Drownings: Safety authorities urge paddlers to steer clear of alcohol after review of paddler deaths

By Darren Gray
Updated December 21 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 8:10pm
David Wood, owner of Sea Kayak Australia, says beginner paddlers should take ''baby steps'' and learn in safe, calm conditions. Photo: Eddie Jim
David Wood, owner of Sea Kayak Australia, says beginner paddlers should take ''baby steps'' and learn in safe, calm conditions. Photo: Eddie Jim
Reaching to get back in after a mishap. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria
Reaching to get back in after a mishap. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria

Kayakers and other paddlers have been urged to keep off their craft if they've been drinking alcohol, after a review of paddling deaths in Victoria since 2000 found almost one in three of the dead had been drinking.

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