Ocean Going Vessels Should Have Multiple Sources of Communication Aboard
Boatwatch.org have been assisting with the search for Bob Peel and his boat since mid-March in the Eastern Caribbean. Could this case have had a happy ending if the captain had been able to establish voice contact with a search and rescue agency in addition to the...
Sailor on SV Serena Rescued 200 miles off Jersey Shore
CAPE MAY – The Coast Guard made a dramatic rescue at sea on Friday night after a man, alone aboard his sailboat in heavy seas, began to see his vessel take on water after an electrical fire damaged its communications system. The series of events took place about...Two Bahamian Fishermen Missing Old Bahama Channel To Cuba
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets UPDATE 2200 HRS 06 APRIL 2020: CANCEL BOLO FOR THE TWO BAHAMIAN FISHERMEN ADRIFT SINCE 26 MARCH 2020. THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE IN CUBA! Captain Chris Lloyd of BASRA advised these 2 men are...
BOLO SV Friendship & SV Josee Roatan/Cayman/Jamaica
Update: SV Friendship and SV Josee safely arrived in Grand Cayman on April 6, 2020. ——————————————————— Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service...
BOLO SV Charlie Passage Namibia to Gambia
UPDATE:April 5, 2020 – The Netherlands Coast Guard estimate travel at 5knots from last position know, which was 28 March which would put him in Gambia in several days depending on wind. Boatwatch has placed this case in Unresolved. A non-emergency BOLO has been...
Mega Yacht Captain Bob Peel lost at sea on his Sailboat KALAYAAN in the Caribbean
Veteran Sailor Lost At Sea From the Royal Gazette of Bermuda Owain Johnston-Barnes Published Apr 8, 2020 at 8:00 am (Updated Apr 8, 2020 at 7:37 am) A veteran sailor with close ties to Bermuda is missing in the Caribbean. Bob Peel, the former captain of the Boadicea,...Cancel BOLO For SV DOUCH CANOE
Cancel BOLO Cruisers in Roatan have verified that Douch Canoe is safe in Isla Guanaja, Honduras. The message is as follows: The boat Duche Canoe is in the Bight in Guanaja. Safe and sound. It was announced on our daily net. A boat in the Anchorage is trying to get a...
Bahamas Defense Force Recovers Highfield Dinghy
CANCEL BOLO FOR THE DINGHY We have good news. The captain of the S/V FREAK N AWESOME received correspondence from the Royal Bahamas Defense Force who advised their 11.5 foot Highfield Dinghy with a 25 HP Yamaha outboard has been recovered and is waiting for them to...