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...
