Tag: Coast Guard

Video: Sailor En Route To Bermuda Rescued

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a Bermuda-bound sailor from his disabled vessel approximately 195 miles southeast of Cape Cod on Thursday morning [May 16]. The 30-foot sailing vessel Arabella had departed Connecticut on May 14 and was en route Bermuda. After the Coast Guard received the distress call, a HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew and an MH-60 Jayhawk... Read more of this article

Coast Guard Responds 500 Miles Off Bermuda

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a distressed vessel with nine people aboard approximately 500 miles southeast of Bermuda today [Mar 27]. Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency position-indicating radio beacon distress signal at 1:15 p.m. registered to the 109-foot catamaran, Mouse Trap. The Mouse Trap’s crew reported that their vessel... Read more of this article

Four Sailors Rescued 70 Miles Off Bermuda

[Updated with photo gallery & video] Following a search which involved three U.S. Coast Guard aircraft, four Irish sailors were rescued from their 48-ft sailboat 70 miles north of Bermuda this morning [Feb 9].The four people are now safely on board the “Tetian Trader” — a ship that had diverted to join the search and rescue effort. At... Read more of this article

Sailor Who Jumped Overboard Still Not Located

The search operation for a sailboat crew member that jumped overboard two days ago has been suspended following the completion of an extensive search, a Harbour Radio spokesperson said this evening. The search began after Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received a call from the sail boat ‘Blue Moon’ reporting that a crew member had intentionally... Read more of this article

Four Ships/Aircraft Search For Person Overboard

Four aircraft/vessels are presently 50nm off Bermuda searching after a crewmember on a sailboat intentionally jumped overboard. The Captain and crew tried to coax their colleague onboard without success. As time passed and conditions deteriorated, the crewmember was lost amongst the darkness The aircraft and vessels that are presently searching are:... Read more of this article

Videos: Author On Deadly Bermuda Voyage

Surviving a life-threatening situation does not have to drastically change a person’s life as a Massachusetts author discovered interviewing survivors of an ill-fated voyage from Connecticut to Bermuda for his bestseller “Overboard!” On May 16 author Michael J. Tougias will give a slide lecture at the Holmes Library in Halifax on the doomed... Read more of this article

Canadian Sailor Arrives Safe & Sound

Giving his family something to celebrate this Christmas season, a Canadian sailor who the Coast Guard had been searching for arrived safe and sound in Bermuda at approximately 3pm this afternoon [Dec.24]. His boat is pictured below docked at Ordnance Island in St George’s.On December 5th, Sergei Morozov set sail from Canada aboard “Hikari,”... Read more of this article

Overdue Yacht Located South Of Island

A merchant vessel located the sailing vessel “Hikari” approximately 150 miles southeast of Bermuda today [Dec. 22]. The crew of the “Luisia Colossus”, a 623-foot Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier, spotted the sailboat after Sergei Morozov, the operator of the “Hikari”, fired a parachute flare. Mr. Morozov stated he... Read more of this article

US Coast Guard Suspends Search

A US Coast Guard search for a Halifax yachtsman who had been scheduled to arrive in Bermuda on Monday [Dec.19] has been suspended. Sergei Morozov was on the first leg of what was supposed to be an around-the-world solo sail on his 35-foot C&C sailboat “Hikari”. The US Coast Guard said Mr. Morozov’s daughter notified them by email... Read more of this article

Coast Guard Search For Overdue Sailor

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching the Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 miles northeast of Bermuda for a sailor after he was reported overdue on Monday [Dec.19]. Sergei Morozov is aboard the vessel Hikari, a Canadian registered, 35-foot sloop sailing vessel with a white hull. Mr Morozov’s daughter notified the Coast Guard via e-mail after she had... Read more of this article