Missing boater left yacht club but disappeared before reaching a friend off NC coast
Update: The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday, Nov. 29, that it has suspended the search for the missing boater. It said it searched “approximately 7,498 square miles over the course of 53 hours.”
“The decision to suspend a search is made after careful consideration of all aspects of a case,” Commander Corrie Sergent, search and rescue mission coordinator for the case, said in a news release. “Our sincere thoughts go out to the family and friends of the individual involved in this case.” The original story is below.
Crews are searching for a missing boater who never showed up to meet his friend off the North Carolina coast.
The 44-year-old was last seen on surveillance video leaving Federal Point Yacht Club in Carolina Beach between 10 and 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, on a 19-foot SeaCraft boat, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard.
His friend told the Coast Guard that the man was supposed to meet him about 3 miles west of Frying Pan Tower, which is located about 32 miles off the coast of North Carolina, but never showed.
Boat and air crews with the Coast Guard are searching the area near Frying Pan Shoals for the boater.
The boater’s friends said he had life jackets and a radio onboard with him, according to the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard described him as a “caucasian male who is 6 feet, 2 inches tall with red hair weighing 220 pounds.”
No other information about the search was released as of Sunday, Nov. 28.
This story was originally published November 28, 2021 at 3:24 PM with the headline "Missing boater left yacht club but disappeared before reaching a friend off NC coast."
