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Cancel BOLO For SV Grand Filou Stolen Union Island & Recovered In Puerto Rico
UPDATE 30 July 2020 2000 HRS UTC Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets Cancel BOLO: SV GRAND FILOU HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN PUERTO RICO & ONE PERSON ARRESTED due to an observant cruiser reporting the boat to Boatwatch, USCG and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), San Juan. ***************************************** Good News. At 2000 hrs UTC, Petty...
New York, Bermuda, BVI’s SV Tally Ho! Boat Watch
**********UPDATE 23 JULY 2020***************************** While speaking with USCG RCC Boston regarding a different matter, it was learned the EPIRB for the S/V TALLY HO was located. Boatwatch was not aware of that development. Here is what RCC Boston told us: On 20MAR2020 the EPIRB from the TALLY HO! alerted approximately 1200NM east of Norfolk, VA (37°14.400'N, 050°57.400'W). RCC Boston...
Search Called Off for SV OHANA-ULI Off Tanzania/Seychelles
UPDATE July 24, 2020 From the family of Del and Craig Mc Ewan. To our dear friends and family, It is with a heavy heart that after every effort possible has been made we need to inform you that the search for Del and Craig McEwan has been called off with no recovery being made. We would like to thank you all for your prayers and support throughout this difficult times.They are now dancing with...
SV Cool Change Overdue to Bahamas
UPDATE 1345 hrs, 15 July 2020 CANCEL THE NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH SV COOL CHANGE, 49' Hunter, overdue in Bahamas. PLEASE CANCEL THE LOOKOUT. THE VESSEL HAS BEEN LOCATED APPROACHING BIMINI AT THIS TIME. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets NON-EMERGENCY BOAT WATCH for SV COOL CHANGE, 49' Hunter, overdue in Bahamas. The US Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center,...
One Dead, One Missing Off Bimini, Bahamas, After Boat Runs Aground
UPDATE: July 04, 2020 Cancel Bolo USCG and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has called off the search for the one missing boater off Bimini. ************************************ BOLO: Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Royal Bahamas Police Marine Division and a United States Coast Guard are looking for one missing boater off Bimini, Bahamas after a vessel ran aground a mile and a half of South Bimini....
BOLO: SV Breeze St. Thomas to Grenada
UPDATE: July 2, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Cancel BOLO: Non Emergency & Overdue SV Breeze - St. Thomas to Grenada SV Breeze has arrived safely in Grenada, Port Louis. SV Breeze is a navy blue hull 44 foot Morgan Sloop Center Cockpit with single handed captain Randy Chambers aboard. SV Breeze is overdue on a passage to Grenada from St. Thomas US Virgin Islands. He was part of a group of...
BOLO Crew Member Missing Tanker Hellas Gladiator 400 Miles Off NC
UPDATE 26 June 2020: Cancel Bolo: Coast Guard suspends search for missing tanker ship crew member near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ************** Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets The Coast Guard is searching for a crew member of a tanker ship approximately 400 miles east of Cape Hatteras, Wednesday afternoon. A man overboard was reported aboard the...
SV Cap du Gard & Yann Guerin Fire At Marina Horta
UPDATE: June 19, 2020 Cruisers in Marina Horta have advised Captain Yann Guerin's S/V Cap du Gard has exploded and caught on fire. He has been airlifted to a hospital in Lisbon suffering from severe burns. Please keep him in your prayers. Update: June 17, 2020 Good news from friends of Captain Yann Guerin. He has arrived safely in Horta aboard SV Cap du Gard after a 3,000 miles passage...
BOLO For Hazard To Navigation Plane Crash West of Marco Island, FL
BOLO for a Hazard to Navigation - 18.5 NM West of Marco Island, Florida. 30 FOOT WHITE WITH RED TRIM AIRCRAFT - Tail Number N619J - ADRIFT at 25-56.895N 082-05.918W. KEY WEST, Fla. – Two people were rescued by members of the Naval Air Station in Key West Monday morning, 01 June 2020 after their small plane crashed into the water. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen...
USCG Searching For Overdue Person On Jet Ski Dauphin Island, Alabama
CANCEL BOLO FOR MISSING JET SKIER NEAR DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL. Great news. At 1124 hrs ET the US Coast Guard notified Boatwatch that Mr. Brian Duff was located by a Good Samaritan near Dauphin Island Alabama. Please cancel this lookout. ************************************************ Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets The Coast Guard and partner agencies are...