Kayakers urged to use life jackets, not buoyancy aids

A MARINE casualty investigation into the death of a 56-year-old Frenchman off the Cork coast has recommended that kayakers should use life jackets instead of buoyancy aids when canoeing offshore.

Wed, 22 Jun, 2011 - 01:00

Stephen Rogers

In May 2010 Didier Heneault, from France but living in Kinsale, took to the water with his wife Margaret at the League close to Raheen.

The kayakers reached Horse Island where they passed through a rock tunnel.

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Courts Place: Cork Place: France Place: Kinsale Place: Raheen Place: Horse Island Person: Marine Person: Didier Heneault Person: Margaret Person: Heneault Person: Barry Whelan Person: Traolach Layton Person: Layton Organisation: Baltimore Inshore Lifeboat Organisation: Toe Head Coastguard Unit Organisation: Cork University Hospital

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