Anyone familiar with the Beneteau 40, DOVE, missing off the coast of Maine?

[TomY]

I believe the DOVE is a Southern boat that was visiting Maine. The crew call 911 to report a distress call that fell off at 3 am. Saturday night off MDI. A full scale air search of NE coast has turned up nothing.

Aerial search for missing sailboat from Maine turns up nothing new

The Coast Guard conducted a massive search along the New England coast on Sunday but says it couldn't find the three people aboard the 40-foot Dove, which put out a distress call early Saturday off Mount Desert Island.

www.pressherald.com

 

[ggrizzard]

See related thread. All are safe according to updated report.

 

[TomY]

DOVE actually was rescued off the coast of Virginia by a freighter on Nov. 19, 3 days after the CG search off the coast of Maine on the 16th.

On the 18th, crew onboard DOVE sent a distress call: The sailboat was dismasted off Norfolk, and they were donning life jackets.

Few other details other than the captain is quoted saying that he made the trip, "for the love of sailing".

Fair enough.

Missing boaters from Maine were rescued off Virginia coast, Coast Guard says

The trio of boaters who disappeared off Mount Desert Island were picked up Nov. 19 by a cargo ship off Norfolk, Va., after their sailboat lost its mast.

www.pressherald.com

 

[TomY]

And this story gets even stranger: The CG did finally interview the crew about the 911 call made off Mt. Dessert Island. The 911call - which was cut short - was prompted by a crew member who wanted to report that she, "was cold and uncomfortable and didn't know if she would warm up".

Coast Guard: Sailor’s 911 call that sparked 2-day search off MDI was because she was ‘cold and uncomfortable’

The 911 call that prompted a two-day search last month for a sailboat off Mount Desert Island came from a boat passenger who said she was “cold and uncomfortable” and “was not sure she was going to get warm again,” a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said Wednesday.

bangordailynews.com

 

[Will Gilmore]

You just never know how your passengers will react to the conditions at sea. While it seems frivolous to a sailor, I can understand how there might be a point in a seasick passenger's journey when they are too afraid and uncomfortable to think clearly. It also sounds like they met with some serious weather shortly there after. A cursed journey. What about the adrift boat in populated shipping lanes?

-Will (Dragonfly)