This week a woman from Paris was staying in Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. A lovely seaside holiday destination in France, when she decided to go for a paddle. So despite it being quite late, she grabbed a stand up paddle board and headed off.

Luckily, she was wearing a leggy.

36 hours later, Clemence Lapeyre was picked up by a fishing boat 50km offshore and over 120km East of where she set off. Enduring winds up to 40 knots, seas over 4m high and two nights clinging to her stand up paddle board, she fought to stay conscious until rescue arrived.

Alerting authorities to the missing woman, her uncle Christophe Remy Nerys told: "It was a fine night and she decided to paddle under the moonlight without telling us. It was not until later the next day that we realised she had disappeared."

The woman has now recovered and will surely be staying a little closer to shore next time she steps onto a stand up paddle board. It’s presumed that strong offshore winds were the cause of her seaward journey.

What we know for sure, is that every stand up paddler should be wearing a leg rope, and tell somewhere where they’re going paddling. A leg rope will save your life, but know if someone knows to look for you!

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