Some three and a half miles off the coast of the Florida Keys island of Key Largo, Coast Guard officials discovered a single drifting kayak.  There was nobody nearby, no signs of distress, and no warnings about missing kayakers.  It was just a random kayak in the middle of nowhere.  So, like most people, the Coast Guard tried to figure out what was going on.  As it turns out, that kayak drifted some 600 miles from the Cayman Islands to Florida, following the Jet Stream the whole way!

“This is certainly a crazy, crazy story — just bananas front to back,” said Sam Dawson, owner of the kayak.  “Even if you understand the Gulf Stream, it’s a pretty phenomenal story of how it traveled that far.  And it’s pretty phenomenal how they found me.”  Six weeks ago, while enjoying the surf at his home in the Caymans, Dawson lost his ride.  “I got caught by a wave and flipped off,” Dawson said.  “The wave took the surf ski away from me — I assumed never to be seen again.”

Fortunately for Dawson, his kayak was recovered.  The story of how the kayak got recovered, involving the Coast Guard and Internet message boards, is worth more than any Fenn Mako XT ever could be!

Tags: kayaks, ski surf, kayak drifts from Cayman Islands to Florida, Jet Stream, kayak drifts 600 miles with nobody inside, abandoned kayak, Sam Dawson, mysteries

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