USCG Rescues Danish Flagged SV ZOMA With 8 Persons On Board Taking On Water Off Puerto Rico
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....
Part of Hull Found Washed Ashore in Williams Town Grand Bahama Island
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...
BOLO For SV Marmara Overdue On Passage from Venezuela to Dominican Republic
Cancel Bolo: Update – February 23, 2021, SV Marmara is reported to be entering the port at Samana, DR. Thank you to all for your help. _____________________________________________ Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets A Bolo has...
Scottish Kids Need Help With Tracking Their Pirate Ship
UPDATE: February 22, 2021 Boatwatch.org has been asked to assist in a most interesting and worthwhile project involving two young Scottish lads and their adventurous spirit. A toy pirate ship, named Adventure, launched by two young brothers from Aberdeenshire,...
BOLO: SV “Sultans Of Swing” Canaries to Martinique or Guadeloupe
Update: February 22, 2021 AIS & Marine Traffic data confirm SV Sultans of Swing have arrived in Guadeloupe. NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH UPDATE 1200 HRS UTC 21 FEB 2021: RCC MADRID advised the reporting party has received information the vessel is headed to either...
BOLO For Cable Ship Off Barranquilla, Colombia
Valid 1513 Hrs UTC, 20 Feb 2021: All Vessels in the area North of Barranquilla, Colombia should be on the lookout for this cable ship and give her a wide berth. 201513Z FEB 21 NAVAREA IV 162/21(24). CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. 1. BUOYS ESTABLISHED BY CABLESHIP “IT...
Sailor Rescued After 14 Hours By His Own Ship Retracing Its Course
A sailor fished after 2 p.m. at sea off the Austral Island (article translated from French) Tahiti, February 17, 2021 – A sailor from the Silver Supporter ship was rescued by his own crew off the Austral Islands after spending 14 hours in the water, a press...
USCG Rescue Swimmers Rescue 60 Sea Turtles From Winter Storm Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard rescued 60 sea turtles that were in need of life-saving assistance after being affected by a recent winter storm near South Padre Island, Texas, Wednesday. Two aviation survival technicians, or rescue swimmers, Petty...