UPDATE: March 3, 2020 15:30 CANCEL BOAT WATCH.
UPDATE 1530 hrs, 03 Mar 2020. USCG RCC New Orleans called Boatwatch.org to say as a direct result of cruisers reading about the Boatwatch, several cruisers called them giving them information to locate the missing boater and his boat. The USCG wished to thank Boatwatch.org and the boaters that called them with information ending the search.This is how it’s supposed to work, Cruisers Helping Cruisers!
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The Coast Guard received a report of possibly missing 76-year-old white male, Jewel Johnson, and his 36-foot white motor vessel, “POISON” in the Intracoastal Waterway somewhere between Morgan City, Louisiana and Rockport, Texas, Monday. Johnson was headed West across the Intracoastal Waterway from mile marker 99 to mile marker 521 starting February 25, 2020. USCG RCC New Orleans asks anyone with information on where JEWEL JOHNSON, or the M/V POISON is presently located to call them at (504) 589-6225 or Boatwatch.org.
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UPDATE: 0645 hrs, 03 March 2020. USCG RCC New Orleans asks anyone with information on where JEWEL JOHNSON, or the M/V POISON is presently located to call them at (504) 589-6225.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is searching for a possible missing person in the Intracoastal Waterway somewhere between Morgan City, Louisiana and Rockport, Texas, Monday.
The Coast Guard received a report of possibly missing 76-year-old white male, Jewel Johnson, and his 36-foot white trawling vessel, Poison.
According to the reporting source, Johnson was headed West across the Intracoastal Waterway from mile marker 99 to mile marker 521 starting February 25, 2020. The trip is estimated to take six to eight days.
Anyone with information on Johnson or the vessel’s location, please contact the Eighth Coast Guard District at: (504) 589-6225.
