CANOE FROM FATAL VOYAGE RECOVERED BY COAST GUARD.Byline: Cecelia Chan Daily News Staff Writer The outrigger outrigger, canoe-type vessel with a wood or bamboo float attached to the side of the craft and extending out over the water. The term outrigger also refers to the float itself. canoe that capsized Jan. 3, killing one crew member and left another presumed dead was found Monday about a mile from Santa Cruz Island San·ta Cruz Island An island off southern California in the northern Santa Barbara Islands. . U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Francis Fitzpatrick Francis Fitzpatrick VC (1859-10 July 1933) born Tullycorbet, County Monaghan, he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. said the crew of the sailing vessel Charity discovered the partially submerged 40-foot canoe around noon. The canoe was taken to Ventura Harbor where it was picked up by the Channel Islands' Outrigger Canoe Club, said Andy Jones, petty officer with the Ventura County Harbor Patrol. The outrigger team set out around 8 a.m. from Silver Strand Beach Silverstrand Beach is an isolated beach neighborhood located in the city of Oxnard, California. It is bounded on the south/southwest by the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the Channel Islands Harbor; on the east by the United States Navy Base at Port Hueneme and on the north by . The men rowed to an offshore oil platform and were headed back when the Hawaiian-style canoe overturned in rough seas. The canoe capsized, throwing all six shorts-clad crewmen into cold, choppy seas. John Deblin, 50, drowned after hypothermia hypothermia Abnormally low body temperature, with slowing of physiological activity. It is artificially induced (usually with ice baths) for certain surgical procedures and cancer treatments. set in and Scott Sullenger, 35, disappeared while trying to swim to shore. Ben Taitai, 50, Michael Davis, 29, Justin Heard, 28, and Tino Rico, age unknown, survived the ordeal. About 400 relatives and friends held a memorial service for Deblin on Saturday at Channel Islands Harbor. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Jan. 4 for Sullenger, who is presumed dead. |
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