On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:34:27 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

That's what I was talking about Wayne. "When the luck runs out" I look at it like this that if you're on a small craft, if you can't see the shore you don't need to be out that far. At least that's my thoughts...

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Being out of site of land is mostly a psychological thing but it is an
indicator that you're out a ways. The highest number of on the water
fatalities however is in canoes and kayaks - and they are almost
always within sight of land. The most life threatening situation I've
ever been in was only a quarter of a mile off shore when I capsized a
sailing canoe in really cold water on Lake Ontario. You start to
become paralyzed by the cold very quickly and I barely made it out.