
Delegation of Puerticitos, more than 150 kilometers south of San Felipe and more than 300 Kilometers southeast of the city of Ensenada.
According to the initial reports of the Secretary of the Public Municipal Security at 5:30 in the evening, he reoorted in Puertocitos delegation that
there had been their deserted vehicle in the tourist camp Huerfanito (little Orphan) at the 103 kilometer marker on the Puertecitos Chapala highway.
The vehicle had been the property of the American couple who had taken 2 kayaks, one lime colored and one yellow, and were presumed to have gone
kayaking in the ocean from that point on Thursday.
Those in charge of the camp say that the couple had not returned on Saturday afternoon and reported the incident to the Municipal, State and Marine
authorities who then implemented an air, sea and land search which included the local islands where they possibly could have been stranded.
The missing American couple is Franck Weeler 78 years old, and his wife Bobby Weeler, 60 years old.
Both were residents of Dorado Ranch in San Felipe in the San Felipe Municipality of Mexicali and had left their vehicle since Thursday, a Phaeton WV
with Arizona plates which had been found in the fishing camp.
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Not good. The weather over there can turn lethal in an instant. Hope for the best.
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I remember reading the weather in San Felipe last
Sat. it was white caps early. Kayakers get in trouble
aff BofLA often. I kayak, it is hard/impossible to
paddle against a wind of any measure. Hopefully they beached somewhere
and are making there way back
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Wishing for their safe return. They chose GREAT colors for their kayaks. I boat often, and am surprised how many choose dark colors, very difficult to
see even on nice days.
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hope they are found soon ....
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DENNIS
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Thanks for the bump.
Are any of you SF folks getting any news on this?
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dizzyspots
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again...any news?
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the campo waiting 2 days to notify authorities, who couldn't search until the following day.
let someone know where you're going and when you plan to return.
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As of last nite (monday) they had not yet been heard from or located.
I believe the first authorities were notified on Friday morning, when they did not return on Thursday evening as expected. They are neighbors of
friends of ours.
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Does not sound good----still hoping, however.
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Huerfanito is VERY bad for wind. I say that they launched off the private ramp there to reach the rock. Once at that rock in a Kayak....one should
pray that the winds don't come up......it be VERY hard to reach shore.
I suggest anyone Kayaking in the Sea of Cortez...stay within a few hundred feet of that shoreline. Winds will accelerate from 0 to 30 in a few minutes
time. That happened in San Felipe on the evening of the 8th at night...I was sleeping outside. Wow.....:-(
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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dizzyspots
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ALWAYS ALWAYS leave a float plan...road plan with someone....SPOT messenger as well we used the road trip plan on our 1st trip to Baja...now I
insist on it from the kids on EVERY trip...even stateside....Vehicle description incl license plate probable route of
travel...destination...departure
All this info makes it WAY easier for emergency services to find you...much better than say..." they went to california in their Jeep"
God bless the kayakers and their families and may God see them safely home
Mike
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These people were found today both drowned. Sad story for sure.
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I am so sorry. Absolutely tragic.
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DianaT
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Dang, sorry it ended this way. Very, very sad. 
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My God, what horrible news. The worst possible.
My sincere sympathies and condolences to thier family and friends.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Very sad indeed, and we are also a kayaking family.
We always let someone know where we are going, take life jackets, SPOT, EPIRB, VHF, and flares kit. I know we are in a Hobie Island with outriggers,
but safety is not an option.
My wife and I are extremely experienced sea-fearing people, and are overly cautious.
We have sailed the world (literally) inclusive of 5 continents.
Udo
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