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Went for an impromtu swim today in the Severn
I have been putting off fishing the last couple of weeks as the wind and temp didn't work out for me.
Today I left out of Jonas Green at about 0830 heading down towards David Taylor.
Right away, things didn't go right. My FF was only indicating 1.7 feet. I set it up with Duct Seal but did not put any water in the well. I really thought that the water was just to get a temperature reading. After getting up to the sailboat races, I decided to take some photos and throw a line. I managed several small hits, like small WP but did not lock on to any.
I was bugged by the FF not working so I paddled into the round cutout next to DT. I figured it was out of the wind and I would open up the Mod Pod and fill the transducer well with water. Since the wind was blowing me into the rocks, I paddled into the middle to give me more time.
I had opened the pod and was leaning into it when I assume I was hit with a wake from behind. Next thing you know, I'm in the water. I tried to self rescue but a combination my PVD catching and not being able to kick my left leg (I had my brace on) only succeeded in rolling the boat.
I tried righting it but all that succeeded in doing was making water enter the hull.
After 15 minutes of trying to flag down some help ( there were plenty of boats around), I decided to swim for shore. After checking Google, I found it was a 150 yard swim with a PFD and trying to take the boat with me. Well that didn't work out too well.
I decided to swim for it and doing a half ass back stroke with one leg kicks managed to make shore. Eventually the yak floated in close enough for me to swim out and get it. After I bailed it out with a sponge ( I decided not to keep a bailer cause "who would need a bailer in a SIT yak?)
BTW, since I didn't bungee my two rods and my anchor was secured in its bag but not to the yak, they all rest on the bottom of Davy Jone's place.
I'm going to continue this as a lesson learned item in a separate post. Maybe it will help someone someday.
Regards,
John
Today I left out of Jonas Green at about 0830 heading down towards David Taylor.
Right away, things didn't go right. My FF was only indicating 1.7 feet. I set it up with Duct Seal but did not put any water in the well. I really thought that the water was just to get a temperature reading. After getting up to the sailboat races, I decided to take some photos and throw a line. I managed several small hits, like small WP but did not lock on to any.
I was bugged by the FF not working so I paddled into the round cutout next to DT. I figured it was out of the wind and I would open up the Mod Pod and fill the transducer well with water. Since the wind was blowing me into the rocks, I paddled into the middle to give me more time.
I had opened the pod and was leaning into it when I assume I was hit with a wake from behind. Next thing you know, I'm in the water. I tried to self rescue but a combination my PVD catching and not being able to kick my left leg (I had my brace on) only succeeded in rolling the boat.
I tried righting it but all that succeeded in doing was making water enter the hull.
After 15 minutes of trying to flag down some help ( there were plenty of boats around), I decided to swim for shore. After checking Google, I found it was a 150 yard swim with a PFD and trying to take the boat with me. Well that didn't work out too well.I decided to swim for it and doing a half ass back stroke with one leg kicks managed to make shore. Eventually the yak floated in close enough for me to swim out and get it. After I bailed it out with a sponge ( I decided not to keep a bailer cause "who would need a bailer in a SIT yak?)
BTW, since I didn't bungee my two rods and my anchor was secured in its bag but not to the yak, they all rest on the bottom of Davy Jone's place.
I'm going to continue this as a lesson learned item in a separate post. Maybe it will help someone someday.
Regards,
John
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