Sailors Gone Missing on Both Coasts, East Coast Has a Happy Ending

This past week two sailboats were reported missing, one out of Newport, RI and one out of Newport, OR. According to KGW a high school counselor and avid sailor from Clackamas, OR was found dead after failing to return from a solo trip about his 26-sailboat. The Coast Guard found him floating in the ocean with his lifejacket on.
Along the east coast two sailors and a dog onboard a 43-foot Beneteau were located by a rescue aircrew about 100 miles off Virginia. They two had left Jamestown, RI earlier in the week with a destination of Florida. When they had not been heard from by their families the Coast Guard was notified. It turns out the men were unaware of the search and were safe and healthy. When setting sail it might be best to have a number of ways to keep in touch with those ashore. Read More