Missing Boat Still a Mystery
Adam Martignetti
Newburyport Daily News
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Newburyport, Massachusetts (US):
The Coast Guard rescued a 74-year-old sailor off Cape Cod yesterday, but it isn't sure if he was the same sailor seen near the tumultuous Merrimack River's mouth Tuesday afternoon.
Salisbury police officers reported seeing a sailboat in the midst of rain, heavy wind and 25-foot ocean swells off the north end of Salisbury Beach as a Nor'easter lashed the coast.Coast Guard spokeswoman Kelly Newlin said that an initial call to the Merrimack River station Tuesday at about 5 p.m. described the boat as capsized and in distress.
A later call described the boat as beyond the mouth of the Merrimack and heading back to sea."The vessel seen by the Station Merrimack turned around and left," Newlin said. "We don't know whose boat that was."No distress call was made and no one has been reported missing.The local Coast Guard station sent its 47-foot lifeboat on a rescue mission.
The search continued yesterday morning with additional Coast Guard boats and an airplane, but nothing was found.
Meanwhile, another search had been underway since Sunday for an Ontario man who was missing. The Coast Guard had been searching a 230-mile area from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Gloucester for Vincent Gillings, 74, aboard his 33-foot sailboat, Sara Gamp.Gillings was attempting to make the journey from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Gloucester.
His friend, Marcy Logan, became worried about him on Sunday and contacted the Coast Guard.Gillings was discovered about 22 miles northeast of Provincetown at about 8 a.m. yesterday, when a Falcon jet spotted the vessel. Gillings was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.Newlin said rescuers had been unable to establish a connection between Gillings and the boat seen off Salisbury and Seabrook beaches.
Oct 28, 2005
Adam Martignetti
Newburyport Daily News
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Newburyport, Massachusetts (US):
The Coast Guard rescued a 74-year-old sailor off Cape Cod yesterday, but it isn't sure if he was the same sailor seen near the tumultuous Merrimack River's mouth Tuesday afternoon.
Salisbury police officers reported seeing a sailboat in the midst of rain, heavy wind and 25-foot ocean swells off the north end of Salisbury Beach as a Nor'easter lashed the coast.Coast Guard spokeswoman Kelly Newlin said that an initial call to the Merrimack River station Tuesday at about 5 p.m. described the boat as capsized and in distress.
A later call described the boat as beyond the mouth of the Merrimack and heading back to sea."The vessel seen by the Station Merrimack turned around and left," Newlin said. "We don't know whose boat that was."No distress call was made and no one has been reported missing.The local Coast Guard station sent its 47-foot lifeboat on a rescue mission.
The search continued yesterday morning with additional Coast Guard boats and an airplane, but nothing was found.
Meanwhile, another search had been underway since Sunday for an Ontario man who was missing. The Coast Guard had been searching a 230-mile area from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Gloucester for Vincent Gillings, 74, aboard his 33-foot sailboat, Sara Gamp.Gillings was attempting to make the journey from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, to Gloucester.
His friend, Marcy Logan, became worried about him on Sunday and contacted the Coast Guard.Gillings was discovered about 22 miles northeast of Provincetown at about 8 a.m. yesterday, when a Falcon jet spotted the vessel. Gillings was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.Newlin said rescuers had been unable to establish a connection between Gillings and the boat seen off Salisbury and Seabrook beaches.
Oct 28, 2005
