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USCG Rescues Danish Flagged SV ZOMA With 8 Persons On Board Taking On Water Off Puerto Rico
Update February 23, 2021 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface units assisted a distressed sailing vessel Monday that was taking on water with eight people onboard in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 80 nautical miles south of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico.The Zoma, a 46-foot Danish flagged sailing vessel, and all its passengers, five Danish and three French nationals, including two...
BOLO For SV Marmara Overdue On Passage from Venezuela to Dominican Republic
Cancel Bolo: Update - February 23, 2021, SV Marmara is reported to be entering the port at Samana, DR. Thank you to all for your help. _____________________________________________ Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets A Bolo has been issued for SV Marmara overdue on a passage from Puerto La Cruz Venezuela to the Dominican Republic. The sailing vessel is described...
BOLO: SV “Sultans Of Swing” Canaries to Martinique or Guadeloupe
Update: February 22, 2021 AIS & Marine Traffic data confirm SV Sultans of Swing have arrived in Guadeloupe. NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH UPDATE 1200 HRS UTC 21 FEB 2021: RCC MADRID advised the reporting party has received information the vessel is headed to either Martinique or Guadeloupe, and expected to arrive sometime on Monday 22 FEB or Tuesday 23 FEB. Due to their communications issues, we...
BOLO For Cable Ship Off Barranquilla, Colombia
Valid 1513 Hrs UTC, 20 Feb 2021: All Vessels in the area North of Barranquilla, Colombia should be on the lookout for this cable ship and give her a wide berth. 201513Z FEB 21 NAVAREA IV 162/21(24). CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. 1. BUOYS ESTABLISHED BY CABLESHIP "IT INTREPID": A. BLACK BUOY MARKING CABLE LOCATION WITH EIGHT ORANGE BUOYS TRAILING 35 METERS. B. 11-22.55N 074-57.68W, RADIUS 730...
BOLO: Non Emergency For SV Kon Tiki Bahamas to Key West Florida
UPDATE: February 15, 2021 - SV KON TIKI has been located and is safe in Key West. __________________________ Boatwatch.org has issued a NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH for the SV KON TIKI who was due to arrive Monday morning in Key West, FL from a voyage from Great Inagua Cay, Bahamas. Last SSB contact was Saturday, 13 Feb 2021 when S/V KON TIKI was at 22-52N / 078-29W. Boatwatch did not take a Float...
BOLO: SV Silent Thunder Boot Key to Berry Islands, Bahamas
On February 12, 2021, USCG advised that SV Silent Thunder has been located by USCG aircraft in the Bahamas and in no distress. Cancel BOLO. _________________________________________________________________________ Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets Non-Emergency Boat Watch for the 51' Morgan Ketch SV SILENT THUNDER. The USCG RCC Miami has asked Boatwatch.org for...
Derelict Vessel Adrift Off Southern Tip Of Dominica Eastern Caribbean
UPDATE: MRCC Fort De France reports the ship was recovered and towed to Martinique Island. They confirm that it is no longer a hazard. MRCC Fort De France issued a NavSafety Alert on 26 Jan 2021 for a derelict and capsized 9 meter sailing vessel adrift in position 15-00.48 N / 060-26.12 W. This position was valid at 1407 hrs UTC, 26 Jan 2021, and is located 49 NM ESE of the Southern tip...
SV My Time Overdue On Passage From New Orleans, LA to Tampa, FL
UPDATE: January 31,2021 - USCG RCC New Orleans, LA advised this morning the SV MY TIME was located off of Mobile, AL and safely towed into Mobile by a commercial towing company. The SV MY TIME had a collision with a commercial fishing vessel, and got their prop fouled in nets, and were unable to proceed to Tampa as planned. They did not have any means of long distance communications aboard to...
SV Archipelago Dismasted, Adrift And Unoccupied NE of Eleuthera Bahamas
UPDATE:January 23, 2021 - RCC Norfolk advised that the Swedish sailor was rescued by the Cargo Ship Singapore Express at 26 07.360 N and 056 53.280 W. The vessel is a Bavaria 46. He communicated via a Garmin In Reach. The vessel has now been found by a Bahamian tow/salvage company and is enroute to Freeport, Bahamas....
SV Rebecca Souimanga Adrift And Desmasted
UPDATE: January 22, 2021: The owner of this sailing vessel advises that the cargo ship that rescued him was the Harvest Frost. The sailor expresses his gratitude to the ship and all involved in the rescue. The SV is a Belgium flagged boat. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE January 22, 2021: Thank you to...