The Tauranga kayaker who is paddling around New Zealand in an attempt to be the first person to do so in a single voyage is the victim of a theft committed at All Day Bay in North Otago.
Tim Taylor.
Tim Taylor was camping at the bay, which is located roughly halfway between Oamaru and Moeraki, when overnight thieves took equipment crucial to his solo voyage.
Items taken include his SPOT – a GPS device which sends a continuous signal to satellites, and these are plotted on a special Google Earth page linked to his website for all to view his progress. This is also a safety device for him.
Also taken was his Gopro camera – mounted on a helmet – and some paddling clothing.
Tim's parents Lyn and Paul are acting as his support team and mother Lyn says the SPOT in particular, is of 'no use to anyone” and her reaction is 'unprintable – because my words wouldn't be ladylike”.
Tim has paddled on towards Karitane despite the theft.
He still has an emergency locator beacon to use in a serious emergency.
1 comment
Low Life
Posted on 17-01-2011 11:56 | By tabatha
Tim is showing the true courage of a young NZer and the low lifes showing their stupidness. Great if they turn it on police can swoop quickly and let us hope they get more than a wet bus ticket. To those of us following Tim on Google it is a pain. I personally look on and off all day to see how he is going and my wife takes messages to a nearly blind client, who listens to the radio to find out information. Usually she takes an afternoon update of how is going and until and if, Tim gets another GPS she like many others of us miss out in following this guys truly wonderful adventure. Good luck Tim and all the best from Tauranga.
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