SINGAPORE – Tour operator Kayakasia founder Sim Cher Huey had returned to shore after a four-hour kayak outing off the coast of Sentosa just before noon on Sunday, when he found out his friend had gone missing at sea. He jumped right back into his kayak and joined the search for the woman, who went missing during a kayaking expedition.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Tour operator Kayakasia founder Sim Cher Huey had returned to shore after a four-hour kayak outing off the coast of Sentosa just before noon on Sunday, when he found out his friend had gone missing at sea.
June 02, 2021
PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook/Singapore Marine Guide and The Straits Times
A 41-year-old woman found herself desperately clinging to a floating sea barrier after her kayak overturned – suffering cuts to her face, arms and legs – near Sentosa Cove on Monday (May 31).
Chen Geng Xin – who has been kayaking recreationally for 20 years – and her husband originally embarked on a guided Southern Islands kayaking tour with eco-adventure company Kayakasia, as reported in The Straits Times.
The tour group numbered seven kayakers and one guide in four double kayaks, and all were armed with personal floatation devices (PFD).
However, at around 8.05am, one of the inflatable kayaks capsized. Kayakers on another double kayak tried to assist but they too fell into the water near the floating sea barrier off Sentosa Cove.