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Man Overboard Search SV Ocean Breeze Mid Atlantic
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks An active man overboard search has been underway in the mid-Atlantic, since 02:27 UTC this morning, Monday December 2, 2024, for a crew member from the Austrian SV Ocean Breeze, a Volvo 70 Yacht. USCG RCC Norfolk has advised the area of search12 hours ago was at 20 23.1 North and 42 57.3 West. The drift was to the west....
BOLO SV Ceol Mor Hampton VA to Beaufort NC
UPDATE: November 28, 2024 - Good News - USCG Sector NC advises that RCC Bermuda confirms, as well as other cruisers, SV Ceol Mor is safe in Bermuda. Thank you to USCG, RCC Bermuda and the cruising community for all the updates and lookouts for this cruiser. Bolo is canceled.November 25, 2024 USCG reports that the search for SV Ceol Mor has been suspended. Report any sightings to USCG.Broadcast...
BOLO SV Dream Catcher Martinique to St. Maartin Overdue
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks RCC Martinique requests a lookout and broadcast for SV Dream Catcher on passage from Martinique to St. Maartin.overdue. S/V "DREAM CATCHER" - color white - type Passport 40 - 1 pob + 1 dog - with main sail and engine failuredeparted from Martinique le Marin on Nov 15, 2024 heading to St Martin. Eta nov 20, 2024 - last news...
BOLO for SV Alchemist Maine to Maryland
Cancel BOLO for SV Alchemist. SV has been located safe and sound.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks BOLO for SV Alchemist on passage from Maine to Maryland USA with a stop in Greenport NY The USCG is searching for the 48ft SV Alchemist (MMSI: 338183639) with a Mr. Charles Lees onboard. Vessel departed Kittery Maine on 07 Nov with the intent of traveling...
BOLO for SV Alora Ft. Lauderdale to British Virgin Islands
Cancel Bolo for SV Alora USCG confirms anchored safe in Turks and Caicos Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks USCG D7 Miami requests a broadcast for SV Alora on passage from Ft. Lauderdale to the British Virgin Islands. RCC MIAMI RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF AN UNREPORTED CATAMARAN NAMED " ALORA" WITH 02 PERSONS ON BOARD. THE VESSEL WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM FT...
BOLO SV SELKIE Sanibel Island to Cape Sable Florida
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater rescues man and his dog ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES 09.26.2024 Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg U.S. Coast Guard District 7 A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew rescue a man and his dog, Thursday, after his vessel became disabled 25 miles off Sanibel Island. AST2 Hudson assisted the individual with the hoist...
BOLO for Large Door of Airplane Miami to Ft. Lauderdale
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks BOLO for Large Door of Airplane Miami to Ft. Lauderdale Boatwatch.org has received a Flotsam and Jetsam report from KLM Amsterdam, Holland and the Dutch Civil Aviation Authorities concerning a large air conditioning compartment access door of a Boeing 747 which was lost over the ocean in the Miami area on August 25, 2024....
BOLO for Four Missing New Guinea
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks BOLO for Four Missing MV Tapakesi Breez New Guinea Four persons are overdue on a passage on August 28, 2024, at 7 AM, from Kavieng town to Mussau Island. They were last seen at Emirau Island, near Pakena Village. The trip should have taken 6 to 7 hours. MV Tapakesi Breez is 20 feet with a 20 or 40 HP outboard motor with 8...
Bolo for MV OPTIMUN Montserrat
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks A Bolo was issued by MRCC Fort de France for the MV OPTIMUM with solo captain John Rosevelt Lee on board. The captain left to fish on the west side of Montserrat at 0643 hours on Wednesday August 28, 2024 and has not been heard from since. Captain John Lee is 49 years of age, a diabetic and is a British Overseas...
BOLO for SV “Kehaar” Darwin Australia to Mexico
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Networks A Bolo has been isssued for SV Kehaar with solo captain Kristian Larsen, age 68 years old, who has not been heard from since November 2023, when he was in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. The captain left Darwin, Australia in August of 2023, planning to sail to Mexico with his cat. Friends have heard from him from time to time...