# Missing California blowboat may be a hoax **URL:** \ **Category:** Marine Incidents\ **Created:** [February 26, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742 "2013-02-26T10:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catherder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@catherder](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/catherder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/1 "2013-02-26T10:30:24Z")
CNN reporting. This was the one with the family of four and dad called it in. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/2 "2013-02-26T10:55:36Z")
It would be actually wonderful it is was exactly that. I was feeling sick at the thought of the two very young kids who where supposed to be aboard. Why people would take a small sailboat offshore with forecast bad weather and little children with them was incredulous to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mikey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mikey/32/14_2.png) [@Mikey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mikey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/3 "2013-02-26T11:48:30Z")
This has been all over the news this week here in CA. I’ve been wondering the same thing. Seems strange that nobody would have come forward. ---
**Author:** ![catherder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@catherder](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/catherder)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/4 "2013-02-26T13:02:33Z")
I’m glad too if this is true, but I hope the find the asshat who called it in. He tied up valuable resources. People risked their lives to look for nobody. ---
**Author:** ![dredgeboater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dredgeboater](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/dredgeboater)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/5 "2013-02-26T14:05:31Z")
> [@"c.captain"](#): > > It would be actually wonderful it is was exactly that. I was feeling sick at the thought of the two very young kids who where supposed to be aboard. Why people would take a small sailboat offshore with forecast bad weather and little children with them was incredulous to me. Indeed. I wouldn’t want to go offshore without a EPIRB or any type of survival equipment, even on a nice day. Lashing together coolers for a raft, give me a break. You can purchase a GPS enabled personal EPIRB for a few hundred dollars these days. And if you are going to sail offshore you need a life raft at a minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Mikey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mikey/32/14_2.png) [@Mikey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mikey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/6 "2013-02-26T15:08:39Z")
Here’s an update from the USCG: > SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard suspended the search at 9:30 a.m. for four people who reported abandoning their 29-foot sailboat approximately 65 miles off the coast of Monterey, Calif., Sunday. > > Coast Guard crews made 34 searches with the assistance of the Navy and 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard doing five additional searches. > > The multi-agency search covered an area approximately 20,000 square miles, an area roughly the size of West Virginia. The search lasted 42 hours and involved hundreds of rescue workers. > > Assets involved in the search include: > > Coast Guard Cutter Active > CGC Pike > CGC Tern > Air Station Sacramento HC-130 Hercules > Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopters > Coast Guard Station Monterey, 47-foot motor lifeboat crew > 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard > E2-C Hawkeye from the Navy’s Carrier Airborne Command and Control Squadron One One Seve If it was a hoax, which I’m hoping it was, whoever called it in is going to have one big ass bill on their hands if caught. ---
**Author:** ![DredgeBoyThrottleJoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DredgeBoyThrottleJoc](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DredgeBoyThrottleJoc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/missing-california-blowboat-may-be-a-hoax/9742/7 "2013-02-26T15:08:55Z")
> [@"Mikey"](#): > > This has been all over the news this week here in CA. I’ve been wondering the same thing. Seems strange that nobody would have come forward. That and the guy sounded way too calm. Almost like he’d had training in that regard.