SV Spirit of Marisa, South Pacific
UPDATE: October 14, 2019 – Good News from the South Pacific The Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Papeete has confirmed that SV MARISA is safe in Fakarava lagoon since approximately October 13, 2019. A big thank you to SV Jacaranda, Chuck and Linda and other...
SV Blue Highways, 44’ Beneteau Oceanis missing, presumed stolen
The S/V BLUE HIGHWAYS is a 44’ Beneteau Oceanis which was missing and presumed stolen from a private mooring located in Leverick Bay, Virgin Gorda, BVI. The vessel was last seen on the mooring buoy on April 6, 2019 and missing on April 7, 2019. This boat is not to be...
Rescue At Sea, Loss and Recovery of SV Kelaerin
A first-hand story of rescue at sea SV Kelaerin, 45’ Omega Jim Carey and Joy Carey 180 miles off the coast of Washington state June 17, 2018 For months, I had been imagining the end of our circumnavigation. We would finally pass by the Fuca Pillar, make our way into...
New management for emergency radio network
The International Boat Watch Network dedicated to sharing important safety messages over amateur radio has new management. Glenn Tuttle and his wife, Eddie, have assumed ownership of the network from Bobby Graves, who runs the Hurricane Watch Net and is active in the...
SPOT Locator Device activated, Bahamas
The USCG Rescue Coordination Center in Miami requested assistance from Boat Watch Net (Boatwatchnet.org) in locating a vessel which activated a SPOT Locator device at approximately 0658 hrs, 17 September 2019. The activation was from position 21 05.595 N / 071 56.670...
Loss of Firefighters off Cape Canaveral, FL
Update: Family, Community Honor Life of Missing Jacksonville Firefighter Read the article at https://www.news4jax.com/news/celebration-of-life-this-morning-for-missing-firefighter Update: “That was a very devastating time”: Wife of missing Jacksonville...
SV Trinavis Missing, Caribbean
July 2019, Friends of Rocco Acocella advised SSCA KPK radio service that he was overdue on a passage between St. Maarten and Barranquilla, Colombia. He left St. Maarten on June 17th, on his 8-meter trimaran, a Telstar MK II and intended to arrive in Barranquilla on...