KAYAK #1 OPERATOR & 3 OTHER KAYAKERS LEFT LITTLE SAND BAY BOAT LAUNCH TOWARD SAND ISLAND TO CAMP OVERNIGHT. ALL FOUR MADE IT HALFWAY TO SAND ISLAND WHEN THE LAST KAYAK TOOK ON WATER. KAYAK #1 OPERATOR TURNED BACK TO HELP. WHEN HE DID HIS KAYAK WAS STRUCK BY 3 TO 4 FOOT WAVES FORCING HIS KAYAK TO ROLL HALF WAY OVER & BECOME PARTIALLY SUBMERGED. ONE OF THE OTHER KAYAKERS GRABBED ONTO THE FIRST KAYAKER IN TROUBLE AND TRANSPORTED HIM INTO SHORE AT SAND ISLAND. KAYAK#1 OPERATOR TOLD THE OTHERS THAT HE WAS OKAY & WOULD FOLLOW THE OTHER THREE TO SAND ISLAND. KAYAKER#1 WAS LAST SEEN ASTRIDE HIS PARIALLY SUBMERGED KAYAK (BOW DOWN IN WATER) FALLING BEHIND THE OTHER THREE. KAYAKER#1 WAS LATER FOUND FLOATING FACE UP ABOUT 200-300 YARDS AWAY FROM HIS OVERTURNED KAYAK. KAYAKER#1 WAS FOUND WEARING TYPE 3 PFD VEST, T-SHIRT, SHORTS & KAYAK SKIRT AND WITH HIS LEGS INSIDE A WET SUIT.
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