Saved!
I want to pay tribute to the volunteer spirit that is alive and well in the Far North. But first I'd like to outline our story.
I am relatively new to the kayak fishing world, but have grown up around and on the water. I have been using our double kayak for fishing for the past couple of years, and have been fishing Berghan's rock off Ahipara without issue since the beginning of last year.
On Saturday afternoon a friend and I went out on a reasonably flat sea, which was meant to kick up later on in the evening. We caught only a few fish and were packing up to come home before we realised the kayak had taken on some water.
After attempting to bail unsuccessfully, and capsizing a couple of times, we waved the 'white flag' (our paddles) in the air for a few minutes before abandoning ship and floating fish to swim (life jackets donned and a LED head lamp on) for shore, which was about one kilometre away.
