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Paddler in the drink after whale's tail turns over canoe
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013
~~<p>A 60-year-old West Hawaii man survived relatively unscathed after a humpback whale flipped the one-man outrigger canoe he was paddling Tuesday afternoon, tossing him into the water and stranding him a quarter-mile out from the Outrigger Kana­loa at Kona condominium resort.</p>
<p>The captain of a tour boat found the man 100 yards offshore in Keau­hou Bay and helped him aboard the boat, the Fire Department said.</p>
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A 60-year-old West Hawaii man survived relatively unscathed after a humpback whale flipped the one-man outrigger canoe he was paddling Tuesday afternoon, tossing him into the water and stranding him a quarter-mile out from the Outrigger Kanaloa at Kona condominium resort.
The captain of a tour boat found the man 100 yards offshore in Keauhou Bay and helped him aboard the boat, the Fire Department said. Login for more...
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