Search for kayaker now a recovery mission

The search continued on Monday for a man who went kayaking on Friday near Ferryland, but officials now say it's a recovery effort to find his body.

The RCMP called in divers to help find 42-year-old Ambrose Jordan Jr., who went by the nickname Mix. Hiskayak was found overturned off Ferryland on Friday night.

A friend was watching the man with binoculars from the shore. He said he went inside for a few minutes, and when he returned, there was no sign of his friend.

The RCMP was then called.

"We received a call from a local community member who said that a friend of theirs had been out in the kayak and hadn't returned," said Cpl. Tracy Horwood.

"So they enlisted some friends to go and search where they thought he might have been."

ACormorant helicopter from Gander and a police helicopter were dispatched tothe scene.

Jordan Jr.'s sister, Cecelia Jordan-Clowe, said her brotherloved the outdoors.

"He is a well-loved guy. Always likes to keep busy, out hunting and fishing," she said.

"Apparently, somebody said in the evening he just went out to get a feed of turrs for dinner in the kayak and then he was going to come home and chop some wood for grandmother."

Jordan-Clowe said her oldest brother wasn't wearing a life-jacketmerely oilskins and rubber boots.

"Definitely not the safest outfit to have on, but that's the last thing he thought about was safety. He always thought he was indestructable, you know?"

Weekend search

Many people from the Ferryland area joined the search effort over the weekend on the water and along the shoreline.

The kayak, a paddle, and a cap he was wearing have been recovered.

Terrance Kavanagh, who was pulling his lobster pots around 8 p.m. on Friday night, said the brother of the missing man asked him to go back out to join the search.

"I went up first and [saw] nothing then because it was a bit foggy," he said.

When he returned, the missing man's brother thought he could see the kayak in the distance. Kavanagh headed out another time.

"When we went up, we found the kayak. It was there, upside down," he said.

Still searching

On Monday morning, the Avalon North Wolverines Search and Rescue team scoured the foggy area in a Zodiac, and were also looking under water with a powerful camera.

By Monday afternoon, visibility had improved greatly.

A four-member RCMP dive team was expected in Ferryland late Monday to aid in the search.