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Search for Missing Boater near Culebra, Puerto Rico Suspended
Coast Guard suspends search for missing person in the water near Culebra, Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing male boater Wednesday night near the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico. “Suspending a search is never easy, our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this missing person,” said Capt. José Diaz, Sector San Juan acting commander. ...
Cancel Non Emergency Bolo for S/V Fan Sea, Exumas, Bahamas
Cancel Non-Emergency Bolo UPDATE: July 6, 2021 S/V Fan Sea is safe in the Exumas and RCC Miami has been notified and is contact with concerned parties. USCG RCC Miami has requested Boatwatch.org assistance in contacting a Moorings charter catamaran, S/V Fan Sea, a 45 foot Leopard Catamaran, recently in Nassau with six people on board. The boat is possibly in the Exumas Land and Sea Park. People...
S/V “Wine Down” Adrift from Barbados Found in St. Lucia with Mooring Attached
UPDATE: July 7, 2021: S/V Wine Down has been found with mooring attached in St. Lucia. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets 'Wine Down' a Beneteau 38 registered in Jolly Harbour Antigua went adrift between 07:30 and 09:50 from Carlisle Bay in Barbados in the midst of TS Elsa this morning July 2nd. Mooring is gone as well so presume she's still dragging it. Winds...
3 Jamaican Sailors Missing on 28 foot S/V “God Alone”
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Three Jamaican Sailors Missing on 28 Foot Sailboat BOLO for S/V “God Alone” with Captain Keron Powell, 43 years of age and two unknown mates. They left Port Antonio point June 6, 2021 to go fishing and have not been heard from since. Captain Powell had a cellular phone with him. S/V “God Alone” is a 28 foot fiberglass sailboat...
Fishing Vessel Eden Missing From Antiqua, Last Seen off Barbuda
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets A Bolo has been issued for F/V Eden which left Antigua, Eastern Caribbean on Thursday June 24, 2021 at around noon with two men on board. They last had signals to their phones north of Barbuda. The 25 foot pirogue is light blue with a single 50 hp 4 stroke engine, was last seen drifting off Barbuda. Lester Small, the Captain,...
Found Alive – Missing Fisherman Between Bay Islands of Honduras Utila and Belize
UPDATE: June 23, 2021 at 5:00 PM Utila Fisherman Comes Home Utila Search & Rescue A heartfelt moment for our islands when Mr. Newton (Diamond) was towed back home. He’s been missing since Friday, June 18th. Whilst on his way home from a day of fishing, he encountered mechanical problems causing him to lose steering power. He started drifting further away from Utila Cays as the hours went by....
BOLO for S/V Madimoo On Passage from Malaysia to South Africa
Update June 27, 2021 The family of Captain Kenneth Harold Gordon of S/V Madimoo has advised as follows: "Just wanted to let you know I received a call from my dad. They are OK. The Iridium phone stopped working and they hit a freak storm somewhere in the Indian Ocean which ripped their sails. They were able to motor most of the way back towards Indonesian when the motors also stopped working....
BOLO for Debris or Persons in the Water 55NM WSW of the Dry Tortugas, Florida after EPIRB Activation
UPDATE: June 17, 2021 The USCG has called off the search regarding this EPIRB activation. The EPIRB was unregistered but with good batteries. Please register and update all safety devices. Notification and float plans should have people that know you and your boat very well.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets The USCG Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Miami, FL...
Rescue of Captain S/V Fidelity Dismasted 375 NM East of Jacksonville Florida
"UPDATE June 13, 2021 8:00 AM: The Captain of S/V Fidelity has been rescued by a Chemical Oil Tanker "Portola" and is enroute to Canada. After the captain set off 2 EPIRB's, USCG Rescue Coordination Center Miami launched a C-130 airplane and coordinated the rescue with the Oil Tanker "Portola". The sailing vessel is now adrift.This screenshot is courtesy of Marine Traffic and depicts the area...
Search Continues on land and sea for Sailor Tomas Gimeno and Anna, age one after Olivia Gimeno’s body found at sea Tenerife Spain
Body found in bag in sea off Tenerife confirmed as missing girl Olivia Gimeno taken by her father Olivia Gimeno, six, and her sister Anna, one, were taken by their father Tomas without permission on 27 April 2021. By Sky News Friday 11 June 2021 15:11, UK Image:Olivia Gimeno, six (right) and her sister Anna, one A body found inside a bag on the seabed off Tenerife has been confirmed as...