Hey all, the wind dumped me over on my kayak yesterday at Chatfield. So two things:
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Safety!!! I was wearing my life vest but didn't have to use it. Wind picked up out of nowhere and went from a mild breeze to about 40MPH. Hindsight being 20/20, I had started back to the dock and got about 1/3 of the way when it got REALLY bad. I kept into the wind and pushing forward but I likely should have turned back and just docked on land and waited it out. I was able to crawl up on top of my yak and call my wife who called the CPW and they came and got me, but not before a couple of nice guys heard my whistle in their boat and came and helped me out.
So lessons learned
Dock if you're far away from the boat ramp and wait out the wind, comes up fast.
I had a whistle on my PFD, that helped a lot.
I had rod bungies that I had made with some cheap 1/8 shock cord and 2 of my 3 rods were attached to the boat. The actually held all the way back and I was amazed to see them still intact and under the boat when back at the dock.
Secure as much as possible. I actually lost very little. One rod is at the bottom of the lake (bummer), but most items I had secured either under the seat or using bungees. Was amazed at how much I didn't lose.
Keep a change of clothes (full) in your car for just such an occasion
Be safe out there everyone!
