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Urgent Watch For Unknown Vessel In Distress Willmington, N. Carolina
Update- February 13, 2020 - Coast Guard suspends search. WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard suspended its search on Thursday after an unregistered emergency position indicating radio beacon alert lead responders to debris approximately 126 miles southeast off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina. Coast Guard crews from Air Station Elizabeth City, the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton and Automated...
BOLO: SV Echo Du Large Captain Nicholas Berson Eastern Caribbean
BOLO: Canceled February 6, 2020 by MRCC Fort de France for SV Echo DU Large, Captain Nicholas Berson. They are safe. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets February 1, 2020 - A BOLO has been issued by MRCC Fort de France for SV ECHO DU Large and Captain Nicholas Berson. This French flagged boats's MMSI Number is 227141260, 9.2 meters in length with a white hull...
Cancel BOLO For SV LA Morrigane Carriacou to Martinique
UPDATE: February 2, 2020 at 2:00 PM - Cancel BOLO - MRCC has advised SV LA MORRIGANE has safely arrived in Martinique. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets February 2, 2020 - BOLO for OVERDUE VESSEL - SV LA MORRIGANE is reported overdue on a passage from Carriacou to Martinique with four persons on board. The vessel is a French flagged racing monohull with no...
Captain Rescued by Cargo Ship Boat Ashore Tanzania Africa
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets UPDATE - 1400 Zulu Time or 9:00 AM Eastern Time - The boat and captain have been identified on social media as SV ARCANA and Captain Guiseppe Loreto. The Italian Captain was rescued by a Chinese cargo ship and is safe in a hotel. Update information: The vessel’s name is SV ARCANA, flagged in Italy. The owner Giuseppe Loreto...
Four Missing At Sea Bahamas to Jamaica
The M/V Fatal Attraction and Crew of Four Missing For Three Years Between Bahamas and Jamaica The family of four missing men, three from Jamaica, and one from the Bahamas has asked Boatwatch.org to list them as missing since 06 Jan 2017. We know it's been a long time, but listing them on Boatwatch.org links them to Google searches. There have been several recent missing vessels identified...
Missing Crew Off Tanker “Star Aquila” Dauphin, Alabama
BOLO Cancelled. Coast Guard searching for missing person near Dauphin Island, AL NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for one person who went missing aboard the vessel Star Aquila, Thursday, approximately 12 nautical miles south of Dauphin Island, Alabama. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at 4:07 a.m. that a crew member was missing. The 41 year old male was...
Cancel Non-Emergency Boat Watch For SV JOY In Bahamas
The USCG Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Miami has Canceled this BOLO - The SV Joy was contacted and safe at anchor. NON-EMERGENCY BOLO FOR S/V JOY- Waderick Wells Cay, Bahamas The USCG Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Miami has asked Boatwatch.org assistance in locating the S/V JOY with JOHN LARK and DIANA BORRGA aboard. The S/V JOY is a 44' Catalina which sailed to the Bahamas from North...
BOLO: SV Brendan and Captain Frank Baudet – Carriacou, Grenadines
UPDATE: Jan. 22, 2020 RCC Martinique and the family of the missing sailor have requested that no further BOLO be issued for Captain Franck Baudet of SV Brendan. Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets Bolo for Sailing Vessel Brendan and solo Captain Franck Baudet from MRCC France. SV Brendan was last seen in December 2019 in the Grenadine Islands near Carriacou....
BOLO Canceled: Search Suspended For 2 Missing Mariners In Pamlico Sound, NC
January 9, 2020 Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing mariners in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina Watch the above video of the USCG rescue swimmers. PAMLICO COUNTY, N.C. — The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday afternoon for two mariners who were reported missing after the commercial fishing vessel Papa’s Girl capsized in the vicinity of the Pamlico Sound. Watchstanders at the Fifth...
Cancel BOLO: Bodies of Two Andros Island Fishermen Found
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network & Other Nets The bodies of two missing Andros fisherman have reportedly been found in waters off a nearby cay. The men left on Christmas Day from Lowe Sound in a 25- foot Mako for Northwest Channel. ------------------------------- NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The bodies of two missing Andros fisherman have reportedly been found in waters off a...