My La Jolla nightmare

[stevie951]

Sorry to hear this.. On top of my sober nightmare launches (6 footers at Deer Creek in Malibu - Ended up with me driving to Urgent Care in Riverside cause I jacked my Knee) I have lost plenty of stuff out there while drinking also Shimano Torium paired with a brand new saguaro lined with 50 lb braid

It hurts a lot to thank about but like all the others here are saying.. Let it be a lesson and not deter you.. Get back up on that high horse buddy and catch a big fish off that kayak!

(P.S. swell interval was 3-4 feet at & seconds the past couple days, that's far too short for my liking as you experienced, 3-4 is not bad but at every 5-7 seconds..) Just make sure to do due diligence researching conditions beforehand

[kevbeer]

My son and I went out today and snorkeled the area for a few hours. Son mostly goofed off and played games on my phone. I even paid some guy who specializes in finding stuff in La Jolla $100 to search, additional commission if he found items. He did most of the combing. We found nothing. Visibility was not terrible but not great. The guy is going to keep searching when visibility improves and ask around at lost and founds. At least I gave it a shot.

(edit) I should mention we saw at least 7 fishing kiyaks flip going out, 1 flip coming in...only difference was they were educated enough to tether drive and seat. I have come to realize I hadn't engaged seat clip at seat rear prior to launch. This whole thing just stinks of rookie...live and learn!

I still give it 10% chance some good person finds it and gets it back to me...I am kind of on pause for a couple weeks before I take any further action such as replace or ditch the hull on CL...

[cris]

Just saw on the La Jolla lost and found page that somebody found parts to a pedal powered kayak. May be worth contacting him

[kevbeer]

I have tried to join that but they wont accept my request!

I tried to message the guy. tried to call the place. no response. flipping out ! hopefully no one snagged it

[kevbeer]

OMG suspense is killing me. I have a ground agent in route....

[cris]

just got back to the computer and commented on the post to point them to you. Hopefully you get your stuff back. It's a good community we have here.

By the way I'd be stoked to lend you my tandem kayak if you want to take your wife and kid out and show them why you want to be out there! I've taken a bunch of friends out on the front and it's usually a good time and at worst a great story when somebody poops, pukes or takes a swim.

[kevbeer]

Originally Posted by cris

just got back to the computer and commented on the post to point them to you. Hopefully you get your stuff back. It's a good community we have here.

By the way I'd be stoked to lend you my tandem kayak if you want to take your wife and kid out and show them why you want to be out there! I've taken a bunch of friends out on the front and it's usually a good time and at worst a great story when somebody poops, pukes or takes a swim.

Cris thanks so much for pointing out that facebook post to me and for calling their attention to my existence. Really frustrating I haven't gotten approved to join the group, as the "parts" finder (Travis) would have seen my post about my missing stuff and contacted me directly...

Anyhow, this story just keeps getting weirder and weirder...turns out above-mentioned Travis had found a pedal drive AND a seat, and I was stoked right, and so I sent someone ~8 pm to collect them but guess what...the seat, while Travis described exactly as my 2017 model, was no longer there (stolen? borrowed? stashed for safe keeping? Ask around please) and pedals are hobie but a different model, not mine. Need to see if we can get those pedals back with their proper owner, assuming they can describe...going to be tricky.

So back to square 1...nothing recovered and still not a member of the lost and found group.

FML...