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Portland, Maine | This doesn't look promising for survival. Anyone know who this is? If so please call the Coasties http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/5972071/Coast Guard finds capsized boat, not operator
Posted: Today at 10:20 a.m.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard was searching Thursday for the operator of a capsized catamaran that was found 23 miles southeast of the Cape Fear River Wednesday morning.
The crew of the charter boat Pomolas called Station Oak Island watchstanders at 8:54 a.m. Wednesday, saying they had found a capsized 18-foot white Hobie Cat catamaran with a multicolored sail. They did not see any debris, markings, or marine growth, authorities said.
An MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew and an HC-130J Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City; the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Beluga, an 87-foot patrol boat; and a 41-foot rescue boat crew from Station Oak Island searched the area for signs of the catamaran's operator.
When the boat crew from the station arrived on scene and righted the capsized vessel, they discovered a cooler and a half-eaten sandwich inside, authorities said. Identifying markings on the catamaran include a large number 16 on one of the pontoons and the number 65474 on the multicolored sail, they said.
Watchstanders are contacting marinas and boat rental agencies in North and South Carolina to determine the identity of the vessel and its operator, authorities said.
Anyone with information about the catamaran or its operator is asked to call the Coast Guard 5th District command center at 757-398-6390. | | | Re: Oh no - another Cat lost at sea
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Cary, NC | Damn, hope everything turns out alright.
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uk | Not going to be an 18 with that sail # is it?
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Graham, NC | I put a call in to Thomas Stone, he is one of the Wrightsville 18 crew. Haven't heard back from him but if it was a local sailor he will know who it is. The number 16 on the hull doesn't ring any bells for me.
The wind was pretty strong at the coast this weekend and storms on Sun and Mon. Hope the boat just got away and the skipper is ok!
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North Carolina | Ok, I just got a hold of Thomas. Obviously it wasn't his boat. He doesn't know the owner either. That far SE of the river they could have launced from a lot of places. I wish there was more I could do. I hope the skipper/crew is ok.
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Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | I hope somebody analyzed that sandwich to find out how old it was at the time the boat was recovered. Or have I been reading too many Patricia Cornwell novels?
I guess they could analyze DNA from the sandwich to help identify the person on the boat.
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Hillsborough, NC USA | I guess they could analyze DNA from the sandwich to help identify the person on the boat. It would be much simpler to get the vessel registration number, or the hull number, and look up the owner in the NC Wildlife Resource Commission records. | | | Re: Oh no - another Cat lost at sea
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Roanoke Island ,N.C. | I guess they could analyze DNA from the sandwich to help identify the person on the boat. It would be much simpler to get the vessel registration number, or the hull number, and look up the owner in the NC Wildlife Resource Commission records. Doesn't need to be registered in NC.
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Hillsborough, NC USA | Doesn't need to be registered in NC. Can you justify that assertion? I don't think it's true. Accordng to http://www.ncwildlife.org/License/Vessel_Basic_Facts.htm#q3: What Vessels Must be Registered?
All sailboats used on public waters must be registered if longer than 14 feet at the load waterline.
You can argue that a Hobie 16 is shorter than 14 feet at the waterline, but that won't keep you from being ticketed. And from http://www.ncwildlife.org/License/Vessel_Basic_Facts.htm#q6: What Vessels Must be Titled?
Anyone who purchases or transfers a ... sailboat 14 feet or longer ... will be required to title the vessel effective Jan.1, 2007 If the owner bought the boat or moved it to NC within the last 2.5 years, it should also be titled. The hull number is on the title, so the WRC should be able to look that up. | | | Re: Oh no - another Cat lost at sea
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Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Doesn't need to be registered in NC. Can you justify that assertion? I don't think it's true. Accordng to http://www.ncwildlife.org/License/Vessel_Basic_Facts.htm#q3: What Vessels Must be Registered?
All sailboats used on public waters must be registered if longer than 14 feet at the load waterline.
You can argue that a Hobie 16 is shorter than 14 feet at the waterline, but that won't keep you from being ticketed. And from http://www.ncwildlife.org/License/Vessel_Basic_Facts.htm#q6: What Vessels Must be Titled?
Anyone who purchases or transfers a ... sailboat 14 feet or longer ... will be required to title the vessel effective Jan.1, 2007 If the owner bought the boat or moved it to NC within the last 2.5 years, it should also be titled. The hull number is on the title, so the WRC should be able to look that up. Yeah, The 14' waterline thing, that's it.  Just Kidding. My bad. That's a new law(2007)Used to be greater than 20' or has a motor. Doesn't seemed to be enforced around here, but a law is a law.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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Raleigh/ Wrightsville Beach NC | I had seen this boat on Craigs List last week out of Myrtle Beach and was hoping it wasn't an inexperienced new owner. http://wilmington.craigslist.org/boa/1347270638.html ![[Linked Image]](http://images.craigslist.org/3m63pb3l45O55Qe5Pe98sc04489dbc4891eed.jpg) But the sail #s don't match Has anyone heard an update on this story. It was posted this morning, but the boat was found yesterday. Hope this guy is ok.. but if you live at the beach and go out sailing in the ocean, you got to tell someone you are out sailing..... I had a friend get stranded out in the ocean, he turtled, mast filled up with water and he couldn't right it. He was found the next day cause some family knew he went out sailing the evening before and reported him missing. | | | Re: Oh no - another Cat lost at sea
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| I hope somebody analyzed that sandwich to find out how old it was at the time the boat was recovered. Or have I been reading too many Patricia Cornwell novels?
I guess they could analyze DNA from the sandwich to help identify the person on the boat. Well, on the positive-thinking side, it might be that the person paused while eating his sandwich, threw it back in the cooler, hopped onto the dock -- forgetting to tie the boat up -- and while he walked back to wherever he was going, the boat drifted off. If it was 23 miles south of the Cape Fear River mouth then it was out almost past Frying Pan Shoals, pretty far out and could have drifted from anywhere. And, yep, it will have registration numbers if it was from NC. | | |
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