Is anyone aware of or have heard of the captain who was lost at sea from a mooring point (still trying to find out where exactly) off St. Marteen around May 5?
This is the email I picked up from another person who's sister worked on the boat. Unfortunately I don't know the boat, nor where they were tied up.
This was the email I received yesterday:
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My sister has been a yachtie chef for years now... The captain is a veteran of the coast guard.
So its Cinco de Mayo night in Saint Martin and the captain, owner and his guests are all drinking and watching the fish in the underwater lights anchored about a half mile off shore. My sister is below making drinks and food. Anyways the 30' inflatible "dingy " which was tied to the back of the boat breaks free. There is a stiff breeze blowing with the strong current so the boat begins to drift away quickly. The captain in his infinite wisdom decides to dive in after it leaving all the safety equipment behind. A few minutes pass and they hear him yell "HELP HELP". They run and get my sister.
She begins to deploy the jet ski with the crane. The whole process takes about 10 minutes before she is able to head out with a flash light. She searches around and cuts her engine off periodically to listen for cries of help. Nothing... She eventually finds his pack of cigarettes and the dingy but can't find him. She goes back to the boat and has them call the coast guard. She then continues the search. Volunteers and the french and danish coast guard join in but have no luck and call the search off by 4:00pm the sixth. Missing at sea presumed dead. This is total bull**** because a decent swimmer could survive for days.
My sister calls the US coast guard and tracks down some friends of the captain and they bring enough pressure to have the search begun again. Still no sign of him.
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Has anyone heard of this story through the boating community or otherwise?