In terms of reviving a wet cell phone, I've had success using the defrost on high heat in my car. I've actually saved my current blackberry twice with this method. Both time, the phone was dripping water from the inside. I pull the battery as soon as I can, put the phone on my dash board with the defrost on high heat and high setting (with a/c on), drive an hour and a half home, put the battery back in and viola, good as new.

Boat noodles make good sense!!! First thing is - glad you're ok dude. Second is LOL! I've seen 2 bait tanks get top heavy and take their owners over the side. This one sounds like a major catastrophe...wow. Way to keep your head and hold on to the paddle to signal with. You get the gift of experience!!!!

Is there any reason this kind of foam would not work for floatation

Floatation Foam

It's ideal.. that is what it's designed for... I've used that foam in my boats, my wood kayak, and will be using it in my aluminum kayak as well..


Jim

How do you contain the foam so it does not expand beyond the space that you want to fill?

Bob

rice does the same thing

Worst nightmare. Glad to here that your okay.

Someone asked about utilizing your trousers for survival. Here is the Navy's water survival instructor manual https://www.netc.navy.mil/nascweb/mo...ombined%29.pdf

Tie your pant legs off in a knot at the ends. Either use the overhead method to slam the trousers into the water to force and trap air into the legs or use the splash method w/ your hand to force water in. Once you get enough air place the trousers under your mid section. Pictures are worth a thousand words. The pdf via the link above chapter 6 has pics and other open water survival techniques

Holy cow man,
glad you made it unscathed, relatively...I am putting my sump pump on a leash before I go out again, thank you for this valuable lesson...btw I think I will leash the ICOM too, it does seem to come off the vest pretty easy...thanks b

You're welcome, glad others can learn from my mistakes:)

Hi bigbarrels. Thank goodness you are a good in swimmer.

This is a long shot but...


http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/boa/2189101703.html


Pm sent also..

wouldn't that be something if that was the lost yak, what a story....:cool:

Found
 

Actually the coast guard or life guards already found his yak which washed up somewhere in the bay mostly trashed...good looking out though for sure