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Long Island Coast Guard Saves Russell Crowe

He's no master and commander in a kayak

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2012 11:29 PM CDT | Updated Sep 4, 2012 1:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Russell Crowe isn't much of a gladiator when it comes to taming the Long Island Sound. Ask the Coast Guard officers who picked him up when he got lost in his kayak. The 48-year-old actor launched with a pal from Cold Spring Harbor over the holiday weekend, and ended up heading into shore after dark 10 miles away. Crowe called out to a passing Coast Guard boat, which hoisted the kayakers on board—and pulled their kayaks back to safety on shore. "He just needed a little bit of help, he just got a little lost," Coast Guard Petty Officer Robert Swieciki tells NBC. Crowe, who's on Long Island filming biblical movie Noah, tweeted a "thanks to the boys from the US Coast Guard for guiding the way."

Russell Crowe is filming 'Noah' in Oyster Bay, Long Island.
Russell Crowe is filming 'Noah' in Oyster Bay, Long Island.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes/file)
A safe Russell Crowe poses with Coast Guard petty officers Robert Swieciki (left) and Thomas Watson (right) after the actor and a pal were picked up kayaking in Long Island.
A safe Russell Crowe poses with Coast Guard petty officers Robert Swieciki (left) and Thomas Watson (right) after the actor and a pal were picked up kayaking in Long Island.   (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)
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WhateverYouSay
Sep 5, 2012 7:25 AM CDT
Crowe is making the movie Noah and is sporting appropriate hair and beard for it. He was out kayaking for fun and exercise on his off time. Some 10 miles out from where they launched, after fighting the wind and currents, they lost the light and did the wise thing which was to go to the shore and and wait. They hailed down a passing boat, which happened to be coast guard... Paddled out to it and hitched a ride back to harbor. They were wearing kayaking appropriate clothes, not walking a red carpet, camera ready. Crowe is a man's man.
HarryBeaver
Sep 4, 2012 6:22 AM CDT
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 
MSCOTTASHLEY
Sep 4, 2012 12:12 AM CDT
Hey Myflap,you think you are tougher than the ocean?  Fuck off.

 
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