VESSEL 1 WAS APPROACHING JEWEL ISLAND FROM THE SOUTH WEST.  ON THE APPROACH TO THE ISLAND, THE WIND HAD INCREASED DRASTICALLY ALONG
 WITH THE SEAS.  NEAR INNER GREEN ISLAND, VESSEL 1 WAS BLOWN SIDEWAYS BY THE WIND AND THEN FLIPPED BY A LARGE WAVE.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS UNABLE TO ROLL THE KAYAK OVER, AND WAS FORCED TO BREAK THE SKIRT SEAL AND EXIT THE COCKPIT OF THE KAYAK WHILE UNDER WATER.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE A "T" RESCUE WITH HIS PADDLING PARTNER AND WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO VESSEL 1.  THE FORWARD COMPARTMENT OF VESSEL 1 HAD BEEN  STRUCTURALLY BREACHED  BY THE LARGE WAVE AND WATER BEGAN FILLING THE FORWARD COMPARTMENT AND COCKPIT CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SINK FROM BENEATH THE OPERATOR.  THE OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1, (VICTIM 1) WAS UNABLE TO USE THE VESSEL IN THIS CONDINTION.   VICTIM 1, REMAINED IN THE WATER HOLDING ON TO VESSEL 1 WITH ONE HAND AND PADDLING PARTNERS VESSEL WITH THE OTHER HAND.  PADDLING PARTNER PADDLED FOR 45 MINUTES UNTIL BOTH PEOPLE MADE IT TO THE SOUTH EAST END OF JEWEL ISLAND.  PARTNER ADMINISTERED FIRST AID FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND ERECTED A CAMPSITE AND BUILT A FIRE FOR WARMTH.   PARTNER DIALED 911 AND REMAINED ON ISLAND UNTIL RESCUED.  Treated for Hypothermia by Portland fire fighter paramedic.END.
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