BoatBanter.com - Missing yacht on US East Coast

"Roger Long" wrote in news:45e95d15$0$28090
:

I heard a snippet on the radio about an extensive search for a yacht
and
four people in the Carolina area but nothing further.

Anyone know anything?

--
Roger Long

From a long list of news about it on Google News:

Coast Guard Searches For Boat Missing Off South Carolina Coast

Web Editor: Rhonda Erskine, Online Content Producer
Created: 3/2/2007 1:43:31 PM
Updated: 3/2/2007 3:32:21 PM

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The Coast Guard is saying distress calls about six boaters in a small
craft that was taking on water might have been a hoax. Investigators say
their helicopter searches off the South Carolina coast have turned up
nothing.

The calls came in late Thursday night, as a fierce storm was sweeping
across the state. The 23-foot vessel, carrying six people, was taking on
water about 600 feet from land. Then the communication was lost.

At the time of the distress call, a violent storm blamed for 20 deaths
across the Midwest and Southeast was moving into the Carolinas, packing
wind gusts over 50 miles-an-hour.

Petty officer Donnie Brzuska says Coast Guard crews "risked their lives
to go out." He says if it's indeed a hoax, "it's a very serious crime."

A Coast Guard commander says officials suspect it's a false alarm because
nothing has turned up. He says considering the weather conditions, a
disabled boat in the reported location should have washed ashore.
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Is that it?

Larry
--
If the damned government isn't going to enforce
immigration laws, can they at LEAST park an ICE
paddy wagon in front of WalMart so I can find
a parking place and make the checkout line SHORTER?!