Operators  (16 and 14) of Vsl #1 and Vsl #2 kayaks, along with 3 other kayaks, attempted to go out into Straits of Mackinac area shipping channel, north of Wilderness State Park to see the Mackinaw Bridge.  When they rounded the point east of Cecil Bay, the wind and high seas took them east in the channel.  Three kayaks made it to shore.  Vsl #1 and Vsl #2 kayaks both capsized.  They called their parents on a cell phone and parents called 911.  Rescue personnel found Operators off shore of the Headlands.  One subject had body temperature 84 degrees F.  The other 90 degrees F.  Both subjects alive, treated at Straits Area Hospital in St. Ignace for hypothermia, and returned to parents' custody. this accident report covers vessel1
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