Eastern Caribbean Cruising Coconut Telegraph
Single Side Band Coconut Telegraph to Resume The single side band (SSB) radio’s Coconut Telegraph will resume its cruisers’ net on November 11th. Its main objective is to share active cruiser information in real time and to be a means of communication between...
Sailor Missing Found off Cape Henry
Boat Watch for SV Carol K – Bolo Canceled Update: Monday October 28, 2019 USCG confirms cancelation of Bolo. SSB Doo Dah radio net at 5 PM confirmed this good news. The Carol K. was spotted by an aerial crew out of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, approximately...
Search and Rescue How To Find A Missing Boat
Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker Glory isn’t part of the deal when you go to work for the federal government. “I’ve only thought about one problem in my life,” says Art Allen. “Which is how to improve Coast Guard search and rescue.” October 15, 2019,...Two 30-Foot Boats Adrift Between Bahamas Vero Beach
The U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center, Miami, Florida has asked Boatwatch.org assistance in locating the owner(s) of two overturned vessels located on 20 OCT 2019 by the M/V ACE INDEPENDENCE and USCG in position 27 54.5 N / 079 15.8 W, or approximately 60...
SV Minshara Dismasted, Adrift, Crew Rescued
Update January 6, 2020: Correction to ships registry of vessel. Thank you to the South African Maritime Safety Authority for checking the registry of this vessel and making the following correction. Please note that this vessel is NOT a South African Registered vessel...
Stolen Catamaran Found in Cuba
Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) HF Radio Service KPK is pleased to report the recovery of the catamaran SV KAISOSI which was stolen from an anchorage at Newfound Harbor in the Florida Keys at approximately 1200 hours on March 30, 2018. The vessel was last...
Estonian Sailor Mysteriously Disappears, Honduras
Update: Tribute to Andreas Sepsaka, SV Salacia Watch the beautiful tribute to Andreas made by another sailor at the location where Andreas and his boat disappeared. In the early hours of 11 June 2019, two separate EPIRB activations were received from the S / V SALACIA...
First Iridium GMDSS Satellite Phone
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-06-04 03:53:19 Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) and partner Lars Thrane, today unveiled the Lars Thrane (LT) 3100S terminal designed to operate on the Iridium network for Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)...