Seagoing Canoe Flips; 1 Man Dead, 1 Missing

One man died and another was missing at sea Sunday after high winds and big waves flipped and broke their 40-foot outrigger canoe near Channel Islands Harbor, throwing all six paddlers into the chilly ocean for several hours.

John Devlin, 50, of Oxnard, was dead when the owner of a commercial fishing vessel spotted four men on a red, white and blue pontoon about 3 1/2 miles offshore of Ventura Harbor about 12:30 p.m. None of those in the canoe were wearing life vests, authorities said.

Fisherman Vuong Tran of Oxnard said the three men who were still alive were so cold they could barely speak. Tran said one of the men told him they had been in the water for four hours.

Another man was rescued about an hour later by a sailboat.