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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....
BOLO SV Friendship & SV Josee Roatan/Cayman/Jamaica
Update: SV Friendship and SV Josee safely arrived in Grand Cayman on April 6, 2020. --------------------------------------------------------- Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets Update: April 6, 2020 Cayman Authorities have made contact with both boats. They are due into Cayman tomorrow. Non Emergency Boat Watch for two sail boats: S/V FRIENDSHIP - 40FT SOLARIS...
BOLO SV Charlie Passage Namibia to Gambia
UPDATE:April 5, 2020 - The Netherlands Coast Guard estimate travel at 5knots from last position know, which was 28 March which would put him in Gambia in several days depending on wind. Boatwatch has placed this case in Unresolved. A non-emergency BOLO has been issued for SV Charlie with solo Dutch captain, Gerard Westmeijer, age 65 aboard his Beneteau Oceanis 504. He departed Walvisbay, Namibia...