Cancel BOLO For SV Grand Filou Stolen Union Island & Recovered In Puerto Rico
UPDATE 30 July 2020 2000 HRS UTC Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets Cancel BOLO: SV GRAND FILOU HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN PUERTO RICO & ONE PERSON ARRESTED due to an observant cruiser reporting the boat to Boatwatch, USCG and...
Ocean Signal SafeSea E100 and E100G Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons.
SERVICE INFORMATION LETTER E100/E100G self-test and Exchange process Ocean Signal SafeSea E100/E100G EPIRB (2020-06-10) SUBJECT: Required Safety Check and Self Testing of Ocean Signal E100/E100G Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) SUMMARY:...
New York, Bermuda, BVI’s SV Tally Ho! Boat Watch
**********UPDATE 23 JULY 2020***************************** While speaking with USCG RCC Boston regarding a different matter, it was learned the EPIRB for the S/V TALLY HO was located. Boatwatch was not aware of that development. Here is what RCC Boston told us: On...Watch The Resurgence Of Amateur Radio – A Silver Lining Of COVID-19
July 20, 2020 by gCaptain Today’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) regulations requires that every ship carry old-school HF radiotelephone and radiotelex equipment but, traditional radio is rarely used aboard ship. The problem is twofold. Today’s...
USCG Rescues Commercial Fisherman Off St. Petersburg, FL
VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues man from capsized commercial fishing vessel near St. Petersburg ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.– The Coast Guard rescued a man, Thursday, after his 36-foot commercial fishing vessel capsized 18 miles west of St. Petersburg. ...
USCG Medevacs Man 30 Miles Off Masonboro Inlet, NC
MASONBORO, N.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 62-year-old man who passed out aboard a 33-foot Onslow Bay pleasure craft approximately 30 miles east of Masonboro Inlet, North Carolina, Thursday afternoon. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received...
Search Called Off for SV OHANA-ULI Off Tanzania/Seychelles
UPDATE July 24, 2020 From the family of Del and Craig Mc Ewan. To our dear friends and family, It is with a heavy heart that after every effort possible has been made we need to inform you that the search for Del and Craig McEwan has been called off with no recovery...
SV Cool Change Overdue to Bahamas
UPDATE 1345 hrs, 15 July 2020 CANCEL THE NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH SV COOL CHANGE, 49′ Hunter, overdue in Bahamas. PLEASE CANCEL THE LOOKOUT. THE VESSEL HAS BEEN LOCATED APPROACHING BIMINI AT THIS TIME. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network &...