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Coast Guard searches for boat lost off California

BajaNews - 11-6-2011 at 11:16 AM

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/11/06/...

November 6, 2011

San Diego, CA (AP) --

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two fishermen reported lost and adrift some 60 miles off the Southern California coast.

Coast Guard spokesperson Allyson Conroy said Sunday a family member of one of the men contacted authorities after receiving a message that the fishing vessel was out of fuel.

The 23-foot center console fishing boat left Ensenada, Mexico, Saturday morning.

A Coast Guard cutter and two aircraft were dispatched Saturday afternoon and searched through the night.

Conroy says the fishermen do not have any survival equipment on board with them.

Sallysouth - 11-6-2011 at 11:31 AM

Really? Did they not check the weather and water conditions??Bummer, hope they are found.I'd hate to be out there right now.

woody with a view - 11-6-2011 at 11:52 AM

pretty astonishing to run out of fuel 60 miles out!

bajario - 11-6-2011 at 01:47 PM

"pretty astonishing to run out of fuel 60 miles out!

It's happened to me before. Went with a friend on his boat to San Clemente Island and ran out of gas 10 miles away on the way back to Oside. I told him "I thought you filled up the tank". He said he only put a hundred in.

Caught a blue shark while drifting for four hours waiting for vessel assist.

Last time I went with that guy.

Cypress - 11-6-2011 at 02:00 PM

If they find these idiots, they should be required to pay for all costs. Otherwise just let 'em drift.:D

DianaT - 11-6-2011 at 02:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajario
"pretty astonishing to run out of fuel 60 miles out!

It's happened to me before. Went with a friend on his boat to San Clemente Island and ran out of gas 10 miles away on the way back to Oside. I told him "I thought you filled up the tank". He said he only put a hundred in.

Caught a blue shark while drifting for four hours waiting for vessel assist.

Last time I went with that guy


Good decision :yes:

I do hope these people are found safe and sound.

Barry A. - 11-6-2011 at 02:27 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DianaT
Quote:
Originally posted by bajario
"pretty astonishing to run out of fuel 60 miles out!

It's happened to me before. Went with a friend on his boat to San Clemente Island and ran out of gas 10 miles away on the way back to Oside. I told him "I thought you filled up the tank". He said he only put a hundred in.

Caught a blue shark while drifting for four hours waiting for vessel assist.

Last time I went with that guy


Good decision :yes:

I do hope these people are found safe and sound.


--------me too, Diana, and THEN assess them the cost of the rescue.

Barry

bajario - 11-6-2011 at 04:43 PM

Crews searched through the night for the 23-foot Mexican fishing vessel, and the search continued through Sunday morning when the Mexican navy informed the Coast Guard that the men had been found. The Coast Guard searched using the U.S.S. Rushmore, a 60T-Jayhawk helicopter and a C-130 Hercules aircraft from the air station in Sacramento.

The fishing vessel left Ensenada Friday morning with two people aboard. One of the fishermen called a family member Saturday morning to ask for help, saying they were out of fuel and adrift, and frightened as the weather worsened. The family member then called the Coast Guard for assistance

surfer jim - 11-6-2011 at 08:13 PM

They relied on the Pemex pumps for an accurate fillup.:O

Marinero - 11-6-2011 at 08:21 PM

So are the rescued, or not?

msawin - 11-6-2011 at 10:23 PM

Having got home last night from Baja , I caught the news report out of my right ear this morning about a rescue south of San Diego 60 miles out, by the coast guard.... So maybe they were found...

bajario - 11-7-2011 at 06:03 AM

Coast Guard has found them.