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BOLO for MV Guadalupe Returning From Aid in Haiti to Mexico

Oct 3, 2021 | Unresolved

Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets A BOLO has been issued for the MV Guadalupe, an 83 foot Yacht Club Playa Company boat, returning from giving aid in Haiti. The last known position on September 28, 2021 at 12:35 PM, recorded on a...

Bolo for SV Seminole Camden Maine, to Newport, RI to Cape Cod Canal

Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved

UPDATE: October 2, 2021 An alert cruiser provided the following information which was passed to the USCG RCC Boston. “She was in Bucks Harbor Brooksville, Maine Wednesday night and I saw her leaving Eggemoggin Reach heading southwest around 11am Thursday. AIS...

Caribe Dinghy Found Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal

Sep 25, 2021 | Flotsam & Jetsam

This is not a photo of the Dinghy found but is a similar dinghy. Boat watch received a Flotsam and Jetsam report of a 9 foot Caribe Dinghy observed on 6/24/2021, near Farfan, Republic of Panama, around the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal at position Latitude...

Two Men Arrested after 552 kg of Suspected Cocaine Seized from a Burning Sailboat off Coast of N.S.Halifax, Canada – One Escapes from Hospital

Sep 13, 2021 | News, Unresolved

Samantha LongCTVNewsAtlantic.ca writer @samjlong Contact Published Thursday, September 2, 2021 4:16PM ADTLast Updated Thursday, September 2, 2021 4:54PM ADT Mounties say they have arrested two men – one of whom was wanted by police – after seizing 552 kilograms of...

BOLO: SV Secret Plans Stolen from Halifax Harbor, Canada Sets Off PLB in Eye of Hurricane Larry

Sep 11, 2021 | Unresolved

Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets URGENT BOLO: USCG Rescue Coordination Center Boston received a Personal Locator Beacon Alert on September 10, 2021 with Canadian registration located 550NM E of Cape Cod, MA and 340NM SE of Halifax,...

USCG Key West Rescues 4 Mexican Fishermen After Drifting for Days

Sep 10, 2021 | News, Resolved

MIAMI – Coast Guard Station Key West rescue crews assisted four men, Tuesday, after their fishing vessel, Aqua Limo II, became disabled off Key West. Station Key West’s crew located the vessel and embarked the four men. The men stated they departed Cancun, Mexico, on...

SV “EPIC” Rescued After 7 Days Hawaii

Sep 6, 2021 | Resolved

Overdue mariner spotted, rescued off Oahu 7 days after departing Kauaʻi WATER AND LAND RESCUES by: Web Staff Posted: Sep 9, 2021 / 05:55 PM HST / Updated: Sep 9, 2021 / 07:15 PM HST HONOLULU (KHON2) — The United States Coast Guard said the overdue sailboat operator...

BOLO: SV LIAHONA, Hawaii to Majuro, Marshall Islands

Sep 2, 2021 | Resolved

UPDATE: September 3, 2021 The USCG JRCC Honolulu advised the concerned friend notified the USCG the S/V LIAHONA does have a Garmin In Reach tracking device aboard. His current position is 13-27N / 173-51.6 E or approximately 400 NM NNE of Majuro, Marshal Islands. They...

SV Queal Activates EPIRB, Assisted by LPG Tanker Arago & JRCC Australia

Aug 26, 2021 | Unresolved

On August 26, 2021, JRCC Australia advised Boat Watch that they have been coordinating the response to the EPIRB activation by SV Queal. Overnight LPG Tanker ARAGO accompanied the sailing vessel and intends to transfer the sailor at first light if weather conditions...

USCG Medevacs Fisherman 65 Miles East of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Aug 22, 2021 | News

A Coast Guard aircrew medevacs a 46-year-old man reportedly suffering from symptoms of a heart attack approximately 65 miles east of Virginia Beach, Aug. 21, 2021. The man was hoisted aboard the rescue helicopter by the Coast Guard aircrew and transported to Sentara...