Mar 2, 2021 | Flotsam & Jetsam
This Boston Whaler was found adrift February 28, 2021, between Tortola Island and Peter Island, BVI with no one on board. Comments: RBVI Marine Police have reportedly taken possession of the vessel on Sunday, February 28, 2021. If the big numbers on the hull are...
Feb 27, 2021 | Safety at Sea
By Steven Bowden, former owner of SeaTech Systems. Every day in my former business I answered the same question: Do I really need a High Frequency (HF) Single Sideband (SSB) radio for long range cruising? Why not just use a satellite phone or satellite hotspot? Why...
Feb 27, 2021 | Flotsam & Jetsam
SV Panta Rhei III reported the following: “We were cruising around St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles, on the westward side of the island just before the Anguilla Channel, headed N / NE. We lost it while under sail on 2/22/21 at Lat 18.085444 and Longitude...
Feb 26, 2021 | Unresolved
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets MRCC Fort De France issued a BOLO for a 4 Meter Vessel, Blue Hull, with one person on board, overdue from Salisbury Dominica (15-26-09N 061-26-13W). All vessels in the vicinity are requested to keep...
Feb 26, 2021 | Unresolved
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets USCG has asked Boatwatch.org for assistance in locating a 20 foot fishing vessel named Jn Limar Fontange, which departed Jeremie, Haiti on 22 FEB 2021 with two (2) POB, and was expected to return to...
Feb 23, 2021 | News, Resolved
Update February 23, 2021 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units assisted a distressed sailing vessel Monday that was taking on water with eight people onboard in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 80 nautical miles south of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico....
Feb 23, 2021 | Flotsam & Jetsam
Part of boat hull was found washed ashore near Williams Town, Grand Bahama Island – I believe it was found around the 12th of February. This boat has Florida registration of FL 8088 NJ, white hull 35 feet possibly. Anyone with further information contact...
