On Jun 7, 10:38*pm, wrote:
Let's hope they are in the raft.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5825012.html

By JENNIFER LEAHY
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

"A sailboat participating in the Regata de Amigos race from Galveston
to Veracruz was found capsized 11 miles south of Matagorda Saturday
morning.

All six aboard the 38-foot sailboat Cynthia Woods, a Cape Fear 38R,
are missing. The missing are four students from Texas A&M-Galveston
and two university staff members, the school said.

"All aboard are experienced mariners and two are safety instructors,"
said U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Renee C. Aiello, who noted that
there was an inflatable raft on the sailboat.

Participants in the Regata de Amigos, a 630-nautical mile race, left
Galveston on Friday at about 2 p.m.

The Coast Guard received a phone call at 8:15 Saturday morning from
the emergency contact for the sailboat who said they lost
communication with the sailboat at approximately midnight.

The sailboat also missed its 8 a.m. radio check.

A Falcon jet crew located the empty sailboat and a search is under way
for the six missing people."

Fred

BTW,,,,What is with the USCG in Texas, are the puddle sailors on Texas
based cutters PUSSIES?

3-5 foot seas and 18 knot winds????? Had to turn around? WTF?

After what happened to Joe's boat Red Cloud, and then reading this I
think so.

Or is it the 24 billion dollar budget did not allow for diesel fuel on
cutters?

http://galvestondailynews.com/story....334f8315862af3

The Coast Guard station at Freeport dispatched a rescue boat but it
had to returned because of bad weather. The Coast Guard air station at
Corpus Christi launched a Falcon jet, and the cutter Manowar was also
dispatched to assist in the search.

The Coast Guard may call in a fixed-wing C-130 aircraft to assist in
the search.

Seas were running 3 to 5 feet near the boat and winds were in the 15-
to 18-knot range Saturday night, said Jim Atchley head coach of the
sailing team.

Fred