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BOLO: SV La Mouette Stolen From St. Vincent
SV "La Mouette" Stolen Boat Watch has received a report of a stolen Lagoon 38, white with a blue stack pack/lazy bag. The yachts name is "La Mouette". It left the mooring ball in Blue Lagoon, St Vincent at around 6pm yesterday Sunday November 27th. This has been reported to SVG Coast Guard. Report all sightings to the nearest Coast Guard or police authorities.
USCG Suspends BOLO For Missing Boater North of Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets The Coast Guard is searching for a 44-year-old man in the vicinity of Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, Saturday. The man departed the Federal Point Yacht Club on Monday 22 Nov 2021, on his 19-foot SeaCraft vessel. Sector North Carolina command center watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched...
BOLO For Three Bahamians Sandy Point, Abacos to Nassau, Bahamas
UPDATE: Nov. 27, 2021 8:30 PM All Found Safe in Sandy Point Thank you to BASRA and all who help locate these 3 boaters. BOLO Sandy Point, Abacos to Nassau Keep a lookout for 3 males that left Sandy Point around 3:30 yesterday Nov. 26, 2021, headed to Nassau. There has been no contact since af 4pm on Nov. 26. Victor Moore, Mykell Moore and Tevin Moore are on board. The boat is a white...
BOLO for SV Sanctuary on Passage from Myrtle Beach, SC to St. Thomas USVI
UPDATE: Nov.27, 2021 - USCG cancels Bolo.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets JRCC Miami has requested assistance in locating SV Sanctuary, a 50 foot Gulfstar on passage from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to St. Thomas USVI. SPOT position as of 4 PM Eastern was 21-04.48 / 066-54.30.24. This is approximately 198 NM NW of St. Thomas. Three persons on board departed...
Colombian Coast Guard Assists SV Starlight II Off Santa Marta
On November 25, 2021, Boatwatch was contacted by family and friends regarding SV Starlight II losing all power after leaving Puerto Velero, Colombia. Many thanks to the Colombian Coast Guard for assisting Don Cavers and SV Starlight to arrive safely in to Santa Marta.
Dinghy Found Playalinda Beach Titusville Florida
UPDATE: November 25, 2021 5:00 PM Boat Watch has determined that the dinghy belongs to the vessel SV Miller's High Life. Boat Watch has communicated with the owner and put him in contact with the finder of the dinghy. The boat was on passage in rough seas from Charleston to Cape Canaveral, Florida.On November 25, 2021, a grey dinghy was found on Playalinda Beach Titusville Florida. The dinghy...
Cancel BOLO for SV Bella Dawn Marathon/Boot Key, Fl to Bimini, Bahamas
Missing sailor from the Keys is safe in the Bahamas a week after being blown off course BY DAVID GOODHUE UPDATED NOVEMBER 04, 2021 12:23 PM Update: November 4, 2021 9:30 AM Good News! USCG RCC Miami reports that SV Bella Dawn is safe and well in the Exumas, Bahamas. Thanks to everyone who helped look for him.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Bolo...
BOLO from SV AZORA Adrift north of Clearwater, Florida
Non Emergency Bolo for Adrift SV AZORA off Clearwater, Florida SV AZORA is a 42 foot Tartan sloop, dark blue hull with a beige Bimini with a Cortez, Fl hailing port. The last known position on 10/17/21 was 28 43.67N and 083 11.72W, just north of Clearwater, FL, and off the coast 26NM in the area of Homasassa/Crystal River, FL. There were no persons on board the vessel. Report any sightings or...
BOLO for SV “ARIANE” Passage from Sicily, via Greece to Tortuga Marina, Varna, Bulgaria
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Urgent BOLO for SV "ARIANE" on passage from Sicily, via Greece to Bulgaria SV "ARIANE" has a solo captain, Barney Brogan, 45 years of age and a British citizen. SV "ARIANE" is a 1984, 35 foot Van De Stadt sloop, dark navy steel hull, red bimini with a red rub rail and registered in Britain. SV "ARIANE" has a life raft on board...
BOLO for MV “Salt n Light” West Palm Beach, Florida to Berry Islands Bahamas
UPDATE: At 10 AM October 23, 2021, RCC Miami advised that the Royal Bahamian Defense force found "MV Salt n Light" disabled and towed them to a safe harbor. BOLO discontinued.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets BOLO: RCC USCG Miami has asked for assistance in locating an overdue vessel, West Palm Beach, Florida to Berry Islands Bahamas. The MV Salt n Light, a 30...