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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...
BOLO: Overdue”SV Chuckahui Kai” Oahu to Maui, Hawaii
UPDATE: By Dillon Ancheta | June 8, 2020 at 9:27 PM HST - Updated June 9 at 4:38 AMHONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Coast Guard has found four people aboard what was reported as an overdue sailboat.Officials said the SV Chuckahui Kai was found about 65 nautical miles south of Oahu at around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday. All four people aboard were reported to be safe and healthy. At last check,...
BOLO: FV MISTER MARCO Adrift Off Barnegat Inlet New Jersey
CANCEL BOLO FOR F/V MISTER MARCO Good News. The USCG advised at as of 0557 hrs, EDT, 02 June 2020, the sister ship to the FV MISTER MARCO has assisted the disabled vessel, and is towing her back to Rhode Island. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets The 72 foot Fishing Vessel (FV) MISTER MARCO is adrift and disabled at 38-51.3N and 071-38.4W or approximately 126...
Cancel BOLO: Polish Sailor “SV HOBO Girl” Ft. Pierce, Florida to Bermuda
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets UPDATE 0700 hrs, 20 May 2020 CANCEL BOLO FOR S/V HOBO GIRL - SV Hobo Girl has arrived safely in Bermuda. Go to Boatwatch.org for the complete story. _____________________________________________ UPDATE 0700 hrs, 20 May 2020 CANCEL BOLO FOR S/V HOBO GIRL Please cancel the BOLO for the S/V HOBO GIRL with solo captain Marek...
BOLO for SV MAXIM Overdue Thailand to Maldives and Mauritius
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets Cancel A Non Emergency BOLO that was issued for SV MAXIM, a German flagged Contest 34 foot sloop and Single Handler German Captain Frank Wilters, age 58.Captain Wilters left Phuket Thailand on March 11, 2020 on a passage to Addu Atoll, Maldives and then on to Mauritius. His planned alternative route was La Reunion or...
Stolen SV RED HOT St. Thomas USVI Found
Cancel BOLO FOR STOLEN 33' SLOOP "RED HOT" FROM LINDBERGH BAY, NEAR WATER ISLAND ST THOMAS USVI. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets UPDATE: Cancel BOLO For Sailing Vessel "RED HOT". USCG notified Boatwatch April 30, 2020, that a good Samaritan found the vessel under full sail on the rocks in St. Thomas....
Two Bahamian Fishermen Missing Old Bahama Channel To Cuba
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets UPDATE 2200 HRS 06 APRIL 2020: CANCEL BOLO FOR THE TWO BAHAMIAN FISHERMEN ADRIFT SINCE 26 MARCH 2020. THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND SAFE IN CUBA! Captain Chris Lloyd of BASRA advised these 2 men are reported to be in Cuba in the custody of the Cuban border guard and are in quarantine....