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Three Sailors Rescued Seventy Miles off Savannah Georgia
CHARLESTON, S.C.— A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued three people, Monday, after their sailing vessel began taking on water 77 miles southeast of Savannah, Georgia. A crewmember aboard the sailing vessel activated their emergency position indicating radio beacon that notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders at 3:50 a.m. District Seven watchstanders requested an aircrew...
SV Bermudes Overdue French Guiana to Trinidad and Tobago
SV Bermudes is safe and on the way slowly to Trinidad On Nov. 1, 2022, SSCA Cruising Station Host Jesse James advised that MRCC Fort de France and Trinidad Coast Guard advised all is well with SV Bermudes. The boat is in contact with Peakes Marina in Trinidad and is moving slowly. Bolo canceled.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets BOLO for SV Bermudes overdue from...
BOLO for Two Boaters Missing From Key West
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Please be on the lookout for a 32 foot, light blue, Carver Power boat with two persons and a dog aboard that have been missing from Key West since Tuesday September 27 as Hurricane Ian passed. Missing are Omar Millet Torres and Betsy Morales. USCG Key West advised the drift was confused due to Hurricane Ian. There was a drift...
Sailor Missing On Passage From Massachusetts to Florida
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Solo sailor Matthew Dennis, 22 years old, is missing on a 28 foot, 1976 Pearson, white hull, sailboat named "Sail Away". The sails have a navy blue trim. He left from Salem, Massachusetts on September 22, 2022 on a passage to Florida. He possibly anchored at the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal for several days. His last known...
SV “Dhokus 11” Canary Islands to Trinidad Found Drifting Off Aruba
UPDATE Nov. 5, 2022 JRCC Curacao advised Boat Watch SV Dhokus 11 was found drifting off Curacao and Aruba on Nov. 4, 2022. Swedish sailor was in distress and requested assistance. Many thanks to JRCC Curacao for providing assistance and towing this sailor to safety. Sailor Magnus Reslow left Las Palmas, Canary Islands and enroute to Trinidad. He did get near Trinidad but could not make landfall....
Pilot Boat Overdue Dominica to St. Martin
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets UPDATED September 13, 2022 BOLO for an overdue former Pilot Boat M/V PILOTINE, Blue hull, two persons on board, overdue between Dominica and St. Martin. UPDATED INFO : MRCC Fort de France advised Boat Watch, M/V left Dominica on September 3, 2022, in the evening and was due in St. Martin September 4, 2022. Relatives received a...
MV Three Amigos Missing West Coast of Florida
The Three Amigos a 39' Trojan Express is missing from the West Coast of Florida Specifically, it is missing from being at anchor in the area 1 mile West of Bonita Springs, between Barefoot Beach & Vanderbilt Beach just W of the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River. GPS location when last observed: 26°17.0160'N 81°50.8370'W Last verified contact was Sunday, Aug 21, 2022, about 7pm, at the...
BOLO for SV One Love Cuba to Cancun Mexico
UPDATE and Great News - The boat and the two sailors are OK and found at Isla Holbox, Mexico, and island north of the Yucatan. They encountered many problems both with the boat, the currents and health matters. They and their many friends and family are already looking into more layers of safety, such as a Garmin In Reach, an EPIRB, a new PLB registered to the captain and inflatable water...
Bolo for SV Pirouette St. Maartin to Nova Scotia
UPDATE: He has arrived safely! This is from the friend who notified Boat Watch: Mr Roy Sugden on S/V Pirouette arrived safely last night in Halifax Nova Scotia. I talked to him a few minutes ago. He is fine. Weather conditions. No wind or too much wind. Typically takes 12 days. This was 22 days. It's the first time in 45 years I have had to call in a overdue vessel. The Boat Watch program...
SV Kyklades Virginia to Azores Found Safe
UPDATE/FINAL: Overdue boaters have been located safely approximately 80 miles east of Chincoteague, Virginia PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The two boaters who were reported overdue after failing to return to Hampton have been located safely Friday approximately 80 miles east of Chincoteague. The overdue boaters, Yanni Nikopoulos and Dale Jones, contacted watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Virginia...